Agricultural and Environmental Applications of RFID Technology

RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) technology bridges two technologies in the area of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), namely Product Code (PC) technology and Wireless technology. This broad-based rapidly expanding technology impacts business, environment and society. The operating principle of an RFID system is as follows. The reader starts a communication process by radiating an electromagnetic wave. This wave will be intercepted by the antenna of the RFID tag, placed on the item to be identified. An induced current will be created at the tag and will activate the integrated circuit, enabling it to send back a wave to the reader. The reader redirects information to the host where it will be processed. RFID is used for wide range of applications in almost every field (Health, education, industry, security, management …). In this review paper, the authors will focus on agricultural and environmental applications.

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eHealth and Ethics

Information and Communication Technologies, Society and Human Beings ◽

10.4018/978-1-60960-057-0.ch037 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 454-465 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Diane Whitehouse ◽

Penny Duquenoy

Keyword(s):

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Radio Frequency Identification ◽

Ethical Issues ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Ethical Awareness ◽

Ethical Thought ◽

Stakeholder Groups ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Frequency Identification ◽

Radio Frequency Identification Devices

The use of information and communication technologies (ICT) is increasing rapidly in many spheres of contemporary life in Europe. The ethical use of ICT in all areas of its application is of growing importance. This is especially evident in the field of healthcare. The regional, national, and Europe-wide electronic aspects of health services and systems are related fundamentally to these two developments. This chapter explores the relevance of ethics to eHealth generally. It outlines two main contrasting ideas that have influenced ethical thought: Kantian ethics and consequentialism. It investigates the ways in which teaching and practice for ICT professionals and trainees can be enhanced and extended to increase the awareness of ethical issues in eHealth. It takes as examples two technological applications that are in increasing use in the eHealth field: electronic health records and radio frequency identification devices. The chapter ends with a brief discussion and conclusions about how this ethical awareness can be expanded beyond ICT professionals to other stakeholder groups, and to other eHealth technologies or applications.

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Ubiquitous Healthcare

Handbook of Research on Distributed Medical Informatics and E-Health ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-002-8.ch019 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 273-281 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Cheon-Pyo Lee ◽

J. P. Shim

Keyword(s):

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Radio Frequency Identification ◽

Human Error ◽

Healthcare Providers ◽

Quality Of Healthcare ◽

Healthcare Services ◽

Ubiquitous Healthcare ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Frequency Identification ◽

Rfid Applications

Ubiquitous healthcare has become possible with rapid advances in information and communication technologies. Ubiquitous healthcare will bring about an increased accessibility to healthcare providers, more efficient tasks and processes, and a higher quality of healthcare services. radio frequency identification (RFID) is a key technology of ubiquitous healthcare and enables a fully automated solution for information delivery, thus reducing the potential for human error. This chapter provides an overview of ubiquitous healthcare and RFID applications. In this chapter, the background of ubiquitous computing and RFID technologies, current RFID applications in hospitals, and the future trends and privacy implications of RFID in hospitals are discussed.

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Case study on adoption of new technology for innovation

Asia Pacific Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship ◽

10.1108/apjie-08-2017-031 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 144-158 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Junghee Han ◽

Chang-min Park

Keyword(s):

Radio Frequency Identification ◽

New Technology ◽

Corporate Entrepreneurship ◽

Communication Process ◽

Institutional Entrepreneurship ◽

Great Satisfaction ◽

Content Type ◽

Prior Literature ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Frequency Identification

PurposeThis paper aims at investigating the role of institutional entrepreneurship and corporate entrepreneurship to cope with firm’ impasses by adoption of the new technology ahead of other firms. Also, this paper elucidates the importance of own specific institutional and corporate entrepreneurship created from firm’s norm. Design/methodology/approachThe utilized research frame is as follows: first, perspective of studies on institutional and corporate entrepreneurship are performed using prior literature and preliminary references; second, analytical research frame was proposed; finally, phase-based cases are conducted so as to identify research objective. FindingsKumho Tire was the first tire manufacturer in the world to exploit the utilization of radio-frequency identification for passenger carâ’s tire. Kumho Tire takes great satisfaction in lots of failures to develop the cutting edge technology using advanced information and communication technology cultivated by heterogeneous institution and corporate entrepreneurship. Originality/valueThe firm concentrated its resources into building the organization’s communication process and enhancing the quality of its human resources from the early stages of their birth so as to create distinguishable corporate entrepreneurship.

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Ubiquitous Healthcare

Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-960-1.ch052 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 845-852

Author(s):

Cheon-Pyo Lee ◽

J. P. Shim

Keyword(s):

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Radio Frequency Identification ◽

Human Error ◽

Healthcare Providers ◽

Quality Of Healthcare ◽

Healthcare Services ◽

Ubiquitous Healthcare ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Frequency Identification ◽

Rfid Applications

Ubiquitous healthcare has become possible with rapid advances in information and communication technologies. Ubiquitous healthcare will bring about an increased accessibility to healthcare providers, more efficient tasks and processes, and a higher quality of healthcare services. Radio frequency identification (RFID) is a key technology of ubiquitous healthcare and enables a fully automated solution for information delivery, thus reducing the potential for human error. This chapter provides an overview of ubiquitous healthcare and RFID applications. In this chapter, the background of ubiquitous computing and RFID technologies, current RFID applications in hospitals, and the future trends and privacy implications of RFID in hospitals are discussed.

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Virtual Teams Classification

Encyclopedia of Virtual Communities and Technologies ◽

10.4018/978-1-59140-563-4.ch112 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 570-573

Author(s):

Kangning Wei ◽

Chingning Wang

Keyword(s):

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Virtual Teams ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Business Environment ◽

Wide Range ◽

Different Types ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Potential Benefits ◽

P 16 ◽

Best Fit

It is a considerable challenge for most of today’s organizations to cope with the rapidly changing business environment, such as global competition and technology revolution (Townsend et al., 1998; Walker, 2000). In response to these changes, organizations must be more dynamic in their organizational operations and adopt innovative approaches to survive and compete effectively (Arnison & Miller, 2002). One of the successful ways is to establish “virtual teams” as organizing units of work. Virtual teams are groups of geographically and/or organizationally dispersed workers assembled together mainly by information and communication technologies (ICT) to accomplish one or more organizational tasks (DeSanctis & Poole, 1997; Townsend et al., 1998). Recent research has studied a wide range of potential benefits virtual teams offer to organizations, but implementations of virtual teams in organizations will be at risk if organizations fail to address many challenges faced in virtual context (Powell, Piccoli, & Ives, 2004). One of the fundamental questions is to understand the nature of virtual teams. Specially, what kind of virtual teams is the best fit with this organization and task? As Bell and Kozlowski (2002) point out, “the literature has tended to treat virtual teams as a single ‘ideal’ type, yet there are several dimensions or characteristics that vary among and distinguish different types of virtual teams” (p.16). This article underlies four conceptual dimensions that distinguish different types of virtual teams from the literature review. The combination of these dimensions yields many possible types of virtual teams. We hope this classification could provide basic information for further research in virtual teams.

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Identification technologies evaluation method: an application in cattle chain

Brazilian Journal of Operations & Production Management ◽

10.14488/bjopm.2018.v15.n1.a3 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 23-34

Author(s):

Priscilla Cristina Cabral Ribeiro ◽

Mário Otávio Batalha ◽

Katherine M. Chudoba ◽

Deevon Bailey ◽

Annibal Jose Scavarda

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Radio Frequency Identification ◽

Evaluation Method ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Extensive Literature ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Group A ◽

Frequency Identification ◽

Group B

The objective of this paper is to apply an identification technologies evaluation method in cattle chain in a sample in Brazil and in USA. These technologies are information and communication technologies, such as Radio Frequency Identification and barcode. The research methodology used was a qualitative study, with an extensive literature review on information technology, information systems, and Radiofrequency evaluation methods. A scale was created to decide what decision the case study has to take according to its technology. The method proposed can contribute to the theory of information technology evaluation and can offer practitioners an efficient and effective way to evaluate prospective information technology implementations. The rankings showed that American respondents evaluate RFID with a better performance in security variables. Brazilian agents evaluate Radiofrequency with a better performance in technical and organizational variable. The scale revealed that the Americans have more agents in Group B (8), which means reevaluation of the identification method, and just one in Group A, meaning that it has to change its information technology. Brazilian agents have more cases in Group B (6), than group C (3), and Group A (1). This means that the majority of the sample has to reevaluate their method to trace cattle.

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eHealth and Ethics

Clinical Technologies ◽

10.4018/978-1-60960-561-2.ch701 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 1831-1842

Author(s):

Diane Whitehouse ◽

Penny Duquenoy

Keyword(s):

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Radio Frequency Identification ◽

Ethical Issues ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Ethical Awareness ◽

Ethical Thought ◽

Stakeholder Groups ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Frequency Identification ◽

Radio Frequency Identification Devices

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Automatic Materials Tracking Practices Through RFID Implementation in Construction Projects

MATEC Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/matecconf/201926605001 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 266 ◽

pp. 05001 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Narimah Kasim ◽

Norliana Sarpin ◽

Hamidun Mohd Noh ◽

Rozlin Zainal ◽

Sulzakimin Mohamed ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Radio Frequency Identification ◽

Construction Projects ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Vital Role ◽

Materials Management ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Ict Implementation ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Frequency Identification

Materials tracking for materials management play a vital role and contributed a major portion of the total cost in a construction project. In addition, the improper handling and storage of materials at the construction site has made it difficult to track and locate at the time are needed to carry out construction works. These problems subsequently contribute to the project delays and increase in the total project costs. Thus, this paper seeks to identify problems regarding current material tracking practices in materials management processes. In this paper, ICT and potential implementation of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) for automatic materials tracking is also scrutinised. Data for this paper was obtained from the literature review and the case studies conducted in several construction projects. Semi-structured interviews with construction practitioners were carried out in order to gain insights into current problems, information and communication technologies (ICT) implementation, and RFID capability in assisting materials tracking practices. This paper reveals that construction projects in Malaysia are still using manual materials tracking practices, basic ICT implementation, and totally none RFID existence. Thus, there is a need for the application of RFID in order to facilitate materials tracking automatically for enhancing construction industry processes through IR 4.0.

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From digital citizen to digital professional

Kybernetes ◽

10.1108/k-07-2018-0390 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 48 (7) ◽

pp. 1463-1477

Author(s):

Olga Marino ◽

Jaime Andres Gutierrez ◽

Sandra Aguirre

Keyword(s):

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Cutting Edge ◽

Case Study Methodology ◽

Content Type ◽

Innovative Strategy ◽

Global Issues ◽

Wide Range ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Teaching Learning

Purpose This paper aims to propose and evaluate a pedagogically sound and innovative strategy to teach a higher education course that prepares future professionals to intelligently use information and communication technologies (ICTs) in their personal and professional lives. Design/methodology/approach The conceptual framework used for the design of the course was the socio-constructivism and activity theories. The implementation of the course was evaluated using the intrinsic case study methodology by including several instruments. Findings The pedagogical strategy proposed proved to be sound, as the evaluation showed that students were able to describe, use and propose innovative uses of a wide range of cutting-edge technologies in their both everyday lives and professional settings; they also had the skills to analyse the opportunities and challenges that these presented. Moreover, students liked this innovative way of learning and ended with a positive attitude towards ICT. Originality/value Although several courses prepare students to be digital citizens or use ICT to enhance the teaching-learning process, millennials are ill prepared to use cutting-edge technologies in an innovative, responsible and critical way in their future professions. The course that was designed is original in that it goes beyond preparing digital citizens to prepare professionals in any domain to use ICT in an informed and responsible way. Moreover, it is a documented, successful example of an undergraduate universal course in a highly important current society dimension. The authors believe that its pedagogical proposal could be transferred to courses dealing with other global issues such as the environment, economy and peace.

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Query Processing of RFID Data with Object Trajectory in Manufacture and Logistics

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.16-19.1043 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 16-19 ◽

pp. 1043-1047

Author(s):

Sun Wei ◽

Li Hua Dong ◽

Yao Hua Dong

Keyword(s):

Pervasive Computing ◽

Radio Frequency Identification ◽

Object Identification ◽

Data Set ◽

Wide Range ◽

Storage Scheme ◽

Rfid Data ◽

Frequency Identification ◽

Application Data ◽

Path Queries

In the domain of manufacture and logistics, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) holds the promise of real-time identifying, locating, tracking and monitoring physical objects without line of sight due to an enhanced efficiency, accuracy, and preciseness of object identification, and can be used for a wide range of pervasive computing applications. To achieve these goals, RFID data has to be collected, filtered, and transformed into semantic application data. However, the amount of RFID data is huge. Therefore, it requires much time to extract valuable information from RFID data for object tracing. This paper specifically explores options for modeling and utilizing RFID data set by XML-encoding for tracking queries and path oriented queries. We then propose a method which translates the queries to SQL queries. Based on the XML-encoding scheme, we devise a storage scheme to process tracking queries and path oriented queries efficiently. Finally, we realize the method by programming in a software system for manufacture and logistics laboratory. The system shows that our approach can process the tracing or path queries efficiently.

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