Stories about the potential for a bird flu pandemic certainly has us all concerned about what steps will be taken to keep contain the virus and stop it from spreading. Smart-tek Solutions says it will be using it's RFID monitoring and surveillance technology in an attempt to limit the spread of bird flu in Asia. In this situation, they will use RFID tags to count and document birds and also track poultry movement as well as logging inspection dates.
At this point, anything that can be done to contain the virus is a positive step. Paranoia is slowly creeping in and this is as good a time as any to leverage cutting-edge technology besides creating new gadgets and tracking boxes in warehouses. This seems a lot more important…
1. Freedom is always more important than somebody's "good idea" that asks people to give up freedom for safety.
Posted at 4:17AM on Dec 19th 2005 by demidog