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Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is an automatic identification method, relying on storing and remotely retrieving data using devices called RFID tags or transponders. An RFID tag is an object that can be attached to or incorporated into a product, animal, or person for the purpose of identification using radio waves. increases the speed and accuracy with which inventory can be tracked and managed thereby saving money for the business. Over the last 6 months or so, I have been reading feeds from RFID Weblog religiously and was thinking about letting my blog readers know about the amazing stuffs they are doing with RFID. Every day when I check my Google Reader, it amazes me with yet another innovative usage of RFID. Besides, my infrequent google searches also gave me some unique usages of RFID. Not to mention, my interaction with students and professor in the MBA module "Managing Process Technology" was also a good source to disseminate and gather information. Here are some of the things which particularly caught my attention.
Apart from these, RFID Weblog published its Best of 2006 list. Here are the links..Worth a read! Top 10 RFID Trends of 2006, Part 3 There are some more interesting usage of RFID in place:
I was reading the Freakonomics Blog this evening and there is a Q&A with surgeon Atul Gawande posted here. The surgeon remarks, "to me the most depressing are the failures to consistently use discoveries we’ve already made — and leading my list are our failures to wash our hands consistently and prevent the rampant spread of hospital infections (which kill an estimated 90,000 Americans each year)". Well, here is the solution: CleanTech IC line of automated hand-washing systems are being unveiled by Resurgent Health and Medical which uses RFID tags and interrogators to keep a track on people washing their hands and the duration for which they wash them (Source)
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