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21/10/2004 

 

 

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Q: What was the “real” reason behind implementing RFID in today’s society? 
The main reason for implementing RFID lies in one simple fact:  our competitive global 
market demands a change in the way business is conducted. To stay competitive means 
to conduct business with greater efficiency, to deliver goods more rapidly, and to lower 
overhead costs. 
 
Below is a chart recounting the history of RFID: 
 

Decades of RFID 

Decade Event 
1940’s 

•  Radar refined and used. Major World War II development effort. 

•  RFID invented in 1948. 

1950’s 

•  Early explorations of RFID technology, laboratory experiments. 

1960’s 

•  Development of the theory of RFID.  

•  Start of application field trials. 

1970’s 

•  Explosion of RFID developmental work for 

electronic article surveillance (EAS) to counter 
theft, improve animal tracking, vehicle tracking 
and factory automation 

•  Tests of RFID accelerate. 

•  Very early adopter implementations of RFID. 

1980’s 

•  Commercial applications of RFID enter mainstream.