RFID: Electronic Pharmaceutical Pedigree by Sally Bacchetta
A growing number of U.S. states are formalizing electronic pedigree requirements in order to comply with the FDA's anti-counterfeiting initiatives. A new two-phase RFID authentication platform introduced by Texas Instruments (TI) and VeriSign should make it easier for pharmaceutical... "Ultimately, it's about making the tag, and hence the product, hard to fake or reproduce." The platform is non-proprietary and can be implemented by any RFID system and PKI provider. ... That can save drug manufacturers and suppliers the considerable infrastructure costs associated with deploying most RFID...

RFID Software Guide 101 by Mansi Aggarwal
RFID is the abbreviated form of Radio Frequency Identification. RFID is akin to the bar codes but in RFID the electro magnetic coupling is used to transmit signals. The main components of an RFID are silicon chips, an antenna and a transceiver that can be used anytime and anywhere. ... Unlike barcode technology, RFID does not require line-of-sight reading on which a bar code depends and RFID scanning can be done at greater distances than bar code scanning. ... Be it medicine, education (like library work), shipping, electronic devices automobiles, musical instruments, tracking movements of...

RFID in Libraries Guide by Mansi Aggarwal
A technology that was originally developed for the military during World War II, and has now encompassed all walks of life by making its foray into retail, medical, education, automotives, fast food, travel industry, and so on, is RFID or Radio Frequency Identification. ... The antenna allows the tag to receive and respond to radio frequency queries from an RFID transceiver. ... Like most of the new technologies, RFID equipment such as RFID readers and tags are very expensive. ... RFID system will also meet the demand of complex IT and information research inquiries, such as tracing...

RFID: NAVI (Navigation Aid for the Visually Impaired) by Sally Bacchetta
Thanks to an engineering professor and a group of students at the University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, RFID may play a significant role in increasing independence for people who are visually impaired or blind. Jack Mottley, Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, supervised a... NAVI consists of multiple fixed-position RFID transponders (tags) located throughout the testing hallway, and a hand-held RFID reader (transceiver), which emits low-frequency radio signals. ... It is free from the privacy concerns related to commercial applications of RFID.

RFID: A Smart Tag Primer by Dennis Bacchetta
Good things come in small packages. This familiar cliché usually refers to precious stones, but today it's taken on new meaning, in that small things are now protecting items we deem valuable. Analysts estimate that the retail industry loses US $50B a year to theft and up to ten times that much... AIM Global is a consortium of RFID developers and suppliers who are working to establish global RFID standards. ... Each smart tag is embedded with a unique electronic product code (EPC) and a micro-antenna.

RFID: A Closer View by Sally Bacchetta
Within the last few years RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) has steadily migrated from the inner circles of science and technology into the public consciousness. RFID is now well-integrated into the food you eat, the clothes you wear, the car you drive... ... RFID has been described as “wireless bar coding”, but in fact, even basic RFID far surpasses bar coding capabilities. ... When a tag passes within range of an RFID reader, proprietary information is transmitted through the antenna to the reader, which in turn feeds the data to a central computer for processing.

RFID: Coming to an Application Near You by Andy Reed
Now that we're six years into the third millennium, it's time that some 21st-century technology is coming of age. It's a slow process, but it's inexorable, so if you're not familiar with it, here's a short overview of what it is and what to expect from it. ... In cases of interior access, such as a corporate office, retailer, or manufacturing facility with restricted section access, RFID can be especially helpful. ... Those IDs have widely been replaced with encoded proximity card readers; employees drive or walk up, hold their card a few inches from the electronic reader, and the gate or...

RFID, Its Implications And How To Defeat by Jon Winthrop
Imagine a future in which your every belonging is marked with a unique number identifiable with the swipe of a scanner, where the location of your car is always pinpoint-able and where signal-emitting microchips storing personal information are implanted beneath your skin or embedded in your... Potential for counterfeit – If an RFID tag is being used to authenticate someone, anyone with access to an RFID reader can easily capture and fake someone else’s unique numeric identifier, and therefore, in essence, their electronic 'signature'.

Use of RFID Technology in Libraries: An Automated Metheod of Circulation, Security, Tracking and... by Syed Mohammad Shahid
1. Introduction RFID is an acronym for Radio Frequency Identification. It is a technology that allows an item, for example a library book to be tracked and communicated with by radio waves. This technology is similar in concept to a Cell Phone. Radio frequency identification, or RFID, is a... 2.1 Components of an RFID System A comprehensive RFID system has four components: (1) RFID tags that are electronically programmed with unique information; (2) Readers or sensors to query the tags; (3) Antenna; and (4) Server on which the software that interfaces with the integrated...

Informed Consent: Ethical Considerations of RFID by Sally Bacchetta
He who mounts a wild elephant goes where the wild elephant goes. Randolph Bourne Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) has incubated in relative obscurity for over 60 years, quietly changing our lives with scant attention outside the technology community. ... Every RFID transponder, or “smart tag”, is encrypted with a unique electronic product code (EPC) that distinguishes the tagged item from any other in the world. ... Their February 2004 demonstration in front of Metro’s RFID-rigged Future Store was intended to raise public awareness of the implications of RFID.