rfid lto

News about the Land Transportation Office (LTO) implementing RFID tagging on all motor vehicles this October has been making the rounds of the evening news today. When I first heard about it on the car's radio, I was surprised -- wow, the LTO is going hi-tech. Nevertheless, from a technical point of view, I think this move by LTO offers more advantages than disadvantages. The ePass that thousands of cars use to drive thru tollways (NLEX and SLEX) is powered by RFID. This October 2009, the Department of Foreign Affairs will also implement RFID on all new Passports (ePassport). If you renew your old green passport, it will be replaced with a brown RFID-tagged passport. Private schools are already using RFID in student IDs for borrowing books and also gates in the campus have RFID ID Scanners (e.g. The clothes that you buy in Bench and other apparel stores are also tagged with RFIDs. Read more in our articles including "LTO to implement RFID tags on motor vehicles" and "LTO driver's license, vehicle renewal appointments now available online".