4. RFID applications

RFID technology is already being used in many sectors today, mainly to facilitate logistics operations, to control individual access to sensitive buildings, or, in a more advanced sense, as a safe for our personal data.

We can classify different uses according to whether a label is used to identify an object or a human being.

• In the case of identification by object, we find all the logistics applications. It may involve tracing :

  • objects in a chain, as is the case in a supply chain;

  • postal parcel tracking ;

  • baggage tracking at stations, airports, etc.

  It can also be used to control the entry/exit of objects or equipment in a media library, hospital, etc.

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