| RFID (Radio Frequency ID) enables
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| | to less than 90% for bar code-only
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| wireless data capture and transaction
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| | tags."One of the benefits Rafsec
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| processing. Our last column discussed
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| | highlights is that the tags can be
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| proximity applications, used primarily
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| | recoded (using a rewrite function) at
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| for access control. This time, we'll take
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| | different points in the system. "This
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| a look at what are broadly defined as
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| | makes it possible to hold bags for
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| vicinity, or long-range applications,
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| | security checking and release them for
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| used for product tracking, inventory
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| | loading when checked, provided the RFID
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| control, product authentication, etc.One
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| | system is linked to the baggage
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| of my favorite applications is in
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| | reconciliation systems. Similarly, RFID
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| libraries. Instead of the traditional
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| | is already being used to track passenger
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| librarian checking out a book - older
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| | progress through airports, reducing the
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| readers will remember the card slipped
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| | number of passengers arriving late at the
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| into a pocket inside the cover, on which
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| | gate and in so doing ensuring that planes
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| you could read previous borrowers' names
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| | leave on time."I anticipate a wider range
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| hand-written along with the check-out and
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| | of uses for RFID systems in the future.
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| return dates - or the bar-code system
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| | While some might cost more than the
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| that replaced the cards a generation ago,
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| | systems they replace, they should be easy
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| RFID technology allows libraries to lend
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| | enough to implement and well worth the
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| and return books and other media
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| | expense. For example, police departments
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| automatically. The authorized borrower -
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| | have long urged bicycle owners to engrave
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| anyone with a library card - can take a
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| | a serial number on an attached tag or on
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| book, video, or CD and check it out
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| | the frame itself. If the bike is stolen
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| without taking the librarian's time (or
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| | and turns up at a pawn shop or flea
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| your own, which in my youth was wasted
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| | market, the registered number can help
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| standing on line every Saturday morning
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| | track the thief and return the bike to
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| waiting to return last week's book and
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| | its owner. An RFID tag can be
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| check out this week's choice). When you
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| | incorporated into each bicycle sold, and
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| return it, it's automatically checked
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| | reputable pawn shops can be linked to a
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| back in.The central computer processor
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| | control system in the police department -
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| tracks all loans and returns, giving the
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| | or the police can carry a portable unit,
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| library real-time knowledge of inventory.
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| | similar to that used for writing parking
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| It automatically alerts staff to late
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| | tickets, to check merchandise and
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| returns or missing books, saving staff
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| | discover thefts.Some school boards are
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| time and improving accuracy in tracking
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| | issuing RFID tags to students to control
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| them. And it can disallow a borrower from
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| | access to buses and school facilities,
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| taking out anything if it shows that
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| | and it would be equally simple to install
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| other items have not yet been returned,
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| | RFID systems in homes, replacing
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| whether to maintain a limit on the number
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| | traditional locks and keys and even
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| of items a borrower can check out at one
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| | touch-key access control systems.One of
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| time, or because of overdue items still
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| | my favorite possibilities - and one that
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| in his or her possession.Another
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| | will no doubt raise the hackles of
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| application, which is having a
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| | privacy advocates - is human implants.
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| wide-ranging impact on the garment world,
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| | One company in Canada has already
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| is the incorporation of RFID tags into
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| | pioneered the process, though its success
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| clothing and accessories. With so much
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| | and long-term value is still far from
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| manufacturing having moved overseas
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| | being proven. But I can envision a day
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| during the past two decades, it's more
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| | when every member of a family is
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| important than ever to protect the
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| | implanted (after all, time-release
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| integrity of product lines. Not doing so
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| | implants are already in wide use to help
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| opens the door to knock-off imports that
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| | people stop smoking or for birth control)
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| cut into the bottom line, cheap copies
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| | with an RFID chip. A central computer can
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| hurting the reputation of a well-known
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| | control access, not just to locked doors
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| brand-name, and use of banned components
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| | but to other items or products in a home:
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| such as toxic dyes in fabric or
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| | computers, a liquor cabinet, dangerous
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| children's toys.By incorporating an RFID
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| | tools (power saws, etc.), or even a gun
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| tag into a label, or even sewing it into
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| | cabinet. Each person's chip can be
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| a suit or pocketbook, a brand owner can
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| | encoded to allow or prevent access,
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| identify its source from among dozens of
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| | protecting the home and its
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| manufacturing locations, thus simplifying
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| | occupants.When these applications will
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| tracking its origins. This is especially
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| | begin to appear is a question that's
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| important if a product batch is inferior,
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| | impossible to answer; whether they will
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| allowing the brand owner to easily locate
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| | is easy: they will, and we should all be
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| the problem.The tag can also certify the
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| | ready for them.ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED
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| product as authentic to identify and
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| | HERE.Andrew Reed grew up in Asheville,
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| control counterfeits, and simplify the
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| | North Carolina. He moved to New York in
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| process of distribution, store returns,
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| | 1970, and following his undergraduate
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| and sales data. And, at the retail end,
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| | studies at Columbia University he became
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| the ID attached to each individual
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| | a marketing specialist with National
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| product can reduce in-house theft.In
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| | Broadcasting and other companies. He
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| airports, according to another RFID
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| | returned to the WNC mountains in 1993,
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| specialist, Rafsec.com, "many airlines
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| | where he works as an editor, freelance
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| have run RFID trials over the past few
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| | writer, and marketing consultant. He
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| years to prove the efficacy of the
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| | operates a web-based editing and
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| systems employed in the air transport
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| | marketing company, and specializes in
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| environment. Tests have shown first-read
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| | writing for web sites.
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| rates of over 99% with RF tags compared
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