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  2. Radio-frequency identification - Wikipedia

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    Radio-frequency identification (RFID) uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects. An RFID system consists of a tiny radio transponder called a tag, a radio receiver, and a transmitter. When triggered by an electromagnetic interrogation pulse from a nearby RFID reader device, the tag transmits ...

  3. Radio-frequency identification in schools - Wikipedia

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    Specifications [13] of the active RFID at West Cheshire College: Ultra wideband RFID tags emit brief radio frequency signals across the entire 6.35 to 6.75 GHz frequency band. Average battery lifespan of a RFID tag is seven years. Receivers, which can receive tag signals up to 328 feet away, are located throughout the campus buildings, in order ...

  4. Anti-theft system - Wikipedia

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    Anti-theft system. Anti-theft systems protect valuables such as vehicles and personal property like wallets, phones, and jewelry. [1][2][3] They are also used in retail settings to protect merchandise in the form of security tags and labels. [4] Anti-theft systems include devices such as locks and keys, RFID tags, and GPS locators.

  5. Wireless identity theft - Wikipedia

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    Wireless identity theft is a relatively new technique for gathering individuals' personal information from RF-enabled cards carried on a person in their access control, credit, debit, or government issued identification cards. [6] Each of these cards carry a radio frequency identification chip which responds to certain radio frequencies.

  6. Charles Walton (inventor) - Wikipedia

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    Charles Alfred Dodgsons Walton (December 11, 1921 – November 6, 2011 [1][2]) is best known as the first patent holder for the RFID (radio frequency identification) device. Many individuals contributed to the invention of the RFID, but Walton was awarded ten patents in all for various RFID-related devices, including his key 1973 design for a ...

  7. Automatic identification and data capture - Wikipedia

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    Automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) refers to the methods of automatically identifying objects, collecting data about them, and entering them directly into computer systems, without human involvement. Technologies typically considered as part of AIDC include QR codes, [1] bar codes, radio frequency identification (RFID), biometrics ...

  8. Giving kids good skin protection habits can save them from ...

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    Doctors recommend children should wear a broad-spectrum, water-resistant sunscreen with a protection of at least 30 SPF. Sunscreen should be reapplied every two hours, or after swimming or sweating.

  9. Surveillance - Wikipedia

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    RFID chip pulled from a new credit card. Radio-frequency identification (RFID) tagging is the use of very small electronic devices (called "RFID tags") which are applied to or incorporated into a product, animal, or person for the purpose of identification and tracking using radio waves. The tags can be read from several meters away.