[Vanhackspace] Hardware for people/inventory tracking

[Luke Closs]

This RFID/bin idea is echoed in Cory Doctorow's recent book Makers.
It's excellent - all VHS hackers should read it. :)

http://us.macmillan.com/makers

Luke

On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Dan Royer <aggrav8d at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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>
>
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> 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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