Tuesday 22 May 2018

RFID And Pulling The World Into The Future

By Ruth Fisher


Human society marches forward. Such is an undeniable fact of humanity. No matter what happens, war, famine, or disease, human society is always going to march forward. Progress is an inevitability of life. It can be resisted, it can be attacked. It can even be delayed. But it cannot be stopped. As such, it is important to keep up, to not get left behind. Industries and people who do not keep up get left in the dust. Consequently, it is important to have the tools necessary to navigate the new world. One such tool is the CSL RFID reader.

RFID stands for radio frequency identification. This is accomplished through tags. Passive tags have no internal or external power source and must use the energy given out by the radio waves being given out by a reader. An active tag is powered by a battery and often has a greater range than a passive tag.

Ultra high frequency, more commonly referred to as UHF, are the frequencies at which many of the most essential systems in the world operate. A lot of things like cell phone coverage, GPS, and even Wi-Fi all operate on UHF. Many RFID readers are tuned to ultra high frequencies.

RFID tags are used widely in for security purposes. Items embedded with an RFID tag will often go off if taken out in a store. Similarly, identification cards can often contain chips in them, especially if there are systems in place to deny entry to outsiders. A chipped card simply allows entry into such places. Similarly, casinos chips are often tagged to prevent theft.

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.

The applications of RFID technology are limitless, governed only by the imagination. The technology can make shopping at a physical location much easier. Items can be tagged with chips and instead of waiting in line at a counter, a customer can simply walk out, with RFID readers automatically reading both the chips and the credit or debit card of a customer and charging the latter the amount for the former. If shopping at a physical location does not completely fade away, it should be revolutionized. The technology can also be applied to health, as dust can be made that can be introduced into the human bloodstream to monitor overall bodily health. The main challenge to such technology is the fear that it applied to tracking animals can crossover and be applied to tracking people.

Now, simply picking a reader is easy. There are many that are currently on the market. Picking the right one is the key.

A reader should not cost too much, but it should not be cheap. Then again, cheap is not really an option for most tech, as even a low cost reader can cost hundreds of dollars. Remember the adage of you buy cheap, you buy twice. A reader should be durable. Especially if it is placed outside. The outside includes dangers like the weather and rowdy people.

Technology is great. Humans are great for advancing it so much. As tech advances, human society will change and advance with it.




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