RFID – is location and identity enough? | November 3, 2008
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When I think about the relatively slow acceptance of RFID technology, it makes me wonder if what it provides is enough. Sure we can do quite a bit with RFID devices as they stand now at the edge of the enterprise, but (especially when it comes to active devices) we could do so much more. One of the low hanging fruit for Nanotechnology is sensors. The power requirements are going down all the time. If you're going to place a device on a pallet or a product, why not gather much more information about the context of the environment it's experiencing? This should provide a wide range of alerting and optimization options. There are other applications than commercial ones too. Tiktag is a product showing a whole new way to use RFID in the consumer space. It is "a service that enables anyone to link real world objects with the online world", doing interesting things like bringing up specific browser pages or applications when certain objects are brought near the screen (reader). It may be time to move the thinking about RFID out of the commercial application and into other proximity-based uses. This would definitely continue to drive the price down. Of course, there still remains the privacy concern. Categories: General Comments Add Your Comment |
