RFID in the news

There is an item in the NZ herald (Sat 3oth September) here about supermarkets using RFID. This is interesting as it is focused very much as a loss-prevention issue, rather than supply chain. Previously there has been some interesting work in New Zealand - published in RFID journal on the use of UHF tags to identify animals. The full pathfinder group report is here.
Not in NZ but in RFID journal there has also been some interesting work on patient monitoring in hospitals, using ultra wide band RFID. Personally, I think this sort of approach can usefully be combined with lower-tech ones such as the use of fake bus stops , and the whole panoply of assisted living technology http://www.tkn.port.ac.uk/

Hardware

Currently in the lab we have a range of RFID hardware - some Tracient UHF and RF readers, some Phidgit LF readers, and some Trossen HF readers. We also have a Skytek UHF reader and a large FEIG HF reader and some accessories. More specialised equipment includes a mobile phone NFC kit and some new Wavetrend active tags and readers. Particular thanks to Tracient for their support in terms of donations and reduced costs.

First blogs

This blog is an experiment, to see whether it is worth having a BLOG for the AUT AURA (AUT RFID Applications) laboratory. For some very old details about me see http://elena/homepages/staff/Dave-Parry/