2. Overview  What is RFID?  How to use it?  Relevant links  Future Trends  Bibliography

3. What is RFID  Radio Frequency Identification  The use of radio frequency tags is to identify real objects RFID consists of 3 components:  Transceiver-Tag Reader  Transponder- RFID tag  Antenna

4. Types of Tags Passive Tags  No battery  Low Cost Active Tags  On-board transceiver  Battery (must be replaced)  Longer range  Expensive

5. Types of Tags Read Only  Factory Programmed  Usually has no chip embedded Read/ Write  On-board memory  Can save data  Can change ID  Higher cost

6. Key Points  Facilitate human identification and tracking process  Facilitate animal and product tracking  Facilitate production control  Improve physical space access control  Improve precision of product identification  Facilitate or reduce household chores  Improve transaction speed  Facilitate time and body movement tracking  Improve access to information  Facilitate Marketing in business (consumer behavior, spending patterns)

7. Facilitate Human identification and tracking process Implementation of RFID CHIPS adds efficiency and accuracy to the identification process. Examples include:  Citizenship card  Social insurance card  Student ID card  Passport  Medical bracelet  Human body Incision

8. Facilitate Animal and product tracking ANIMAL TRACKING  Tagging pets for identification purposes  To monitor pet’s activity  Inserting RFID chips in animals for behavioral patterns PRODUCT TRACKING  Manufacturing and distribution of products  In-Store Theft prevention  Book allocation in Libraries  Facilitating checkout process

9. Improve supply chain management  Re-writeable RFID transponders  Track and record product details during production process  Elimination of paperwork at different production levels  Automatic response to central database

10. Improve physical space access control  Free-hand access control to parking lots and reserved areas  Automatic access to records  Efficient accountability

11. Improve product identification process  ensuring the safety and quality of the donor blood supply  organ transplants  track luggage at major airports  locate stolen vehicles

12. Facilitate or reduce household chores  Recognizing products in the fridge with an automatic creating of a shopping list  Proposing the menus matching the fridge content Improve transaction speed  Speeds up the transaction process at the check out point

13. Facilitate time and body movement tracking  RFID applications used in sports for accuracy of the results such as timing Improve access to information  Users access to in-store promotions via their RFID handheld and transceiver devices  Used in developing the in-store customer pattern and profile  Identifying the customer-to-products behavior

14. Bibliography www.rfidexchange.comwww.rfidexchange.com. March 12, 2009. Snitz Forums 2000. March 30, 2009 http://www.rfidexchange.com/forum/default.asp http://www.rfid-weblog.comhttp://www.rfid-weblog.com. March 28, 2009. Creative Weblogging Inc. March 30, 2009 http://www.rfid-monthly.com March 29, 2009. WordPress, Fluid Blue theme.http://www.rfid-monthly.com March 30, 2009 http://www.rfid-monthly.comhttp://www.rfid-monthly.com www.youtube.comwww.youtube.com. January 10, 2009. “IBM RFID commercial- Shopping in the Future as a Chipped Human.” March 30, 2009. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xNhL39uD7I “RFID Access for Garages.” March 30, 2009. http://parking.arizona.edu/permits/rfid.php Harold Clampitt, Brad Sokol. “American RFID solutions: Industry Proposal”. March 30, 2009 2009<http://www.autoid.org/news/RFIDGetTrainedAndMakeSomeoneSmile.doc>  “

15. Bibliography “Radio Frequency Identification.” www.wikipedia.com. March 30, 2009. Declan McCullagh. RFID Tags: Big Brother in Small Packages. January 13, 2003. Retrieved March 30, 2000. http://www.student.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~cs492/papers/rfid.pdf> Transpondernews.com. "Future Trends in Transporter News." Retrieved March 30, 2009. Transpondernews.com."Current Trends in Transporter Systems." Retrieved March 30, 2009. Brian Mattmiller. "Can RFID Provide a Safer Blood Supply?” Feb. 26, 2008. Retrieved March 30, 2009. <http://www.news.wisc.edu/14812 Activewaveinc.com. Active wave: application s and solutions. Retrieved March 30, 2009.