Big Blue + A Little Glue = RFID Glee on Stockholm's Congested Highways

In Stockholm, car owners are being encouraged to glue a RFID... transponder onto the inside of the windshield. When drivers enter or leave the city, electronic register stations along the road pick up radio signals from the transponder, and a central computer system charges the car owner's bank account.
The full accont of this program, being led by IBM, is available here.
I don't know how fascinating this story is, but it gave me an excuse to run this snapshot of Stockholm and its sailboat-filled harbor, ya?

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