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Never loose your luggage again

Published on Nov 24, 2015

RFIDs and how they have been incorporated into our everyday lives.

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Never loose your luggage again:

How RFID Tags have revolutionized our lives

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Defining RFID tags

Applications of RFID tags

Controversies facing RFID

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RF..what?

RFID tags 101

RFID:

Radio-identification system
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Wireless id System

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How do they work?

Radio signals deliver information to a computer system
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Where did it all begin?

The path to RFID tags began with radar

1935: Germans altered Radar

First crude RFID system

1936: Sir Watson-Watt

Active IFF system developed 

Friend...

or Foe...

1990's: IBM patents UHF RFID

1999: RFID gets its big break

MIT scholars make RFID accessible to businesses

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RFID TAgs around us

HealthCare applications

Patient Records

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Edible RFID Tags

Business applications

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Supply chain Management

Tracking product from manufacturure to retailer
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Agriculture

Tracking animals and supply consumption
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Everyday applications

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Cybertyres

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Finding Lost Friends

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Controversy:

Opposition to the RFID tag

Religious Conflict

RFID tags under fire
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Security and privacy

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So...Where is your luggage?

AND WHAT'S INSIDE?

Questions?

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