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No more EZ-Link cards? Prelude to RFID Tagging Humans?

AsiaOneNews:

Move over EZ-Link, the new smartcard, stickkey, has arrived.

According to The Straits Times, this pint-sized card – about the size of a stamp – is slated for a trial run early next year, and if succesful, could be available in MRT stations soon enough.

The stickkey, while small, could serve multi purposes for the user – to pay bus fares, buy groceries, unlock doors and can also be attached to cellphones, making it a much handier tool. However, The Straits Times highlighted that while EZ-Link cards expire in 5 years, the stickkey lasts up to 11 1/2 years.


- Stickkeys® have been tested and trialed with these types of rfid chips within the 13.56Mhz band (HF)-

ISO 14443 – MIFARE A/B/ULTRALIGHT/SMART MX/SRIX4K
ISO 15693 – INFINEON MY-DLIGHT/NXP ICODE/ST MICRO


Watch this video to the end and make up your own mind about RFID. The scary part about RFID is mentioned near the middle of the video :)

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19 June 2008 at 11:33 - Comments
  • LW
    i think you got a type, the straits times reported the stickkeys last for 1.5 years not 11.5 years. the chips could probably last a long time, but i guess the nonslip silicon surface wears and tears as everything else does with friction.

    cheers!
  • LW
    i think you got a type, the straits times reported the stickkeys last for 1.5 years not 11.5 years. the chips could probably last a long time, but i guess the nonslip silicon surface wears and tears as everything else does with friction.cheers!