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My lovely, lovely work responded to my request to go to this on the grounds that 'it might come in useful one day' by giving me access to a corporate credit card and the day off to go drool over the tech.
Things wot you can use RFID for:
Pets, Fed-Ex drivers (links to truck locking system), skiers, fuel cards, toll gates etc. Library books, Bananas, Landmine detection using bees, Dentures (enables elderly care facilities to work out what belongs to who), Check out the stuff on Human Implants, Garbage bins (tracks how much waste you produce and how much extra you might have to pay)
The speakers were interesting and knew their stuff. Chatted to various experts and got demonstrations of how close you have to be to scan stuff, how much abuse you can pile on a 'tag' before it gives up the ghost, what you have to coat one in before you can effectively tag athletes and generally had a good time.
Alan Butters from Sybis talked about RFID in general and it's applications in a library environment (stocktake, reshelving, self service checkouts, security). He outlined a lot of the common problems (tag dies, book becomes 'invisible', lack of standard protocols, lack of common suppliers, gear not compatible with different systems) and what we can expect from RFID technology right now - also gave some interesting hints about what to expect in the future.
Interesting concerns raised about privacy and vulnerability to virus attacks. Seems to be a concern more for the older generation and their obsession with privacy.
Things wot you can use RFID for:
Pets, Fed-Ex drivers (links to truck locking system), skiers, fuel cards, toll gates etc. Library books, Bananas, Landmine detection using bees, Dentures (enables elderly care facilities to work out what belongs to who), Check out the stuff on Human Implants, Garbage bins (tracks how much waste you produce and how much extra you might have to pay)
The speakers were interesting and knew their stuff. Chatted to various experts and got demonstrations of how close you have to be to scan stuff, how much abuse you can pile on a 'tag' before it gives up the ghost, what you have to coat one in before you can effectively tag athletes and generally had a good time.
Alan Butters from Sybis talked about RFID in general and it's applications in a library environment (stocktake, reshelving, self service checkouts, security). He outlined a lot of the common problems (tag dies, book becomes 'invisible', lack of standard protocols, lack of common suppliers, gear not compatible with different systems) and what we can expect from RFID technology right now - also gave some interesting hints about what to expect in the future.
Interesting concerns raised about privacy and vulnerability to virus attacks. Seems to be a concern more for the older generation and their obsession with privacy.
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Wahh.