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Microchipping your money - New theme park wristbands carry ability of a debit card
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LOS ANGELES – In a nondescript manufacturing plant on a quiet San Fernando cul-de-sac, a khaki-green machine the size of two pool tables end to end sucks in bright pink ribbon and spits out one of the hottest fashions in theme parks.
Here, in the northern stretches of suburban Los Angeles, the private company that began producing plastic hospital wristbands out of a Burbank garage more than 50 years ago has become the nation’s top producer of a new microchip-enhanced wristband for amusement parks, concerts, resorts and gyms.
The wristbands use the same technology as electronic toll booths, security key cards and the newest U.S. passports. But at Precision Dynamics Corp., this sophisticated electronic know-how has found its niche at theme parks, where the high-tech wristbands act as high-security admission passes, cashless debit cards, hotel room keys and a form of identification to reunite lost children with parents.
In the past year alone, Precision Dynamics’ wristbands came online at Great Wolf Resorts’ newest water park in Concord, N.C., at the Schlitterbahn Water Park in Galveston, Texas, and at Water World, one of the nation’s largest water parks, near Denver. In total, more than 50 theme parks strap the wristbands on incoming guests.
Company leaders envision a future when they can expand the technology for use for border security and hospital identification, among other uses.
“All sorts of things can be done with this technology,” said Walter Mosher Jr. a company founder and member of the board of directors.
Precision Dynamics began in 1956 when a friend who worked in hospital supplies suggested that Mosher, a University of California, Los Angeles engineering student, design a better wristband to identify patients at hospitals. At the time, hospitals made wristbands from plastic tubes, using separate tools to cut and fasten the bands on patients. For infants, hospital workers strung together lettered beads that spelled the babies’ names.
At the machine shop at Burbank High School, Mosher and two partners devised a one-piece, plastic wristband that required no tools to fasten. The business that started with only $2,000 in startup money has expanded to 680 employees, a handful of trademark patents and offices in Brussels, Belgium; Japan; Italy; Mexico and Brazil.
In 2006, Mosher sued Precision Dynamics in a dispute over the election of board members. But the dispute was settled out of court last year with a deal that keeps Mosher as a shareholder and member of the board of directors.
The idea of using radio frequency identification, known as RFID, technology in wristbands came to Mosher about 10 years ago when he learned that microchips were being implanted in dogs and cats to identify them in shelters and veterinary clinics. A short time later, company Vice President Robin Barber moved ahead with the idea after meeting with managers from Great Wolf Resorts, who wanted to let guests buy food and drinks at the water parks without carrying a wallet or cash.
The result was a patented wristband affixed with a tiny antenna and a microchip, only slightly bigger than a postage stamp. Each microchip is programmed with a unique 16-character code. A separate device known as a “reader” emits a low-power radio wave that powers up the chip to collect the information and upload it into a computer. Thus the wristband acts as a key to access a computerized debit account or unlock an electronic hotel room or clothes locker.
The microchip wristbands represent about $3 million in annual sales for Precision Dynamics, representing only a fraction of the company’s more than $100 million in annual sales, according to company officials.
At theme parks, parents use a special kiosk to upload money that their children can spend. The microchips are coded so that the wristbands can be used only during a specific day. After a hotel or theme park guest checks out, the wristbands become obsolete.
Because cashless spending is more convenient, industry reports suggest that guests who use the wristbands spend as much as 25 percent more.
“Our guests appreciate the convenience of it all,” said Jennifer Beranek, a spokeswoman for Great Wolf Resorts, which uses Precision Dynamics wristbands at seven of its 12 water parks.
But price remains a barrier for expanding the technology. Wristbands that use bar-code technology sell for as little as 14 cents each while the RFID wristbands sell for about $1.
An RFID reader sells for about $450 each, roughly twice the cost of a bar-code reader.
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Janis Joplin
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5/26/2009 11:07 AM
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I want one in paisley, because Big Brother is so groovy, baby. |
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Hyperbole
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5/26/2009 11:09 AM
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Ease em in slowly with the baby steps to get use to chipping...entertainment is a great distraction tactic!
Good post thanks :) |
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5/26/2009 11:09 AM
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slowly theyre easing in the microchipping to where no ones gonna notice it.
its in passports and ezpass right now.
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~“In the Communist world, we see failure, technological backwardness, declining standards of health, even want of the most basic kind -- too little food. Even today, the Soviet Union still cannot feed itself. . . . East and West do not distrust each other because we are armed; we are armed because we distrust each other. And our differences are not about weapons but about liberty. . . . The most fundamental distinction of all between East and West is that the totalitarian world produces backwardness because it does such violence to the spirit, thwarting the human impulse to create, to enjoy, to worship. The totalitarian world finds even symbols of love and of worship an affront.” Ronald Reagan
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5/26/2009 11:10 AM
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Ease em in slowly with the baby steps to get use to chipping...entertainment is a great distraction tactic!
Good post thanks :) Quoting: Hyperbole 688023
gmta we posted the same thing at precisely the same time. ^5
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Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
~“In the Communist world, we see failure, technological backwardness, declining standards of health, even want of the most basic kind -- too little food. Even today, the Soviet Union still cannot feed itself. . . . East and West do not distrust each other because we are armed; we are armed because we distrust each other. And our differences are not about weapons but about liberty. . . . The most fundamental distinction of all between East and West is that the totalitarian world produces backwardness because it does such violence to the spirit, thwarting the human impulse to create, to enjoy, to worship. The totalitarian world finds even symbols of love and of worship an affront.” Ronald Reagan
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Hyperbole
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5/26/2009 11:12 AM
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slowly theyre easing in the microchipping to where no ones gonna notice it.
its in passports and ezpass right now. Quoting: Phennommennonn
problem is the masses don't 'know' fuck therefore go willingly as lambs! Now, who said most dead brains love a dictator because it stops the 'pain' of having to think for yourself? ;) |
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WomanInBlack
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5/26/2009 11:13 AM
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I have a question about the passport microchip. I smashed the damn thing, will I be able to get back home??
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Hyperbole
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5/26/2009 11:15 AM
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Ease em in slowly with the baby steps to get use to chipping...entertainment is a great distraction tactic!
Good post thanks :)
gmta we posted the same thing at precisely the same time. ^5 Quoting: Phennommennonn
I always like your feisty posts reminds me of someone else ;)
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bed
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5/26/2009 11:21 AM
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I have a question about the passport microchip. I smashed the damn thing, will I be able to get back home?? Quoting: WomanInBlack
The plastic coating stores every fingerprint and can be read under specific light; that would be a yes.
used in border patrol:china
[link to www.findbiometrics.com]
hinted at a meeting:
[link to www.dhs.gov]
CBP officers use this technology at our ports of entry and State Department consular officers use it at our visa-issuing posts overseas. Quoting: source |
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Anonymous Coward
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5/26/2009 11:22 AM
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State of Kalifornia has this they also track where your at its called FasTrack you can get them from the State or you can get them at select retailers these days you use it for Toll lanes like bridges and carpools but it also works at some retailers like Mcdonalds drive thru. |
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5/26/2009 11:23 AM
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State of Kalifornia has this they also track where your at its called FasTrack you can get them from the State or you can get them at select retailers these days you use it for Toll lanes like bridges and carpools but it also works at some retailers like Mcdonalds drive thru. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 489959
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5/26/2009 11:33 AM
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slowly theyre easing in the microchipping to where no ones gonna notice it.
its in passports and ezpass right now.
problem is the masses don't 'know' fuck therefore go willingly as lambs! Now, who said most dead brains love a dictator because it stops the 'pain' of having to think for yourself? ;) Quoting: Hyperbole 688023
tru dat
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Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
~“In the Communist world, we see failure, technological backwardness, declining standards of health, even want of the most basic kind -- too little food. Even today, the Soviet Union still cannot feed itself. . . . East and West do not distrust each other because we are armed; we are armed because we distrust each other. And our differences are not about weapons but about liberty. . . . The most fundamental distinction of all between East and West is that the totalitarian world produces backwardness because it does such violence to the spirit, thwarting the human impulse to create, to enjoy, to worship. The totalitarian world finds even symbols of love and of worship an affront.” Ronald Reagan
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5/26/2009 11:38 AM
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I have a question about the passport microchip. I smashed the damn thing, will I be able to get back home?? Quoting: WomanInBlack
Will you be allowed to disable the tracking chip in your passport?
Speaking to a small crowd in the lobby after his presentation (to Moss's credit, he stuck around for more than an hour of intense interrogation, without a single "no comment"), Moss said that, "If you wish to put your passport in the microwave, you will still have a valid travel document that we will recognize."
The proposed rule ... would include a damaged electronic chip as an additional basis for possible invalidation of a passport.... Under the proposed rule, a passport that contains a damaged, defective, or otherwise nonfunctioning electronic chip ... may be invalidated by the Department of State.... If the damage were caused deliberately, the passport would be invalidated upon discovery. [emphasis added]
Sec. 51.6 --Damaged, mutilated or altered passport: Any passport which has been materially changed in physical appearance or composition, or contains a damaged, defective or otherwise nonfunctioning electronic chip, or which includes unauthorized changes, obliterations, entries or photographs, ... may be invalidated.
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~Galatians 4:16
Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
~“In the Communist world, we see failure, technological backwardness, declining standards of health, even want of the most basic kind -- too little food. Even today, the Soviet Union still cannot feed itself. . . . East and West do not distrust each other because we are armed; we are armed because we distrust each other. And our differences are not about weapons but about liberty. . . . The most fundamental distinction of all between East and West is that the totalitarian world produces backwardness because it does such violence to the spirit, thwarting the human impulse to create, to enjoy, to worship. The totalitarian world finds even symbols of love and of worship an affront.” Ronald Reagan
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WomanInBlack
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5/26/2009 12:25 PM
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I have a question about the passport microchip. I smashed the damn thing, will I be able to get back home??
Will you be allowed to disable the tracking chip in your passport?
Speaking to a small crowd in the lobby after his presentation (to Moss's credit, he stuck around for more than an hour of intense interrogation, without a single "no comment"), Moss said that, "If you wish to put your passport in the microwave, you will still have a valid travel document that we will recognize."
The proposed rule ... would include a damaged electronic chip as an additional basis for possible invalidation of a passport.... Under the proposed rule, a passport that contains a damaged, defective, or otherwise nonfunctioning electronic chip ... may be invalidated by the Department of State.... If the damage were caused deliberately, the passport would be invalidated upon discovery. [emphasis added]
Sec. 51.6 --Damaged, mutilated or altered passport: Any passport which has been materially changed in physical appearance or composition, or contains a damaged, defective or otherwise nonfunctioning electronic chip, or which includes unauthorized changes, obliterations, entries or photographs, ... may be invalidated. Quoting: Phennommennonn
Thanks, Phen. 
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5/26/2009 2:37 PM
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tho they slip shit thru so be careful there might be revisions that we wont know abut til its to late if you know what i mean ;)
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Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
~“In the Communist world, we see failure, technological backwardness, declining standards of health, even want of the most basic kind -- too little food. Even today, the Soviet Union still cannot feed itself. . . . East and West do not distrust each other because we are armed; we are armed because we distrust each other. And our differences are not about weapons but about liberty. . . . The most fundamental distinction of all between East and West is that the totalitarian world produces backwardness because it does such violence to the spirit, thwarting the human impulse to create, to enjoy, to worship. The totalitarian world finds even symbols of love and of worship an affront.” Ronald Reagan
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mystic squirl
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5/26/2009 2:59 PM
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see how they're doing it in theme parks first? they want to acclimate your poor kids into this system. pretty soon it will be normal to have chips implanted in your body so the line moves faster... the downfall of humanity will be our addiction to convenience... 
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5/26/2009 7:50 PM
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hawk/Qfiles just mentioned this thread on the air - go hawk
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Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
~“In the Communist world, we see failure, technological backwardness, declining standards of health, even want of the most basic kind -- too little food. Even today, the Soviet Union still cannot feed itself. . . . East and West do not distrust each other because we are armed; we are armed because we distrust each other. And our differences are not about weapons but about liberty. . . . The most fundamental distinction of all between East and West is that the totalitarian world produces backwardness because it does such violence to the spirit, thwarting the human impulse to create, to enjoy, to worship. The totalitarian world finds even symbols of love and of worship an affront.” Ronald Reagan
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5/26/2009 7:55 PM
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hawk/Qfiles just mentioned this thread on the air - go hawk Quoting: Phennommennonn
I was there and I heard it!
That's how I got here!
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5/26/2009 7:57 PM
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see how they're doing it in theme parks first? they want to acclimate your poor kids into this system. pretty soon it will be normal to have chips implanted in your body so the line moves faster... the downfall of humanity will be our addiction to convenience...
to ease into the system w/o anyone noticing
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Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
~“In the Communist world, we see failure, technological backwardness, declining standards of health, even want of the most basic kind -- too little food. Even today, the Soviet Union still cannot feed itself. . . . East and West do not distrust each other because we are armed; we are armed because we distrust each other. And our differences are not about weapons but about liberty. . . . The most fundamental distinction of all between East and West is that the totalitarian world produces backwardness because it does such violence to the spirit, thwarting the human impulse to create, to enjoy, to worship. The totalitarian world finds even symbols of love and of worship an affront.” Ronald Reagan
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