Is the concept of the “Internet of Things” hindering RFID deployment?
It’s a grand vision: everything in the world talking to every other thing in the world. A frozen meal communicating with the refrigerator, microwave and automated shopping list; clothes giving instructions to a washing machine and dryer and consulting with an artificial intelligence fashion consultant in the wardrobe; a medicine cabinet reading medication instructions and automatically dispensing them for geriatric patients and reporting the dosage and time taken to the patient’s doctor…the list goes on.
Many of these grand visions are consumer-facing and that helps generate awareness of how RFID can provide everyday benefits to the average citizen. But they are also bad because…
