RFID (radio frequency identification)
Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology uses radio waves to transfer data between a reader device and an item, such as clothing or a shipping container. The technology powers myriad applications, from luggage tagging at airports to highway toll collections.
Exxon Mobil uses RFID technology in its Speedpass payment system. Customers wave a small transponder in front of a sensor on a gas pump, debiting their account. Low-frequency RFID applications range from 3 KHz to 300 KHz; Speedpass operates at 134 KHz. High-frequency RFID systems operate between 3 MHz and 30 MHz - many at 13.56 MHz, a frequency reserved for low-power industrial applications.
From Wireless technology reshapes retailers, Network World, 08/12/02.
Additional resources
Raising an RFID ruckus
Radio frequency identification tags might make supply chains infinitely more manageable, but the privacy flap needs settling first. Network World, 09/29/03.
On the leading edge of RFID
Gillette buys 500 million RFID chips. Network World, 12/13/04.
RFID research center
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There are 4 comments:
RFID Tags
By Evelyn
1. How new data capture devices such as RFID tags help organizations to accurately identify and segment their customers for activities such as targeted marketing?
RFID
By sakthivel m.
Some extra notes & explains need
RFID DEATH
By Jackie Slim
can you say www.tagzapper.com it will kill the chip!
radio freq id
By BillA Adams
I need to have a handheld device that will locate large items without going to a bar scan.(we have the bar codes but the ware house is stacked up and we cant fing a certain box.)
I need to use a tag of some kind to stick to cardboard and then when its sold remove it and attach it to another box with a differen number.
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