Applications

More and more product developers are using RFID technology to ensure that their genuine products are used, for example a printer manufacturer wants to ensure that only their ink cartridges are used or a drinks manufacturer wants to ensure only their brands of drinks appear in their vending machines.

If you own a dog it’s likely to have an RFID tag to authenticate its identity and owner. For this example the product is a cat. Our product is actually used in a cat-flap that will only allow through the cats that live in that house; the flap authenticates the cat.

We are in discussion with more traditional consumer manufacturers to ensure that their refill products are used in their systems.

From vending machines to signs, if you produce a product that is re-filled then call us to discuss using RFID technology to protect your business.

Access control is the obvious example of RFID being used for security whether it’s to gain entrance to a building, college or a room or through a turn style with your Oyster card to get onto the London underground.

Security covers a number of applications such as the containment and disposal of hazardous waste and the tracking of people and products such as patients and equipment in hospitals.

Our solution is part of a bio-security company’s infection control system which provides an audit trail of the handling and disposal of dangerous material.

A networked bike rental company uses our solutions to track the hire and use of their bicycles from the rental station they’re picked up from to the ones they’re dropped off at.

In between those points a bike and a hirer are connected by the RFID technology in the bike and the user’s smartcard.

RFID technology can and is helping people in so many ways from information points like bus stops imparting arrival times to fridges informing you that you are running out of milk or that it’s past its sell-by-date and don’t even think of taking a sniff.

Our products are used by a museum to tell the visitor about the object being looked at in their native language. The visitor carries a smartcard which identifies the language and our RFID solution, in the speaker embedded in the wall by the display, registers the card when the visitor stands in proximity to it.

The speaker will then play the relevant recording in the correct language.

Assistive technology is a term mainly associated with helping those with disabilities and we are in discussion with a well-known organisation, exploring how RFID and our solutions can help.

Pre-payment in return for the use of services and equipment is increasing dramatically and RFID technology is ideally suited for these contactless financial transactions.

Systems that use smartcards loaded with credit are used for getting onto the London Underground, for water and power usage on camping sites and marinas, for parking and for renting bicycles.

The Mayor of London has announced a new bike rental network to launch this summer and busses in Oxford will soon include a pre-payment smartcard, RFID system.