RFID Tag for Tree (plant)

This type of tag is designed for tagging plant or tree. This nail shape RFID tag can be easily in plant to the trunk for traceability and collecting data for agriculture research and development.

RFID Tag for Livestock (animal)

This type of tag is suitable to apply for animal, livestock traceability. It is tiny in size and can be in plant in body.

Log-IC Temperature Tag

Rafsec G2 Tag

Alien Class 1 EPC Tag

Jewelry tag

RFID Tag used in CD Merchandise

RFID passive tag used in CD merchandise by Malaysian government to identify genuine recording products. It also can served as a checking in out of the CD through the entry

gate, for inventory count and checkout payment.

Shown picture is the front and back of the passive label.

RFID Tag used in Hong Kong Airport

This is the passive tag used in HKIA (Hong Kong International Airport) for luggage tracking.

RFID High Frequency Tag Label Used in Bookshops

Recently, I travelled to Taipei for business trip, I managed to spared some free time to shop at one of the largest bookstore in Taiwan, located near the tallest building, Taipei 101. I brought a book and a music CD. Both artciles were affixed with the RFID tag label, the front label printed 

the CD's title, category, price, barcode and the shop name (shown above). For the book, it just have a plain label with a blue postmark in Mandarin, stating the bookshop name (top photo).

Top photo also show the backside of the tag label.

This is the 13.56Mhz frequency tag and beside it used for inventory count, it also served the purposes of article check out at the cashier and provide security to prevent unpaid article being taken out from the bookstore.

RFID High Frequency tags are much more affordable now and it is getting acceptance and widely used in bookstores and CD shops, instead of just using EAS for security/unpaid article detection at the entrance/exit points.

In-flight Food Trolley Tracking Solution (Part 1)

In-flight food trolley tracking solution using RFID technology generate numerous benefits for the airline operator in term of providing efficiency of movement of trolleys as well as mantenance and have a comprehensive statistic of the trolleys usage database.

In this Part 1 posting, I articulate the possible in-flight food trolly tracking locations at the airbase facility area:

• Trace the trolley when packers done with the packing work
• Trace the trolley when it leave the catering facility area
• Trace the trolley when it transfer to the aircraft
• Trace the trolley when it perform uploading and downloading
• Trace the trolley when it send for maintenance or cleaning
• Identification of non-movement or surplus trolleys

RFID Glossary for Beginner

If you are new to RFID technology, this link provides a comprehensive RFID technical jargon:

http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/glossary/

NECSAP Launches RFID Customer Cards

The Singapore-based arm of Japanese electronics giant NEC Corp. has introduced an RFID-enabled card to improve service for buyers of NEC mobile phones.

The credit card-sized NECare Customer Card has a 13.56 MHz passive RFID tag from Infineon Technologies and adheres to the ISO 15693 standard. The tag's 2 kilobits of memory contain a unique ID number, nothing more, while more detailed information on each registered customer—such as customer name and address, purchase history, warranty program and service records—will be stored in NECSAP's own corporate database.

An RFID interrogator installed near the entrance of the NECare Center in Singapore identifies customers by reading their NECare cards, but there are no readers installed at the stores that sell NEC phones. (In Singapore, NEC mobile phones are mainly sold through telecommunication shops that also carry other brands.) On Dec. 21, NECSAP launched the card and began registering customers who mail in their printed warranty cards. The company also started publicizing the launch of the NECare through Singapore media and on the NECare website. In the future, the firm expects to extend the scheme to include other products such as NEC notebooks, computers and projectors. Moreover, the company expects to introduce the RFID NECare Customer card across Asia.

Summary article courtesy: RFID Journal , Photo courtesy: NECSAP