I own a film and television equipment-rental company. We have a large quantity of items that we need checked out of the warehouse and in again the next day. In one instance, we could be renting out 300 individual items that need to go into a truck. Scanning bar codes...
How might I contact the designers or providers of Almacafé's coffee-tracking solution that won your 2010 RFID Journal Award? —Name withheld ——— Almacafé developed its solution in-house over a span of five years, using hardware from ADT/Tyco and Egomexico (see RFID...
I am looking for a reader that I can manage from a Web site. To be specific, I want to be able to initiate a scan of inventory from anywhere in the world through the site that stores my database. To accomplish this, I would want the unit to bypass a computer and feed...
Can you please explain how these two technologies differ? —Name withheld ——— Real-time location systems (RTLS) are systems that allow you to identify an object and determine its approximate location in real time. RTLSs can use technologies other than radio frequency...
Are printed electronic tags classed as chipless tags? Also, what are the latest developments with regard to the performance, price and security of chipless tags? —Name withheld ——— Chipless RFID is an ill-defined term. Some people refer to printed RFID tags as...
Where can I find a tag that can withstand such a low temperature? —Name withheld ——— Yes, there are tags on the market that can withstand that level of cold. Research Instruments, a biomedical technology firm based in the United Kingdom, has developed an RFID system...
Is yard management an application of radio frequency identification technology? —Name withheld ——— Yes, yard management is one of the technology's main applications. A.S. Shipping Agencies, a container freight-station operator based in Chennai, India, is combining...
With concerns regarding privacy, some are asking why the retailer isn’t taking advantage of features in EPC Gen 2 RFID tags to protect consumer privacy.
I am looking for a technology that can assist my city's police department in tracking evidence. Does such a solution exist with radio frequency identification? —Name withheld ——— A number of police departments and government agencies have deployed RFID for evidence...
Even once-respectable publications, such as Scientific American, have found the need to publish utter nonsense about RFID and privacy, in the wake of the news that Wal-Mart plans to track some clothing items with the technology.
What are the primary obstacles to widespread deployment of the technology? —Name withheld ——— I wrote a column about this topic back in 2007. At the time, I suggested that "time and secrecy" were two of the biggest obstacles (see The Obstacles to RFID Adoption)....
Has RFID Journal published any articles about this particular application? —Name withheld ——— Yes, we have run a number of stories regarding the use of radio frequency identification to track and authenticate bottles of wine. Here are some of them: • Wine Bottles Get...