Active RFID 2006-2016

This summary analysis on RFID 2006-2016 has cursorily outlined the application of RFID on its growth and potential interfacing capabilities with:-

* WiFi
* WiMax
* Bluetooth
* GPS
* Cellphone
* Infrared
* GSM
* GPRS
* Passive RFID
* ZigBee
* NFC
* DSRC

Potential drammatic growth has also been predicted. Arguably, the question of privacy legitimacy will be a huge gap from the above interfacing technologies. Answers to this are needed.

RFID conference in Berlin

Unfortunately, I could not gain my presence in this conference due to pre-scheduled obligation in Malaysia. However. I am anticipating a very fruitful or at least, some 'small' moving forward outcome. As usual, Germany (Berlin) has been chosen as the central issue of RFID discussion as it is where the technology advancement and deployment matures. I hope to be able to extract this ongoing concerns:-

i) Whether the EU consultation will be extended again?;

ii) Whether the EU will need to consider a regulation on RFID, if yes, how feasible and vible it would be?;

iii) Whether the RFID stakeholders have agreed to plan for a global standard or regional standard like EPC?;

iv) Whether is there any specific test/guidance for countries which do not have privacy and data protection legislation, like Malaysia (in RFID context)?;

v) Whether the adversity faced by the EU, will be a useful guidance for other technology compliant and enabled countries like Australia and Singapore (Asia Pacific) and Japan, Taiwan, Korea and China (Asian Technology power)?; and

vii) Whether other international fora such as International Telecommunications Union, Privacy Commissioners and OECD will come into a global and shared understanding?

Those are just my skeletal points that I have had in mind. If I could make myself available in Berlin, I would have asked those issues pedantically.