These little puppies have been sought after for airport baggage tracking for a long time. Getting the cost low enough has been the hold up. My bet is this will be the eventual prime consumer of this technology. Think about how many pieces of luggage move through all the airports every day. The ability to replace the optical barcode tags with RFID will improve the baggage system quite a bit.
Also, you would not believe the cost and panic associated with every single abandond piece of luggage in an airport. The ability to know it's grandma's will save $millions, as well as give some bomb squad dogs a rest.
Could someone give a quick explanation as to why I would want to spend $$ on a lawyer and have a royality free patent? What's the point? Don't say to prevent someone else from patenting the idea - I can release my invention into the public domain and document it as prior source.
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These little puppies have been sought after for airport baggage tracking for a long time. Getting the cost low enough has been the hold up. My bet is this will be the eventual prime consumer of this technology. Think about how many pieces of luggage move through all the airports every day. The ability to replace the optical barcode tags with RFID will improve the baggage system quite a bit.
Also, you would not believe the cost and panic associated with every single abandond piece of luggage in an airport. The ability to know it's grandma's will save $millions, as well as give some bomb squad dogs a rest.
Could someone give a quick explanation as to why I would want to spend $$ on a lawyer and have a royality free patent? What's the point? Don't say to prevent someone else from patenting the idea - I can release my invention into the public domain and document it as prior source.