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Q: What was the “real” reason behind implementing RFID in today’s society?
The main reason for implementing RFID lies in one simple fact: our competitive global
market demands a change in the way business is conducted. To stay competitive means
to conduct business with greater efficiency, to deliver goods more rapidly, and to lower
overhead costs.
Below is a chart recounting the history of RFID:
Decades of RFID
Decade Event
1940’s
• Radar refined and used. Major World War II development effort.
• RFID invented in 1948.
1950’s
• Early explorations of RFID technology, laboratory experiments.
1960’s
• Development of the theory of RFID.
• Start of application field trials.
1970’s
• Explosion of RFID developmental work for
electronic article surveillance (EAS) to counter
theft, improve animal tracking, vehicle tracking
and factory automation
• Tests of RFID accelerate.
• Very early adopter implementations of RFID.
1980’s
• Commercial applications of RFID enter mainstream.
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