What Are the Main Differences Between RFID Tags and Tattle-Tape?

What Are the Main Differences Between RFID Tags and Tattle-Tape?

Is it true that RFID is a better way than EM strips to secure library assets? —Miha ——— Miha, Tattle-Tape is designed only to alert you if a book leaves a library without having been checked out. To my knowledge, Tattle-Tape does not identify individual books. It...
What Are the Main Differences Between RFID Tags and Tattle-Tape?

Does RFID Interfere With Cellular Service?

Is there any evidence or lab conclusion about the interference of RFID readers with phone service in the 900 MHz frequency range? —Adalberto ——— Adalberto, Regulators carefully apportion the radio frequency spectrum to avoid having one RF device interfere with...
What Are the Main Differences Between RFID Tags and Tattle-Tape?

How Can We Prevent RFID Tag Cloning?

For example, how can we avoid the cloning of hotel key cards? —Joel ——— Joel, There are different ways to do this, using cryptographic keys. Intrinsic ID employs physical unclonable functions (PUFs) to differentiate chips from each other. The system utilizes tiny...
What Are the Main Differences Between RFID Tags and Tattle-Tape?

What Are Some Good Books About RFID?

I will be teaching a course in radio frequency identification at the undergraduate level. Can you identify or suggest a list of texts I should use? —Charles (Massachusetts) ——— Charles, There are a number of books available, and the right one depends on the nature of...