RFID for WHAT? 101 Innovative Ways to Use Radio Frequency Identification—Overview
When it comes to radio frequency identification, imagination has no bounds. See how others are using RFID—it may spark your own ideas for new ways to employ the technology.
By John Edwards
Aug. 1, 2011—When it comes to radio frequency identification, imagination has no bounds. Originally targeted at tracking and managing pallets, cases, containers and other assets in the supply chain, RFID is now rapidly expanding into areas the technology's original developers never could have imagined. Emerging applications are appearing in a wide range of fields—from the arts and education to social networking and travel— as RFID breaks free of its supply-chain roots and heads into uncharted territories.
For anyone who has watched RFID technologies steadily gain power and sophistication over the past decade or so, the technology's move into new and exciting applications seems like a logical and natural progression.
"When it first started, it was all about 'I'm going to take this RFID solution and I'm going to show it to everyone and I'm going to get into every market I can!'" says Drew Nathanson, director of research operations for VDC Research. "Then it kind of started moving toward, 'It's just too big and broad of a market; I need to have some specialization and some focus.'" Today, narrow verticals are in vogue. "This has been evolving over time, and now you have these polished solutions that are really easy to get into," he says.
Aug. 1, 2011—When it comes to radio frequency identification, imagination has no bounds. Originally targeted at tracking and managing pallets, cases, containers and other assets in the supply chain, RFID is now rapidly expanding into areas the technology's original developers never could have imagined. Emerging applications are appearing in a wide range of fields—from the arts and education to social networking and travel— as RFID breaks free of its supply-chain roots and heads into uncharted territories.
For anyone who has watched RFID technologies steadily gain power and sophistication over the past decade or so, the technology's move into new and exciting applications seems like a logical and natural progression.
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