RFID: The Next Internet?

Posted by Hemos on Monday June 6, 2005 @01:25AM from the distributed-communication-an-internet-does-not-make dept.

An anonymous reader writes "RFID Journal has an artricle about how an open source foundation is creating a new Internet based on RFID tags. 'The founders [RadioActive Foundation] liken the EPCglobal Network as a whole to the Internet, with RFID tags acting as URLs, and the tags' associated data being the Web site for that tag . The software the foundation develops, Michael Mealling adds, will act similarly to an Internet search engine. With Discovery Service software, for example, companies will be able to search for an RFID tag without requiring connected links between each point of the tag's travels.' Pretty neat concept, probably decades away."

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The submitter got it wrong I think... by kenh · 2005-06-06 01:50 · Score: 5, Informative

RFID can't "displace" or become "the next internet" anymore than barcodes can. RFID tags have no computation ability, no networking capabilities...

RFID tags, at the lowest level emit a pre-programmed number when activated by RF energy (the resonate, if you will).

There is a Dummies Guide on RFID - I expect it to be a big seller among the tin foil hat crowd ;^)

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Ken