Emerging Technology
Audience: Fellow Students and Professors Author: Diana Turple
Student # W
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) | 2
Summary
In summary this report will help to inform people of RFID. It will show how it is being used now and may be used in the moving ahead. It begins with a brief introduction on what RFID is and then goes on to explain, its whole idea and uses of RDIF. RFID will use the know‐how from people of interest who will bounce off the advantages and problems to outplay for different companies. These companies are caught up in the development, advancement, and the market plays a great part in the future of RFID.
TABLE OF Contents Summary Radio Frequency Identification - Introduction RFID had to begin somewhere What is RFIT? RFID and its Current and Planned Uses RFID Chips used on students? Retail Stores go Smart with RFID RFID & Bar Codes Injections into Humans 1. Medical Records Use 2. Building access and security 3. Possible Future Applications Potential problems 4. Potential problems Conclusion - RFID, as an emerging technology, for the Consumer in the Future Appendix Bibliography 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 7 8 9 10
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) | 3
RFID - Introduction RFID is coming out as a major emerging technology for identifying and tracking goods and assets around the
world. It can help hospitals locate equipment quickly to improve patient care, pharmacies to reduce copying, and logistics providers to improve the management of movable assets. RFID promises to create new inefficiencies in the supply chain. It will track goods from the point of manufacture through retail POS.
RFIT had to begin somewhere. The first disturbing fact is that RFID is NOT a new technology. It was first used over sixty years ago by Britain to identify aircraft in World War II and a part of the refinement of radar. It was
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