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TECHNOLOGY.
By Twesige Richard
CONTENTS
Brief History on Barcodes.
Barcodes.
Brief RFID History.
RFID Components.
Types of Transponders.
RFID Operating Frequencies.
RFID Security.
RFID Applications.
BRIEF HISTORY
1920’s most complex business existed in the grocery store.
The U.S Census of 1790, happened to be the solution to the General Managers
problems.
Based on Jacques Jacquard weaving device, Herman Hollerith built the “Hollerith
Machine.”
HOLLERITH MACHINE
FROM CENSUS TO GROCERIES
1932 Wallace Flint’s masters thesis described an
inventory intensive retail business.
Consumers would get there cards punched depending
on selected products.
Pay for their selection at counter.
Customer would receive groceries on a conveyor belt.
Because the country was in a stranglehold, the idea was ahead of time. Though it
lead to the development of barcodes that are used in the modern supply chain.
BARCODE
UPC (Universal Product Code)