1. Yes? Or No?

2. Radio-frequency identification is the use of an object (typically referred to as an RFID tag) applied to or incorporated into a product, animal, or person for the purpose of identification and tracking using radio waves.

3. What is RFID tag? An RFID tag consists of a small silicon microchip attached to an antenna. The chip itself can be as small as half a millimetre square – roughly the size of a tiny seed. Some RFID tags are thin enough to be embedded in paper.

4. RFID Reader RFID Tag Wallet

5. Applications of RFID  Personnel identification.  Livestock identification and tracking.  Electronic toll connection.  Cargo and container identification.  Patient identification and medication.

6. Future & function of RFIDs for consumer.  Easy shopping: Walk out without going through line up.  Easy item returns: No more standing at the cash trying to explain how you lost the receipt.  Smart appliances: Your washing machine and fridge.  Personalization: Your clothes size will look for you.

7. Future & function of RFIDs for companies.  No need to do inventory.  Tracking products.  Freshness of products.  Minimize running cost.

8. Advantages of RFID  Works in harsh temperatures and environments.  The RFID system works at a remarkably high speed.  Multiple RFID tags can be read at the same time.  The storage capacity of the RFID tags is greater than any other automatic identification and tracking system.

9. Disadvantages of RFID  The main disadvantage of RFID systems is high cost.  Although the tags work in harsh environments, the signals from certain types of tags get affected when they come in close contact with certain metals or liquids.  There is no way in which damaged tags can be tracked and replaced by tags that are intact.  Although the tags do not require line-of-sight communication, they can be read within a specified range only.

10. Sources  http://www.rsa.com/rsalabs/node.asp?id=2963. http://www.rsa.com/rsalabs/node.asp?id=2963  http://www.buzzle.com/articles/pros-and-cons-of- rfid-technology.html http://www.buzzle.com/articles/pros-and-cons-of- rfid-technology.html  http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/articleview/1334/1 /129/ http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/articleview/1334/1 /129/  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eob532iEpqkhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eob532iEpqk