RFIDs: Facts, Fiction, and Trends

On January 20, 2005, Gaetano Borriello, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and founder of Intel Research Seattle, gave a talk entitled “RFID: Fact, Fiction, Trends” to approximately 45 faculty and student members of the UW community, from departments and schools including Law, Business, the Information School, Communication, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Sociology. He touched on how the technology works and the concerns it raises for society, and described a new project: outfitting the Allen Center and its occupants with RFID tags and readers.