Research
Applications
RFID tags have applications nearly everywhere where a barcode might be used, particularly for commercial applications.
Commercial
- Supply chain automation
- Asset tracking
- Shelf inventory
- Library books
- Pallets: allows to find product destination.
- Warehouse inventory tracking
- Medical
- Patient-drug links: match patients and medication to make sure they recieve the correct medication.
- People
- Security systems: Makes for an electronic key system.
Examples of RFID tags that can be used in security applications. - Baby tags
- Manufacturing
- Parts: scaning of large bulks of product
- Assembled items
- Livestock
- Animal tracking: Give the status of a whole herd or individual animals
- Sports timing: acurate record keeping, of when someone crossed the finished line, for example
- Track events
- Racing
Residential
- Door locks
- Pet doors
- Computer login
- Garage door opener
- Electric safe