Social-technical issues facing the humancentric RFID implantee sub-culture through the eyes of Amal Graafstra

International Symposium on Technology and Society, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 498-516

  Graafstra, Amal ^a   Michael, Katina ^a   Michael, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS OPERATION; HEALTH AND SAFETY; HUMAN-CENTRIC; LIVING THINGS; RADIOFREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TAGS; RF-ID TAGS; SOCIOTECHNICAL;

ANIMALS; RADIO NAVIGATION; SUPPLY CHAINS; TECHNOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TRANSPONDERS;

MOBILE PHONES;

EID: 77955683797     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISTAS.2010.5514602     Document Type: Conference Paper

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