| What is RFID? |
Even though its been around since World War II, radio frequency identification (RFID) has only recently grown rapidly in importance, due to recent
commercial and governmental mandates, encouraging many businesses to take a closer look at this wireless data-exchange technology.
Radio frequency identification, or RFID, is a generic term for technologies that automatically identify one or more objects via radio waves, using a
unique serial number stored in an RFID tag. The tag's antenna, tuned to receive the reader's electromagnetic waves in real time, is able to transmit
the identification information to the reader. The reader converts the radio waves received from the RFID tag into digital information which, in turn,
can be passed on to a business system for processing or storage. RFID reader technology can be integrated with PDA's via a PC Card implementation
RFID tags tend to be small and lightweight and can be read through nonmetallic materials. A reader does not have to touch a tag, making RFID ideal for
cluttered, dirty, wet, and harsh environments. Unlike bar code scanners, RFID scanners can read tags through mud, dirt, paint, grease, wood, cement,
plastic, water, and steam. RFID does not require line-of-sight between tag and reader, allowing them to be hidden under skin, inside clothes hems, and
within the pages of a book, preserving the item's usability and aesthetics.
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| We Can Help |
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The Intellection Group has developed, as part of our core framework, the ability to integrate RFID technology into extranet systems via off-the-shelf
PDA's, especially using the newer active tag products from Identec Solutions, Inc.. Our approach seamlessly marries
raw RFID information with business rules and backend databases to deliver whole new ways of tracking and identifying tagged items.
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