What has been determined to be a standard length of time for performing this function using pen and paper? —Name withheld ——— There is no single answer to your question. If someone is writing down the serial number of an employee's PC, that might take three minutes....
Our theater's stage measures 50 feet wide by 50 feet high by 24 feet tall. I need to know the position of each actor, every second or so. Can this be done? Can I track their locations to within one foot? —Name withheld ——— Last year, we wrote about a company called...
The organization claims RFID can be used to steal credit-card data, but no consumers have ever reported being ripped off in this manner.
The systems-integration and software company is clearly positioning itself to become a major player as the RFID market enters a period of more rapid growth.
I am searching for a basic software package for designing electronic article surveillance (EAS) tags. We have some applications that require specific design shapes, sizes and operating frequencies. Are you aware of any packages currently on the market? —Name withheld...
If four interrogators are set up so that each covers a portion of a space, with overlapping coverage in different areas, is it possible to determine a tag's location based on which readers are reading that tag, and which are not? Or is there another, better, real-time...
A thief stole $1.5 million worth of chips from the Bellagio Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas—but got away with nothing, thanks to radio frequency identification.
Can an RFID-based real-time locating system (RTLS) be used in this manner? —Name withheld ——— Yes, all passive ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) and active RFID-based real-time location systems can locate 20 or more tags in a 50-foot by 50-foot open space. But most systems...
I'm a university student compiling a business report on RFID technology. Is there any way I can get an estimate of the number of RFID portals being utilized in warehouses in the United Kingdom? —Name withheld ——— Companies such as ABI Research, Venture Development...
What exactly is done at the modulation site of a tag's IC to put the information into the side band carrier "far" away from the base band of a reader? In the article, there is described a sort of "listen-before-talk" (LBT) function—if a reader "hears" another...
When should the technology be deployed? —Name withheld ——— I assume you are referring to a timetable for switching from bar codes to radio frequency identification. We don't have any timetable that we've drawn up, and I'm not sure it makes sense to think about...
Are there are resultant performance problems when there are 1,000 tags within a real field? —Name withheld ——— There is no problem reading large concentrations of tags. The air-interface protocols have anticollission algorithms enabling readers to communicate very...