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College Industry Council on Material Handling Education

RFID

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This Lecture Resource explains the basics of RFID, how the system works, and compares RFID to bar codes. It discusses limitations of the technology and the cost. The operational frequencies are given, as well as a description of active and passive tags. The electronic product code is explained. The presentation gives a brief history of RFID and numerous applications. Importantly, it discusses the current controversy (circa July 16, 2005) concerning the technology. Please send updates to the author at atljerry@earthlink.net.

This Lecture Resource was developed by: Jerry Banks

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