Cameron Laird's personal notes on RFID

The fundamental fact about RFID is this: it binds the digital and physical worlds cost-effectively like no alternative. In a time of BigData [reference], compliance [ref.], "Web 2.0", ..., processes remain hamstrung by all the dirt and delays in on-line data [ref.]. RFID radically improves the link between digital traces and the physical realities they should represent.

My own publications include:

• ...
• "JCPenney 'all-in': RFID, M-POS, Self-Checkout, More"
• "What RFID Means to Your Career"
• "RFID Timely in the Datacenter"
• "State of the RFID art: what electronic tracking can do for e-commerce"

[Explain initialism. Explain relatives: NFC, UWB, BT, ...]

As much as RFID excites me, I'm at least open to an argument that NFC is a better fit when tracking humans.

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