Anyone using RFID "tags" or similar to help find stuff?

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I have a friend that holds a (RFID) patent for a locating different utility terminals etc. that are usually located in highway right of ways...the devices allow someone in a vehicle to locate a riser or terminal box that are often hidden by overgrowth...

 

[davrow]

Re: Anyone using RFID "tags" or simlar to help find stuff?

The point is to know where to look each time every time. Just don't put them anywhere else.

Now that I can agree with! :thumbsup:

 

[ning]

Look in my wife's purse - that's where I usually find my missing things.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Tile batteries last a yr and are not replaceable.
Never had a need for anything like that, but sure would be nice to have a tracker on the cows.

 

[bunyip]

Pocket for me although I have had keys push a hole through the material and SWMBO once put a pair through the wash which killed a remote alarm and locking device, luckily had a spare.
I have a joiner that connects two bunches of keys so there is no excessive wear on the ignition barrel.

 

[TnAndy]

Re: Anyone using RFID "tags" or simlar to help find stuff?

I leave the keys where they belong. In the ignition. Problem solved.

They come out of the ignition so it doesn't DING DING DING me to death when the door is open, but they go on the dash in the Subaru because it has a nice place in the center for such things, and the center consol of the truck.....they never leave either vehicle while at home.

 

[Beltzington]

Tile batteries last a yr and are not replaceable.
Never had a need for anything like that, but sure would be nice to have a tracker on the cows.

RFID tags are either active or passive. Active can be "read" by a RFID receiver (antenna and controller) at a much longer distance but are more expensive and need to have their own power source. By definition RFID tags primary purpose is to uniquely identify an item electronically, basically a high-tech barcode. They can be used to locate that item but it becomes much more difficult and expensive very quickly. As an example hundreds of packages with RFID chips can be automatically identified and routed as they pass under an RFID reader on the conveyor line but dump all those packages into a warehouse and all you would know is they are in the warehouse but not there specific location.

To track your cows you could use inexpensive passive RFID tag that don't require a battery and than mount solar powered RFID readers at your gates which would tell you what field they are located in. You then can use a mobile reader which will let you know when are near that cow. Real time tracking requires at least three RFID readers on antennas in the pasture and the system can triangulate the cows location based on signal strength. Distance than becomes an issue and you either would need more RFID readers in the field or higher power active RFID tags. As I said real expensive, real fast.

For real time tracking of cows or vehicle GPS is where it is at.

To find your keys I think you are stuck with ask your wife.

 

[Complete Turf Care]

My son in law had some tools stolen from his truck this week. One of his tools had the Milwaukee Tick Tool attached to it.
TICK Tool and Equipment Tracker

Someone posted the tools for sale on Facebook. He arranged to meet the thief at Home Depot. He also had the local police accompany him to the arranged meeting.

As the thief approached them, his cell phone app alerted that the stolen tool was in the area. The thief was promptly arrested.

 

[ericm979]

My wife has a 'tile' gizmo on her keys (it's called tile). It's a bluetooth device designed to locate your keys for you. There's an app for the phone that can locate it (approximately, like within the house but not where in the house) and cause it to emit a sound so you can hunt it down. Unfortunately her hearing's poor in the higher frequencies and the device's sound is high pitched, so she still needs me to find her keys for her. At least it's faster than "where did you have them last?"

I use the consistent place system (a bowl on a table). That works a lot better for me than gadgets. I've tried to convert my wife but she just can't remember to put the keys in their place consistently. Some things you just have to give up on.

 

[k0ua]

My wife has a 'tile' gizmo on her keys (it's called tile). It's a bluetooth device designed to locate your keys for you. There's an app for the phone that can locate it (approximately, like within the house but not where in the house) and cause it to emit a sound so you can hunt it down. Unfortunately her hearing's poor in the higher frequencies and the device's sound is high pitched, so she still needs me to find her keys for her. At least it's faster than "where did you have them last?"

I use the consistent place system (a bowl on a table). That works a lot better for me than gadgets. I've tried to convert my wife but she just can't remember to put the keys in their place consistently. Some things you just have to give up on.

Yep, she is a "key thrower" Just like my daughter. Just throw them anywhere to get rid of them asap. Then go hunt them down.