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The writers of the new film Skyfall chose to employ palm recognition to prevent unauthorized users from firing an agent’s gun, instead of RFID.

Bob McVay of Hamilton Beach was selected at random from new members of RFID Connect.

Holland 1916 affixed its Nameplate and Pipetracker RFID transponders to demolition derby cars, to determine if they could survive the ultimate durability test.

What are class 3's benefits, and what are the reasons for using each class? —Rich ——— Rich, The term "class" was used by the original Auto-ID Center to differentiate among the capabilities of different types of tags. Here is a breakdown of the classes as originally...

In what ways does the technology make things more secure? —Name withheld ——— That's a good question. Security is a very broad topic, covering everything from national security to shoplifting. I'll try to touch on the major ways in which RFID can improve security....

Less available storage space means getting the correct goods onto a truck and to a store is more crucial, as is replenishment.

According to a New York Times article, as many as 200,000 people a year are killed due to hospital mistakes. RFID can help remind staff members of tasks that must be performed, or alert them to potential problems.

How difficult would it be to come out with a radio frequency identification product that would feature a digital-payment function? —Name withheld ——— Not difficult at all. In fact, RFID has been used for digital payments for decades. The first automated electronic...

Can you please tell me how testing is conducted on tag memory? I don't understand the concept of testing memory and the states of tags, such as ready state, arbitrate state and reply state, as well as commands like query and query rep command. Please help me out with...

Furthermore, can the technology be used to replace keys? —Name withheld ——— I am at a bit of a loss as to how to answer your question. Radio frequency identification could replace keys. Hotels are switching to RFID-enabled locks (see NFC-enabled Phones to Unlock Hotel...

If so, does RFID Journal provide such information? —Name withheld ——— I have not seen any such rankings, sorry—and even if there were one, it would be suspect. There are no reporting requirements, so no one would know if a small company in Germany deployed a...

Please explain how this would be accomplished. And is there an off-the-shelf solution available that would do the job? —Name withheld ——— Every radio frequency identification system is different. Most readers forward tag data to middleware that filters that...