Thursday, 7 June 2018

RFID And Pulling The World Into The Future

By Ruth Fisher


The beautiful thing about humanity is the unyielding march to progress. It is often said that time flies, but the last century has really shown how fast that can happen in terms of technological innovation. Radio was the great innovation of the twentieth century and the foundation for much of the progress that came after. Many of the devices that have been developed since then, like the CSL RFID reader, came as a direct result of what was done in the past.

Radio frequency identification, or RFID as it is more commonly known, is a system for the wireless reading of information. This is done via the use of tags which store information which an RFID reader then identifies. A passive tag will have no power source of its own and will instead rely on taking energy from radio waves emitted by a reader. An active tag will have more range and will have a power source such as a battery.

UHF stands for ultra high frequency. It is the frequency at which many systems essential to the modern world operate. The systems include mobile phone coverage, global positioning systems or GPS, and perhaps most importantly, Wi-Fi systems.

In terms of security, using chips and readers can have multiple tags. Using a lock that is connected to an reader, like the kind in hotel rooms, can greatly reduce unauthorized entry. In a retail space, items can also be tagged, which means that if they move past a certain point, security can be alerted.

RFID tags can also be used to track animals. Many pet owners will tag their fur babies, so that if they get lose, finding them becomes easier. Zoos will also tag their animals to make sure that they remain where they are supposed to be.

But the interesting thing about the technology is that as advanced as it is, there is still room for it to grow. Retail could be streamlined with an RFID reader by simply tagging all the items in a store and then having the reader read note just the items, but also the credit card of a customer to automatically charge the card when a customer walks out, checkout lines and waiting in them would become a thing of the past. RFID chips can also be turned into dust and then ingested in some form or another by a person, thereby introducing the dust into the bloodstream to monitor health and wellness. Of course, there are some privacy concerns, as the technology that keeps track of animals can easily be applied to human beings.

Like most devices, there are many RFID readers available on the market. As such, the trick is not picking one. The trick is picking the right one.

Like anything else, price should be considered. RFID readers can cost hundreds of dollars for even the cheapest variant. The investment is good, but it is still a considerable one. Some RFID readers will have to stay outdoors. As such finding a durable one is key. A weak one will break easily and necessitate another purchase.

Time flies. Human kind must fly with it. The future and the technology therein are inevitable.




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