RFID Sourcebook

Preface

Radio frequency identification (RFID) is one of the hottest emerging technologies today. Its use has the potential to affect an extremely wide spectrum of the population (from the technology adopters, to vendors, to integrators, to users). Any technology such as RFID raises a simple but important question: How will it be used? At this point, no simple explanation answers this question. Its use will be determined by a variety of factors, including people's interest in this technology and regulations/standards adopted regarding its use.

For example, regulatory bodies (governmental entities) of different countries might impose restrictions on RFID use specific to their country of authority. Likewise, standards bodies (both domestic and international) ...