1. RFID and RFID tags. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is an automatic identification method, relying on storing and remotely retrieving data using devices known as RFID tags.

2. RFID tags RFID tags use RFID to store and remotely access data. RFID tags can enable the user of the RFID tags such as a corporation like Wal-Mart to track their products. An RFID tag would be attached to the product and identified and tracked through the use of radio waves.

3. RFID tags continued RFID tags have gained popularity due to the complex changes in our world. Additionally, RFID tags have been viewed as a replacement for barcodes. RFID tags are also potentially being considered by hospitals in the use of identifying patients.

4. Groups that are promoting RFID tags AIM global, also known as the Association for Automatic Identification and Mobility, is committed to the intelligent adoption of RFID technology. The website for AIM global is http://www.aimglobal.org/. The National Retail Federation is the world’s largest retail trade association that represents all major areas of retail.

5. University Research UW-Madison ( http://www.uwrfidlab.org/projects/ )http://www.uwrfidlab.org/projects/ –How the product contents, packaging and media affect RFID system performance? Readability (single tag, multi-tag) Write-ability Packaging re-design guideline –How external environmental conditions affect RFID system performance and ways to overcome these effects. Interferences Durability –How individual RFID system components affect the overall system performance and how to improve it? Tag design (tag antenna, substrates) Reader design (reader antenna, reader controller) Network architecture Data architecture (data structures / data management) Software architecture

6. University Research Cont’d University of Arkansas (http://www.cisco- eagle.com/RFID/rfid-research-center.htm)http://www.cisco- eagle.com/RFID/rfid-research-center.htm –The University of Arkansas has created a RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) research center (2005) devoted to examining the technology as used in a retail setting and beyond. –The UA RFID center will examine not only technical issues but also questions of public policy. –Provide testing and research services to a nationally arrayed group of business partners

7. RFID Weblog RFID in Powder Form (http://www.rfid-weblog.com/ )http://www.rfid-weblog.com/ –Hitachi, the Japanese semiconductor company created the RFID –World's smallest RFID tags and measure just 0.05mm x 0.05mm. May someone sprinkle these tags on your coat while you unknowingly brush them off as dandruff from your hair?

8. RFID Weblog Cont’d Edible RFID Tags by Kodak ( http://www.rfid-weblog.com/ ) http://www.rfid-weblog.com/ –These tags will certainly help in the medical field –These tags could be attached to medicines thereby informing the nurse whether it has been taken by the patient or not. – Digestible tags can also be fitted in the hip joint or knee and give a warning if further surgery is required.

9. Current Use in Business Wal-Mart Ford Motor Company Honda Italia to use RFID at motorbike plant

10. RFID - Technology Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zj7t xoDxbEhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zj7t xoDxbE http://preview.tinyurl.com/2sz36f

11. Technology Roadblocks Privacy Issues Moral issue Personal privacy issues Security Issues Ease of RFID recreation Usage of an RFID copying device

12. Logistical Emphasis Usage in the Midwest is not statistically higher than other places Wal-Mart is main proponent of RFID technology Best Buy is beginning to use significantly more RFID tags

13. The Future of RFID RFID will become significantly more prevalent Could usher in an entire new method of marketing Could also be used to track people and their possessions without the owners knowledge

14. Leon Theremin Inventor of RFID Soviet Espionage Tool Originally used as a passive covert listening device Not intended to be an ID tag

15. Kevin Warwick First person to put RFID chips in a human Put it in himself Procedure he pioneered is being used all over the world

16. Sources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RFID#Potential_us eshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RFID#Potential_us es http://www.aimglobal.org http://www.nrf.com/content/default.asp?folder =home&file=main.htmhttp://www.nrf.com/content/default.asp?folder =home&file=main.htm http://www.aimglobal.org/technologies/rfid/ http://www.nrf.com/content/default.asp?folder =it&file=rfid_faq.htmhttp://www.nrf.com/content/default.asp?folder =it&file=rfid_faq.htm