I teach mathematics and physics at an Illinois school, and am interested in developing a system to track students for attendance purposes, when they leave a room for the bathroom or with a pass, and so forth. Are you familiar with any solutions of this type?...
Solutions providers continue to make the mistake of marketing to the 90 percent of end users on the far side of the adoption chasm.
If so, how is the technology being utilized by businesses within that sector? —Name withheld ——— Initially, pharmaceutical companies were focused on employing radio frequency identification to collect data related to pedigree regulations. There was an expectation, at...
Two winners of last year’s RFID Journal Award for Most Innovative Use of RFID have found an interesting way to highlight their solution.
Xtreme RFID, in collaboration with RFID Journal, has announced that Edward Blackman, from Caledonia, Mich., is the competition’s winner.
I received an encouraging e-mail from a high-school student who is energized by what radio frequency identification can do.
Will a new program emerge as the standard or accepted method of becoming RFID-certified, now that there is no longer a CompTIA certification course? —Name withheld ——— A group of stakeholders is currently working to create a new RFID certification program. It will...
Are the technologies compatible? —Name withheld ——— PositiveID's technology is RFID (see this page). —Mark Roberti, Founder and Editor, RFID Journal
Would it be possible to install repeaters to extend a reader's range to at least 700 meters to 1,000 meters (2,300 feet to 3,280 feet)? —Name withheld ——— It depends on the type of RFID technology involved. Passive systems typically cannot be extended. Near-field...
If I had an interrogator from one vendor, would it be able to read and write to RFID tags from two other suppliers? And what would be required for this to happen? —Nega ——— Dear Nega, You would need to employ one of the air-interface protocols created by the...
And what is the technology's failure rate? —Name withheld ——— The answers to your questions depend on the particular type of RFID system you are using. Passive RFID solutions typically indicate only that a tag is within an interrogator's read range. Passive...
Is this something I should worry about? —Stan ——— Stan, The answer would depend on the type of cellular system, as well as the type of RFID technology, being used. Time division multiple access (TDMA), code division multiple access (CDMA) and integrated digital...