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slides for

"Auto-ID"

from Nico Edtinger (2002)

Institues/Companies

Massachusetts Institute of Technology & Cambridge University's Institute for Manufacturing

Board of Overseers

Coca-Cola, Department of Defense, Kimberly-Clark, Pepsi, Procter and Gamble Company, The Gillette Company, The Phillip Morris Companies, United States Postal Service, UPS, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., ...

Technology Board

Intel, Philips Semiconductors, SAP, Savi Technology, Sun Microsystems, ...

How it works

Tagging

ePC-code - unique number (96bits)

smart-tag (microchip with antenna)

soda can becomes unique

Reading

reader activates smart-tag

reader reads ePC-code of soda can

internet or LAN translates ePC-code into usefull information

What it can do

may redefine the way things are made, bought and sold

Consumer

products that communicate

shopping on-demand

increase human safety

Business

information about inventory

production/delivery on-demand

Enviroment

waste reduction

recycling

FIN

More Information

These slides avaible at:

http://alpha.rrs.at/

Auto-ID Center:

http://www.autoidcenter.org/

thanx for listening


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