[Vanhackspace] Hardware for people/inventory tracking

[Gavin]

Makes is for sure on my to read list.

I'll have to read up a bit more on rfid tech. I thought it was more for
short range. The current container in question is a large metal, school
type, locker. Will that make much of a difference?

Thanks,
Gavin

On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 5:02 PM, Luke Closs <lukecloss at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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>
> >
> > ________________________________
> > 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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