The Internet of Experiences: RFID Personalized Shopping, iPhone, and The Square
The Internet of Experiences connects memories to RFID tagged items. We have developed a mobile system to personalize commercial products. In this process, we record events and deposit the information or links to the information on to the RFID tagged as objects. At a latter point in time, we are able to replay diverse media such as video files using RFID enabled cell phones. In this video we show how this technology can be used in a market place setting. Information about local tomato was retrieved, displayed, and shared using a Nokia 6212 cell phone. Items at the store can be purchased using a credit card, The Square, and the iPhone.
Read MoreRFID Travel: RFID Journal Live 2009, Enhance your shopping experience using RFID technology.
We went to RFID Journal Live 2009 in Orlando to learn about new electronic gadgets and RFID products. The introduction of NFC enabled cell phones, item level tagging systems, and improved inventory management systems will lead to changes in store designs, methods of advertising, and shopping habits. We cant wait to try the new systems out.
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Uptown Cycles RFID Solution From UPM, Freedom Shopping, Zebra
Uptown Cycles, an independent retailer of high performance cycling equipment, has deployed an RFID-enabled inventory management system from UPM Raflatac, Freedom Shopping and Zebra Technologies at its store in Charlotte, North Carolina. The FLiP system, designed by Freedom Shopping, integrates seamlessly into Uptown Cycles POS system, enabling the merchant to harness the power of item-level RFID tagging for electronic article surveillance (EAS) in order to increase inventory accuracy, reduce out-of-stocks, enhance customer experience and improve store security. Uptown Cycles deployed the FLiP system in one week with no disruption to its normal operating processes. Using Freedom Shoppings IntelliSuite Developers Tools, merchants and their integration partners can integrate RFID into existing POS systems quickly and easily, for as little as 00 per software license per store. The tools leverage stores existing item masters and inventory database, eliminating the potential for human error and process disruption due to redundant data, while enabling retailers of all sizes to benefit from RFIDs ability to drive critical process improvements. The FLiP system includes fixed and handheld RFID scanners, a software bridge that syncs the RFID tag database with the POS system, a self-service payment kiosk and an RFID-powered intelligent EAS system. To tag existing inventory or receive new shipments, employees use RFID handhelds to scan product bar codes; the system identifies goods …
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