RFID technology is a part of all of our everyday lives. From credit cards to medial equipment like pacemakers; from shipping crates on huge transatlantic carriers to tags in items you might buy in any store to prevent theft. This technology plays a huge part in our lives, and most of us don’t even know it exists. A brief history of RFID Technology RFID technology first got widespread attention during World War II. The 30’s and 40’s marked the era of radar communication and telegraph in the western world, and was relied upon heavily by the Allied powers. The British Royal Air Force was the first to recognize the use of radar to distinguish friendly from enemy aircraft. This system, called Identify Friend/Foe (IFF), was successfully used to track aircraft used by the allies to prevent friendly fire reduce the risk of surprise attacks on the main lad of England. This technology is still used today by modern militaries all around the world, in a more advanced fashion, of course. Other than uses in IFF systems during WWII, RFID technology as we think of it now didn’t really get off the ground until the 1960’s. A research and development boom in the 1970’s pushed the RFID technology out into the everyday world, which is seen all around us today. There were several notable inventors during the time period between the 60’s and 70’s. R.F. Harrington, being on of them, studied the electromagnetic theories related to how modern passive RFID systems operate. His theory, called the “Theory of Loaded Scatterers” , was a device that used scattered radio patterns, similar to Morse Code, to track objects. Robert Richardson and J.H. Vogelman also developed similar theories, both based on passive data transmission via radio or radar signals. T... ... middle of paper ... ...am: O'Reilly, 2005. Safari Tech Books Online. Web. 16 Feb. 2013. Landt, J. "The History of RFID." IEEE Potentials 24.4 (2005): 8-11. 2005. Web. 16 Feb. 2013. . Thornton, Frank, Anand M. Das, Brad Haines, Hersh Bhargava, Anita Campbell, and John Kleinschmidt. RFID Security. Rockland, MA: Syngress, 2006. Safari Tech Books Online. Web. 16 Feb. 2013. United States. Congress. House. RFID Technology: What the Future Holds for Commerce, Security, and the Consumer : Hearing before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, Second Session, July 14, 2004. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 2004. Print. Want, R. "An Introduction to RFID Technology." IEEE Pervasive Computing 5.1 (2006): 25-33. Print.
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Mary Babb was in her SUV last year when her estranged husband slammed into her with his pickup truck. The crash overturned Babb’s vehicle and left her suspended upside-down by her seat belt. As she hung there helplessly, Thomas Babb fired two rounds from a shotgun, killing his wife in front of horrified witnesses outside the office where she worked. Babb had filed for divorce and moved out just before her death. She changed jobs and obtained a court order protecting her from her husband. But he kept following her. According to her family, she did everything the law provided her, and it wasn’t enough. These are just two examples of convicted offenders and that sometimes the law is just not enough. In 1995, Iowa passed the Iowa Sex Offender Registry Law. Any person convicted of a criminal offense against a minor with a sexual element, an aggravated offense with a sexual element, a sexually violent offense, or any other relevant offense in Iowa, or in any other state, or in any federal, military, tribal, or foreign court, must register as a sex offender. As of August 1st 2005, there were 6,004 people on the sex offender registry. A person who is required to register as a sex offender and whose underlying criminal offense was committed against a minor is prohibited from residing within 2,000 feet of the real property comprising a public or non-public elementary or secondary school or a child care facility. A sex offender who resides within 2,000 feet of a public or non-public school or child care facility commits an aggravated misdemeanor. BUT, an offender who had an established residence prior to July 1, 2002, resides within 2,000 feet of a newly established school or child care facility does not violate the restriction (Iowa - A Taliban State). So, you could have a twice convicted sex offender living next to you and your family. What good is the law then? Since this new law came into effect, registered sex offenders have became less and less. Not because they’re not committing the crimes, but because they’re not registering. Out of the 6,000 offenders in Iowa, over 500 of them are listed as “unconfirmed whereabouts.” It has forced many of the offenders to become homeless, or sleeping in their cars or trucks (Davey). National surveys have shown that about one-fourth of all sex offenders who are on the streets have moved, failed to report new addresses to police and eluded detection.
Now since you know about RFID microchipping you don’t have to worry about the sorrow and the aggravation of trying to find your lost equine or other animals that are close to you. You can use the microchips to determine if your animals have any diseases and to determine where they are, so you can rescue them as soon as possible.
In a world that is rapidly becoming faster paced, finding various means to keep up with the changing environment is a must. Cell phones are one of the most practical inventions of time that make this possible. However, the subtle effect they have on our culture today, their invasion of our privacy, and the possible health risks they may cause are reasons to reassess the value of this intriguing device. While cell phones may be valuable, they are also potentially harmful.
RFID enables real-time tracking of items, safe monitoring and automation of warehouse operations, which can lead to increases in sales volumes and improved profitability for suppliers and retailers (Wong & Guo, 2014, pg.14). There are two main type of RFID currently in use: Active and Passive. Passive RFID tags are used for applications such as access control, file tracking, race timing, supply chain management, smart labels, and more (Smiley, 2016, pg.1). The implementation of RFID for CanIt Inc. will mostly be used for tracking physical goods and products, use of passive RFID will be the most suitable for this
Cell phone technology has been around for over twenty years. It has only been the last ten years where it has integrated completely into our lives and changed how we communicate with each other. Entire social rules of interaction were completely changed. Now you could be reached at anytime. It seemed like having a cell phone guaranteed some level of privacy from others around you. But what about your own privacy? With the technology revolution that has been taking place there seems to be no focus on personal relationships. The entire English language has been chopped up and shortened into meaningless letters and phrases It has caused loss of human interaction and expression in our modern daily lifestyles.
Many inventions have impacted the world throughout history but in my opinion one of the most impactful one’s was the invention of the radio . This invention provided society with many things which include entertainment, communication, and easier access to information. Radio is still a central part of the society today but just like any other invention radio has an interesting history of how it progressed through time.
The radio works because of sound waves being transmitted from one receptor to the next. Electrons moving through a wire create a magnetic field and when a second wire is placed next to the first the electrons are transmitted. The second wire is then able to turn the moving electrons into an electrical current which produces the same sound that created the moving electrons in the first wire (Gugliotta). Italian inventor, Gulielmo Marconi received the British patent for the radio in 1897. In 1901, Marconi discovered that radio wires did not have to be close to each other to work and that radio signals could be transmitted over very large distances. On December 13, 1901 Marconi successfully transmitted a radio wave 2,000 miles across the ocean from Poldhu, England to St. John’s, Newfoundland. U...
One of the first problems with Digital Angel and the Verichip is the sparseness of information relating to the technology. A quick tour of the Applied Digital Solutions’ Verichip website will give you a quick synopsis of what RFIDs are, and then list a few possible uses of the technology. The Frequently Asked Questions page on the website is equally shortchanged on information, with just a short tidbit on how the chips are installed, among other information. With a device that people will be living with for the rest of their lives (should they choose to bestow it upon them), I feel that many would rather have available detailed information on the technology. This is even more applicable when you consider the hostility that many people breed to technology that could lead to their mass surveillance (i.e. fear of conspiracy); many of these people’s concerns will likely be alleviated just by releasing more detailed info out on the web for the public to see.
This year we will reach the two billion passenger landmark, which on current trends will translate into 30 million pieces of mishandled baggage" [6]. The IATA surveyed airlines on their understanding of the reasons for and proportions of bags being mishandled. Among the main reasons, the airlines identified two areas where RFID can fix
Radio-wave technology is one of the most important technologies used by man. It has forever changed the United States and the world, and will continue to do so in the future. Radio has been a communications medium, a recreational device, and many other things to us. When British physicist James Clerk Maxwell published his theory of electromagnetic waves in 1873, he probably never could have envisioned the sorts of things that would come of such a principle. His theory mainly had to do with light waves, but fifteen years later, a German physicist named Heinrich Hertz was able to electrically generate MaxwellÕs ÒraysÓ in his lab. The discovery of these amazing properties, the later invention of a working wireless radio, and the resulting technology have been instrumental to AmericaÕs move into the Information Age. The invention of radio is commonly credited to Guglielmo Marconi, who, starting in 1895, developed the first ÒwirelessÓ radio transmitter and receiver. Working at home with no support from his father, but plenty from his mother, Marconi improved upon the experiments and equipment of Hertz and others working on radio transmission. He created a better radio wave detector or cohere and connected it to an early type of antenna. With the help of his brothers and some of the neighborhood boys he was able to send wireless telegraph messages over short distances. By 1899 he had established a wireless communications link between England and France that had the ability to operate under any weather conditions. He had sent trans-Atlantic messages by late 1901, and later won the Nobel prize for physics in 1909. Radio works in a very complicated way, but hereÕs a more simple explanation than youÕll get from most books: Electromagnetic waves of different wavelengths are produced by the transmitter, and modulations within each wavelength are adjusted to carry ÒencodedÓ information. The receiver, tuned to read the frequency the transmitter is sending on, then takes the encoded information (carried within the wave modulations), and translates it back into the sensory input originally transmitted. Many of the men who pioneered radio had designs for it. Marconi saw it as the best communication system and envisioned instant world-wide communication through the air. David Sarnoff ( later the head of RCA and NBC) had a vision of Òa radio receiver in every homeÓ in 1916, although the real potential of radio wasnÕt realized until after World War I.
The Pros and Cons of Tracking Devices. What is this world coming to? When most of us think of tracking devices, they think of primarily negative issues. But that has all changed now.
The radio was the first invention to allow mass communication to different parts of the world. It enabled information to be transferred thousands of miles. The development of the radio began in 1893 with Nikolai Tesla’s demonstration of wireless radio communication in St. Louis, Missouri. Nikolai Tesla’s work set the foundation for later scientists who worked to perfect the radio we now use in our daily lives. The man most associated with the invention of the radio is an Italian man named Guglielmo Marconi, who in 1986 was awarded the official patent for the radio by the British Government. The reason Marconi is most know for the invention of the radio is because he was the first to broadcast a transmission, which he did in 1899 and it was a mile long. Thanks to these great inventors and their brilliant minds we can now listen to sports nearly anywhere and everywhere we are in the world, due to the radio.
The world has gone through a lot of changed as time passes by. With advancements in the technological field people are can communicate with ones from around the world without having to even lift a finger. To make things more efficient and more cost saving industries have made technology wireless. Wireless technology gives people the chance to get up from their stationary computer, or cord phone and able to freely move without restrictions. The IT, or Information Technology has become a standard and very critical part of today’s society. Wireless technology came from the basic just cellular usage to sensors in the medical field. Wires are now a thing of the past in today’s world with forever revitalizing technology.
By the time the 20th century arrived, vacuum tubes were invented that could transmit weak electrical signals which led to the formation of electromagnetic waves that led to the invention of the radio broadcast system (750). These vacuum tubes were discovered to be able to transmit currents through solid material, which led to the creation of transistors in the 1960’s (750).