RFID has made bigger waves. We supply RFID systems to many logistics companies and many distribution centers. RFID is NOT new it has just become public because of a few announcements.
If you tinhats think that some bad press about privacy will slow the transition of BC to RFID than your hats are way too tight.
within the next 5-10 years their will be little transmitters capeable of sending custom data a few inches on every mid to high priced item you can imagine.
How do I know?... I design them!
Oh my lord, There is an RF tag in my shirt! What does this mean exactly? The brother is looking at your bank account?, The overseer will know what size shirt I wear and that I like blue? Cmon lets get real.
The announcement from Benneton and Walmart in regards to tagging product has been made to justify the $$$ being spent on development of the next barcode. Actually Walmart is tagging carton and pallet level only for material handling purposes( how do I know this? because I design RF readers for material handling systems for just these applications and have numerous succesful installs).
Frequency used, power at antenna, air to air protocols, anticollision, signal degredation due to human tissue or ferous materials. Has anyone even heard these terms? probably not. It is because most of all posters here are very misinformed. And blinded by the nagging thought that there private life may be interupted.
To identify a 13.56MHz RF tag @ 1 meter takes about 4 watts of power of which is illegal due to FCC regs in this country, and even tighter abroad!. These tags that are being specified for use in material handling are close contact and not even able to be read by the so feared big brother antenna located directly above your local shopping establishment. How??
Because the antenna on the tag has to be big enough to transmit its info back to the antenna that is so far away..
The ideas of marketing execs following you around with a handheld device to find out you like blue shirts are idiotic.
Calm down your cell phone is giving your location away worry about that!
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RFID has made bigger waves. We supply RFID systems to many logistics companies and many distribution centers. RFID is NOT new it has just become public because of a few announcements. If you tinhats think that some bad press about privacy will slow the transition of BC to RFID than your hats are way too tight. within the next 5-10 years their will be little transmitters capeable of sending custom data a few inches on every mid to high priced item you can imagine. How do I know?... I design them!
Oh my lord, There is an RF tag in my shirt! What does this mean exactly? The brother is looking at your bank account?, The overseer will know what size shirt I wear and that I like blue? Cmon lets get real. The announcement from Benneton and Walmart in regards to tagging product has been made to justify the $$$ being spent on development of the next barcode. Actually Walmart is tagging carton and pallet level only for material handling purposes( how do I know this? because I design RF readers for material handling systems for just these applications and have numerous succesful installs). Frequency used, power at antenna, air to air protocols, anticollision, signal degredation due to human tissue or ferous materials. Has anyone even heard these terms? probably not. It is because most of all posters here are very misinformed. And blinded by the nagging thought that there private life may be interupted. To identify a 13.56MHz RF tag @ 1 meter takes about 4 watts of power of which is illegal due to FCC regs in this country, and even tighter abroad!. These tags that are being specified for use in material handling are close contact and not even able to be read by the so feared big brother antenna located directly above your local shopping establishment. How?? Because the antenna on the tag has to be big enough to transmit its info back to the antenna that is so far away.. The ideas of marketing execs following you around with a handheld device to find out you like blue shirts are idiotic. Calm down your cell phone is giving your location away worry about that!