Product Description

Radio frequency identification now belongs to the masses, and it lets you control all sorts of things. Like access to your front door. Or valuables in an RFID–enabled safe. You can corral your stuff within an RFID–monitored perimeter, or build a shelf that tells you when you′re out of hot sauce. This book shows you how, with step–by–step instructions, illustrations, photos, and a list of the tools and tech– nology you need for every project. It even supplies the lowdown on read/write tags and––for the truly extreme––implantable chips.

The toys

Complete parts inventory and detailed, illustrated instructions for these exciting RFID projects

• Home door lock
• Vehicle access
• Computer logon
• Electronic safe
• Smart shelves
• Doggie door
• Object locator
• Theft alert
• Handheld scanner
• Implantable chips

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #31488 in Books
• Published on: 2006-02-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 336 pages

From the Back Cover
Radio frequency identification now belongs to the masses, and it lets you control all sorts of things. Like access to your front door. Or valuables in an RFID–enabled safe. You can corral your stuff within an RFID–monitored perimeter, or build a shelf that tells you when you′re out of hot sauce. This book shows you how, with step–by–step instructions, illustrations, photos, and a list of the tools and tech– nology you need for every project. It even supplies the lowdown on read/write tags and—for the truly extreme—implantable chips.

The toys

Complete parts inventory and detailed, illustrated instructions for these exciting RFID projects

1. Home door lock
2. Vehicle access
3. Computer logon
4. Electronic safe
5. Smart shelves
6. Doggie door
7. Object locator
8. Theft alert
9. Handheld scanner
10. Implantable chips

About the Author
Amal Graafstra is an entrepreneur and jack–of–many–trades. Currently involved in no less than three different companies, he still finds time to think up interesting ways to apply various technologies in his daily life and wield a soldering iron from time to time. Amal is CEO of Morpheus Inc., a computer and networking company that specializes in supplying managed terminal environments to the medical industry.
He is also president of txtGroups Inc. (www.txtgroups.com), an SMS text messaging company soon to launch group messaging services across Canada, with plans for expansion to the US, UK, and Australia.
Since learning about the contactless RFID technology used in cats and dogs for identification, Amal wanted to leverage that technology himself. Getting an implant meant there was no need to carry an RFID access card around and he could implement his own RFID access control systems instead of buying expensive off–the–shelf products. Soon after getting his first implant (www.amal.net/rfid.html) and posting some pictures of the process for a few friends, word quickly spread over the Internet and soon he found himself talking to everyone from industry players to clergy to book publishers about RFID technology and its possibilities.
Amal Graafstra can be reached at amal@amal.net.

Customer Reviews

A book of ideas...
I had a real problem with this book. I work in automation and control systems and found this book was either too vague or far too specific with ideas.

There wasn't enough detail on some of the fundamentals of RFID while most of the projects were so specific they required a certain electronic door look to be used so that a hack could be soldered to 2 pins in it.

Most of the people who would be taking on the projects in this book would be smart enough to only need the basic idea to be able to work out their own solution given their budget and available hardware.

That said, the book has a brilliant section on RFID implants which for me, made the book worth the money.