A short talk I gave at the MIT Enterprise Forum Auto-ID SIG on the last five and the next five years of innovation in Passive UHF RFID.

1. Passive RFID Innovation
2005 - 2015
Ravi Pappu
VP, Advanced Development Group
ThingMagic, A Division of Trimble
ravi@thingmagic.com
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2. Innovation: 2005 - 2010
Chart prepared by Ravi Pappu
(ravi@thingmagic.com)
expensive
hard
problem @
low cost
ThingMagic Gen2 ICs
Modules
~5 m
rs
ute
mp ~3 m
bi l e co
Mo
e s
on
ph
bile
Mo
16 dBm
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3. Innovation: 2011 - 2015
RFID Interaction Zones
Identity ambulatory
Location immersion
State interaction
depends
~1.5m ~5m on env.
tap
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4. More readers
in more places
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5. Innovation: 2011 - 2015
RFID Interaction Zones
Tile the space with read zones
ambulatory
As easy to install as a light bulb
immersion
More wireless
Task-specific performance
interaction
Designed to disappear
~1.5m ~5m
depends
on env.
tap
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6. Actuation
demo prepared by E. Evans and R. Pappu
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7. Sensing and Interaction
demo prepared by Y. Maguire and S. Shah
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8. Questions?
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