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RFID (radio frequency identification) chips or tags as they are better known are the size of the smallest coin in your pocket, but they can store huge amounts of data that can be manipulated in methods that can do incredible things.
For instance, RFID tags are in the majority of office identity tags and in a few passports, enabling the holder to pass through security quickly while keeping the building or the country secure.
They are a modern version of the bar code. Remember before bar codes and bar code readers? When a shop assistant had to key prices into the cash register, correct errors and look up prices that they could not remember? People do not have any time for that anymore.
It is all right at the newsagents, but imagine a teenager keying in your two trolleys of weekly shopping at the superstore every Saturday. You would still be there on Sunday! Supermarkets have thousands of items and dozens of special offers – no-one could remember that amount.
No-one could, but bar codes make it straightforward and so do RFID tags. Bar codes work well, but they have to be seen to be read. RFID tags send out their information on a unique frequency which can be read out of line of sight. In other words, an RFID scanner does not need to be able to see the tag to read it.
The scanner can read what is in your trolley without you having to unload it and as you pass by that scanner and pay for your things, they are subtracted from stock immediately so that the warehouse manger can see what people are buying and what nobody wishes to buy. So, if one brand of cat food sells better than another, the manager will see that on the computer print-out and buy more of that make, thus keeping more people happy.
This use of RFID in inventory control or asset management to give it its more official title, can translate itself into other uses too. An RFID tag can be placed under your cat’s fur or in its collar so that you can find him if he gets lost. The police and the wardens scan stray animals for a tag as part of their routine these days. Zoologists have been doing this with wild elephants, big cats and other endangered species for years. Now you can have it done with your pets also.
Company vehicles, as assets of the business, often carry RFID tags and you can have one placed in your car to aid recovery if it is stolen. Baggage handlers at airports or bus terminals can (and do) use them to avoid mislaying luggage.
The US government requires RFID tags be used on all vehicles carrying ammunition or dangerous substances and have done for nearly ten years. The US military is in fact the principal user of these tags in the world. RFID tags are used to track military assets such as armaments, battle tanks, fuel, containers, artillery, you name it.
Some people worry about RFID technology. Where is the line between their convenience and their personal information? For example, they do not like getting junk emails from people that have been able to track the purchases they made with their credit cards.
Owen Jones, the writer of this article writes on several topics, but is currently involved with the RFID asset tracking. If you would like to know more, please go to our website at Active RFID Management.
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09/02/10 â http://www.TheTechTrader.com — Some really good looking longs on Charts of the Day for today are Amtech Systems Inc. (ASYS), Dendreon Corp. (DNDN), Isilon Systems, Inc. (ISLN), JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (JKS), MIPS Technologies Inc. (MIPS), McMoRan Exploration Co. (MMR), Nanometrics Incorporated (NANO), Netezza Corporation (NZ), and ReneSola Ltd. (SOL), Spreadtrum Communications Inc. (SPRD). http://www.TheTechTrader.com
Chart Info: Harry's Charts of the Day, published each evening Monday through Thursday, features Harry Boxer's video technical analysis on a stock in play. To learn which stocks Harry is adding to his model portfolio, including stops and targets, sign up for a Free 15-Day Trial to his Technical Trading Diary — which includes both day trades and intermediate-term stock picks. https://www.thetechtrader.com
Duration : 7 min 54 sec
08/30/10 â http://www.TheTechTrader.com – Stocks covered on Harryâs Charts of the Day are Almost Family Inc. (AFAM), Amedisys Inc. (AMED), Conceptus, Inc. (CPTS), Cree Inc. (CREE), Citi Trends (CTRN), Quest Diagnostics Inc. (DGX), FTI Consulting, Inc. (FCN), Guess? Inc. (GES), Global Payments Inc. (GPN), IPC The Hospitalist Company, Inc. (IPCM), J. Crew Group, Inc. (JCG), JDA Software Group Inc. (JDAS), Mindray Medical International Limited (MR), Blue Nile Inc. (NILE), SolarWinds, Inc. (SWI), and Universal Corporation (UVV), Visa, Inc. (V). Chart Info: Harry's Charts of the Day, published each evening Monday through Thursday, features Harry Boxer's video technical analysis on a stock in play. To learn which stocks Harry is adding to his model portfolio, including stops and targets, sign up for a Free 15-Day Trial to his Technical Trading Diary — which includes both day trades and intermediate-term stock picks. https://www.thetechtrader.com.
Duration : 6 min 38 sec
07/27/10 â http://www.TheTechTrader.com â Stocks highlighted on Harryâs Charts of the Day are Biovail Corporation (BVF), Hexcel Corp. (HXL), Ultra Clean Holdings Inc. (UCTT), Westport Innovations Inc. (WPRT), Finisar Corp. (FNSR), Industrial Services of America, Inc. (IDSA), Isilon Systems, Inc. (ISLN), Netlist Inc. (NLST), Opko Health, Inc. (OPK), and Riverbed Technology, Inc. (RVBD). — Harry's Charts of the Day, published each evening Monday through Thursday, features Harry Boxer's video technical analysis on a stock in play. To learn which stocks Harry is adding to his model portfolio, including stops and targets, sign up for a Free 15-Day Trial to his Technical Trading Diary — which includes both day trades and intermediate-term stock picks. https://www.thetechtrader.com/cgi-bin/fbuser.
Duration : 5 min 11 sec
08/25/10 â http://www.TheTechTrader.com — Highlighted on Charts of the Day today are Acacia Research Corporation (ACTG), ARM Holdings PLC (ARMH), Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ARNA), Biovail Corporation (BVF), Informatica Corporation (INFA), McMoRan Exploration Co. (MMR), Nanometrics Incorporated (NANO), VeriFone Systems, Inc (PAY). — Harry's Charts of the Day, published each evening Monday through Thursday, features Harry Boxer's video technical analysis on a stock in play. To learn which stocks Harry is adding to his model portfolio, including stops and targets, sign up for a Free 15-Day Trial to his Technical Trading Diary — which includes both day trades and intermediate-term stock picks. https://www.thetechtrader.com
Duration : 4 min 26 sec
08/10/10 â http://www.TheTechTrader.com — Today Harry covers some of the Boxer Shorts since the market was sloppy today and could be headed lower. See how it goes over the next day or two. — Stocks highlighted on Harryâs Charts of the Day are Almost Family Inc. (AFAM), Aeropostale, Inc. (ARO), Bally Technologies, Inc. (BYI), Cerner Corp. (CERN), Capella Education Co. (CPLA), Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), FTI Consulting, Inc. (FCN), JDA Software Group Inc. (JDAS), Jinpan International Ltd. (JST), Blue Nile Inc. (NILE), QLogic Corp. (QLGC), Student Loan Corp. (STU), Stryker Corp. (SYK). — Harry's Charts of the Day, published each evening Monday through Thursday, features Harry Boxer's video technical analysis on a stock in play. To learn which stocks Harry is adding to his model portfolio, including stops and targets, sign up for a Free 15-Day Trial to his Technical Trading Diary — which includes both day trades and intermediate-term stock picks. http://www.thetechtrader.com/cgi-bin/fbuser.
Duration : 7 min 21 sec
07/26/10 â http://www.TheTechTrader.com — Boxer Shorts discussed on Harryâs Charts of the Day are Almost Family Inc. (AFAM), Amedisys Inc. (AMED), Cerner Corp. (CERN), CareFusion Corporation (CFN), Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), Duoyuan Global Water Inc. (DGW), Quest Diagnostics Inc. (DGX), Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. (DO), FTI Consulting, Inc. (FCN), Gilead Sciences Inc. (GILD), Global Payments Inc. (GPN), JDA Software Group Inc. (JDAS), Jinpan International Ltd. (JST), MedcoHealth Solutions Inc. (MHS), Oceaneering International, Inc. (OII), QLogic Corp. (QLGC), Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM), Student Loan Corp. (STU), SolarWinds, Inc. (SWI), and Stryker Corp. (SYK). Chart Info: Harry's Charts of the Day, published each evening Monday through Thursday, features Harry Boxer's video technical analysis on a stock in play. To learn which stocks Harry is adding to his model portfolio, including stops and targets, sign up for a Free 15-Day Trial to his Technical Trading Diary — which includes both …
Duration : 8 min 40 sec
Stocks on Harryâs Charts of the Day are Almaden Minerals Ltd. (AAU), Amtech Systems Inc. (ASYS), China Agritech Inc. (CAGC), China Green Agriculture, Inc. (CGA), Craft Brewers Alliance, Inc. (HOOK), Informatica Corporation (INFA), IPG Photonics Corporation (IPGP), Isilon Systems, Inc. (ISLN), JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (JKS), Nanometrics Incorporated (NANO), Warner Chilcott plc (WCRX). https://www.thetechtrader.com
Duration : 5 min 15 sec
RFID is the recognized acronym for Radio Frequency IDentification. The basis of RFID technology is that every RFID chip or tag is capable of emitting a radio signal on a frequency wholly unique to itself.
Therefore, every RFID tag must have its own unique frequency and the RFID tag readers must be sensitive enough to be able to distinguish between frequencies that are only a very minute bit different from its neighbouring tags. The difference can be microscopic.
Therefore, the technology has to be sensitive and selective, but not fragile, because the apparatus has to be used on the shop floor and by people who are often in a hurry and in weather that may be inclement.
In order for RFID to have the desired result, you have to have a tag, which is an upmarket kind of bar code and a radio receiver, often called a (tag) reader. However, whereas a bar code can only hold a small quantity of information and the bar code reader has to be pointed at it, an RFID tag can hold much more information and can be read from a hundred yards or more – even out of line of sight.
Passive tags will only divulge their details when asked to by a reader, whereas an active tag is constantly broadcasting its contents. Clearly, active RFID tags are more expensive than passive tags, because they have to have a long life battery.
These tags can be utilized to track goods from the moment they leave the manufacturer of the items they describe to the in-bay of the vendor. The tags can then be up-dated or renewed and put in the warehouse. Once there, RFID readers can keep management up to date about what goods are where and if the sell-by-date is approaching.
This has implications for the levels of stock that a company needs to hold, the quantity of goods sold cheap because the sell-by-date is too near and for theft, all of which should boost company profits more than paying for the cost of the tags, the readers, the printers and the programmes.
At the click of a mouse, managers will be able to read how much inventory they have in real time and if this is all linked to the checkout cash registers, which are the most and least profitable items. This makes reordering easy . Easy to the point of automation. For instance, when stocks of the top ten percent of the best selling items falls below 1,000 order 10,000 more. Automatically, no questions asked.
RFID has many other applications too. The ideas mentioned above can be applied to farm animals, a call centre’s computers, a fleet of commercial vehicles, an inventory of domestic items, your pets, your car and even your garden furniture. Some people who work over a boundary are even having them placed under their skin so that they do not have to wait at customs.
And do not forget that criminals on early discharge are also tagged. It is the same technology.
Owen Jones, the writer of this article writes on several topics, but is currently involved with the RFID asset management. If you would like to know more, please go to our website at Active RFID Management.
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08/16/10 â http://www.TheTechTrader.com — Stocks highlighted on Charts of the Day are Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ARNA), Amtech Systems Inc. (ASYS), Biovail Corporation (BVF), VocalTec Communications, Inc. (CALL), China Marine Food Group Limited (CMFO), GeoEye, Inc. (GEOY), Isilon Systems, Inc. (ISLN), Kraton Performance Polymers Inc. (KRA), Nanometrics Incorporated (NANO), Nxstage Medical, Inc. (NXTM), Polypore International Inc. (PPO), Radcom Ltd. (RDCM), GT Solar International, Inc. (SOLR). Harry's Charts of the Day, published each evening Monday through Thursday, features Harry Boxer's video technical analysis on a stock in play. To learn which stocks Harry is adding to his model portfolio, including stops and targets, sign up for a Free 15-Day Trial to his Technical Trading Diary — which includes both day trades and intermediate-term stock picks. https://www.thetechtrader.com
Duration : 6 min 2 sec
