<nettime-ann> [ann] RFID workshop

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and for the people who just want to create something with RFID and =20
explore the possibilities and theoretical field: register for this =20
workshop in September in Amsterdam:

Upcoming workshop: RFID and The Internet of Things
11, 12, 13 September 2006
@ Mediamatic Amsterdam

After a succesfull CrashCourse in May, Mediamatic now presents a =20
second workshop on RFID and The Internet of Things.



RFID allows for the unique identification of objects, and any kind of
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online data can be linked to these unique ID's. If RFID becomes an =20
open web-based platform, and users can tag, share, and contribute =20
content to the digital existence of their own places and objects, we =20
can truly speak of an Internet of Things. This opens perpectives for =20
new sustainability scenario's, for new relations between people and =20
the stuff they have,  and for other locative applications.


The participants of this workshop will develop critical, utopian or =20
nightmarish concepts for an Internet of Things in a hands-on way. =20
Ideas can range from scripts for small new rituals to outlines of =20
societal changes of epic scale. Prototypes can be tested with the =20
workshop tools The Symbolic Table or the Nokia3220 phone with RFID =20
reader.

The workshop has room for 16 designers, artists, thinkers and makers.
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Participation fee is =80350 per person, ex BTW. Lunches, technical =20
equipment and assistance are included. If you want to participate in =20
this workshop, please register at our online registration form:
http://www.mediamatic.net/workshopregistration


For questions or more information, surf to http://www.mediamatic.net/=20
workshops,

mail to workshops@mediamatic.nl, or call Klaas Kuitenbrouwer: +31 20 =20
6389901.






On Aug 1, 2006, at 11:27 AM, Andreas Broeckmann wrote:

> [it would be great if some of the critical artistic research that =20
> is being done in this field would be fed back into the political =20
> debate; -ab]
>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> just a short note to tell you that the European Commission is =20
> holding a
> public RFID consultation on its website after previous Workshops on
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> the
> issue in May and June.
>
> So who ever feels like commenting on RFID policy is welcome to do =20
> so under:
> http://www.rfidconsultation.eu/
> http://ec.europa.eu/yourvoice/ipm/forms/dispatch?form=3DRFID
>
> Greetings,
> Christine
>
>
> *****************************************************************
>
>
>
> The Information Society and Media Directorate General is consulting
> stakeholders on their opinions on development and deployment of Radio
> Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, and on possible ways to
> stimulate its use while mitigating its potential negative impacts on
> privacy and health.
> A public debate on RFID was launched on 9 March 2006 by Mrs Viviane
> Reding, European Commissioner for Information Society and Media, at
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> the
> CeBIT fair in Hannover. "Developments around RFID, Commissioner =20
> Viviane
> Reding said, open the door to a new wave of productivity gains =20
> across a
> wide range of sectors. Remember that productivity is the engine of
> economic growth and job creation. (...) We must also make some =20
> decisions
> of principle on the security and privacy issues associated with
> widespead government and commercial use of RFID technology. The =20
> time for
> action is now. (...) I will not see the liberty of citizens and their
> fundamental rights being compromised".
> Between March and June 2006 five workshops took place in Brussels to
> discuss and build consensus on the main issues, challenges and
> opportunities related to the use of RFID. These workshops addressed
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> the
> research and technological development requirements and options, the
> growing use of RFID in commercial and governmental applications, the
> legal and societal issues related to security and privacy protection,
> the standardisation, interoperability and governance issues, and the
> current and future frequency spectrum requirements.
> The present consultation seeks feed
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