By definition, “standards” relate to “fulfilling specific requirements as established by an authority, law, rule, custom, etc.; a guiding principle.” Speaking to matters of interoperability and the reigning in of potential monopolistic business and antitrust practices, we are emboldened to look at those doctrines within which companies operate when bringing products to market. Unlike many other technologies, RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) is not a plug ‘n’ play or an off-the-shelf commoditized technology. It is, however, a fairly simple concept designed to address fairly complex challenges, such as combating drug-counterfeiting and black-marketing. Widespread adoption of RFID has been hobbled to some degree by the slow,
Ken Reich
By definition, “standards” is “fulfilling specific requirements as established by an authority, law, rule, custom, etc.; a guiding principle.” However, I can state without equivocation that sometimes the pursuit of standards can literally go to the dogs. When discussing this matter with TAGSYS’ Chief Technology Officer, Alastair McArthur, he instantly recalled his experience with his children’s pet bulldog, Oscar. It seems Oscar has had an encounter of the closest kind with RFID. As an unsuspecting pup, the French bulldog was injected with an RFID tag. The use of RFID for the identification of companion animals, referred to as micro-chipping, is a very mature
