“There are now 10 million Oyster RFID cards in circulation across the U.K., and that’s leading to possible Internet applications: “The Oyster card has many potential Internet applications, particularly in the retail area. For example you might be offered personalized shopping offers in future, if retailers had access to your travel habits. Of course you may not want retailers to have that data; and therein lies the problem. So far security and privacy have naturally been the main concerns for the Oyster Card and similar smart cards.”
—Read Write Web
August 2009
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“IBM is involved in some very interesting projects at the intersection of two big trends: The Real-time Web and Internet of Things. They have a website devoted to this topic, called A Smarter Planet. As the name implies, it focuses on environmental matters such as energy and food systems. Sensors, RFID tags and real-time messaging software are major parts of IBM’s smarter planet strategy.”
—WIRED magazine, “IBM and the Internet of Things”
