Re: anybody playing with rfid tags

[J. Sloud <jsloud@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 23:55:32 GMT, "Nick Markowitz Jr."
<nick-markowitz@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>have a different customer looking for a straight anti theft tag or rfid he
>can put under the label on buckets of products he produces so he knows if it
>goes out a door other than shipping dept. ideas
>

That sounds like an EAS application, not RFID.  EAS systems through
either Sensormatic or Checkpoint should fit the bill if the goal is to
stop shoplifting.

The difference is that true RFID would tell you WHICH item walked
through the door.  Eventually, retail will probably use RFID tags
instead of bar codes down to the indivdual item.  Imagine moving a
pallet of merchandise through the warehouse door and having your
inventory adjusted instantly.  Consumers could move a shopping cart
full of merchandise through a portal and have the enitre cart rung-up
instantly.  At the same time the merchandise in the cart would be
removed from the store's inventory system. This would eliminate
thousands of hours worth of manual inventory and waiting for clerks to
individually ring-up merchandise at a register.