[Vanhackspace] Hardware for people/inventory tracking

[Dan Royer]

What's the cheapest RFID scanner you can get?  put it on the bin.  When the lid is closed it pings the contents of the bin, then sends an update to a central station.
Then all you need is to put RFID tags on everything.  Also, add an LED so you can do the process in reverse - "what bin contains item X?" <blink>

Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:13:49 -0700
From: halkeye at gmail.com
To: vanhackspace at lists.uselessdegree.net
Subject: [Vanhackspace] Hardware for people/inventory tracking

Hi Hackspace.
Long time lurker, but kinda curious about feedback for an project.
We have various small items (cellphones) that are tracked manually here at work. Usually not a problem, but once in a while during rushes, people grab an item, and forget to sign it out. So I was trying to think of a nice system that could track a tagged item from leaving the container, and signal an arduino or laptop on which specific item it is.
I'm at a loss for what could be used relatively cheaply to track items like that. It doesn't need a lot of range, or to be tracked where it is, just that its being removed from some sort of holding container.

Thanks,Gavin 		 	   		  
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