Lifesaving equipment in hospitals may be switched off by radio-frequency devices used to track people and machines, Dutch scientists claim.
Radio frequency identification devices (RFIDs) are on the rise in healthcare, helping identify patients, and reveal the location of equipment.
The Journal of the American Medical Association study found they could interfere with machines. ...
The latest research, conducted at Vrije University in Amsterdam, tested the effect of holding both "passive" and powered RFIDs close to 41 medical devices, including ventilators, syringe pumps, dialysis machines and pacemakers.
A total of 123 tests, three on each machine, were carried out, and 34 produced an "incident" in which the RFID appeared to have an effect - 24 of which were deemed either "significant" or "hazardous". - bbc'
Why do we need RFID tags? Our species is slowly evolving into cyborgs. With computer chips in everyone, we will be one step closer. It's all about control. We can control computers, but our biology, not so much.
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