China Taps Into RFID for Olympics
Word has it China is expecting 800,000 visitors during the 17-day 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
As the mad scramble for tickets beings, organizers have announced that high tech methods will be employed to tighten security and fight fraud. Various reports state that seven million tickets available for sale will be embedded with a wireless radio frequency identification or RFID memory chip to help combat pirated tickets whilst speeding up entry into venues.
The core of RFID is a highly secure integrated circuit chip, whose security design and production process determine the high threshold of RFID technology. It is too hard to replicate. ![[end]](/resources/bullet/rfidnews-4.gif)
