We present Skinput, a technology that appropriates the human body for acoustic transmission, allowing the skin to be used as a finger input surface.

IT SOUNDS like something from a sci-fi film, but one in four Germans would be happy to have a microchip implanted in their body if they derived concrete benefits from it.

Few states, including Massachusetts, are prepared to meet a Dec. 31 deadline to comply with the controversial Real ID law passed by Congress in 2005 to prevent use of fraudulent state driver's licenses.

The German Interior Ministry confirmed on Monday that new identification cards containing radio-frequency (RFID) chips will be introduced starting November 1, 2010 - but some data protection experts are critical of the decision.

The EPC develops the payment schemes and frameworks necessary to realize the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA). SEPA is an EU integration initiative in the area of payments designed to achieve the completion of the EU internal market and monetary union.

Novartis and Proteus Biomedical are not the only companies hoping to implant microchips into patients so that their pill-popping habits can be monitored. VeriChip of Delray Beach, Fl., has an even bolder idea: an implanted chip that links to an online database containing all your medical records, credit history and your social security ID.

PresCare, an Australian aged-care service provider, has built a $30 million facility in Queensland that uses RFID technology to assist staff members in their care of the elderly.

ELYRIA — For lunch Monday, Elyria High School served up pepperoni pizza to the students who came back for the first day of classes.