[ale] RFID Systems

[Doug Hall]

Thanks, Mike. I talked with Tim for a good thirty minutes on the phone,
yesterday. Tim was very helpful, and we might use him at some point in the
future. As of now, my employer doesn't have the extra funds for him to come
help us personally.


On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 6:42 AM, Mike Harrison <cluon at geeklabs.com> wrote:

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> Talk to Tim at OpenWave RFID.
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> http://openwaverfid.com/
> 877-473-4348 info at openwaverfid.com
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> He's a nice guy, a fellow Linux FOSS nutcase
> (who trys to make a living at it)
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> http://www.linkedin.com/in/**timwaggoner<http://www.linkedin.com/in/timwaggoner>
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> I don't have his direct email address...
> I usually see him in the hallway, we are on the same
> floor of the same office building.
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> My bet is, he's the kind of guy that knows the possible answers
> and would help point you in the right direction for gear
> and code...
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> Mike Harrison   bogon at geeklabs.com  cell: 423.605.6943
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> On Tue, 21 May 2013, Doug Hall wrote:
>
>  I'm researching the use of RFID tags for inventory control for a truck
>> full of expensive video equipment. At the end of a
>> project, our employees need to be able to do a quick inventory of all the
>> equipment on the truck, and be able to quickly
>> account for its contents. Ideally, the system could leverage an iPhone
>> front end but be served by an open-source back end -
>> perhaps a Rails application that I can write. They may not have internet
>> access, though. Sometimes the truck is needed in
>> locations without cellular access. So, if the application could work
>> offline, that would be great. It's not mandatory,
>> though. Perhaps all I need to do is learn how to do local storage in
>> html5.
>> Any advice or suggestions would be welcomed - especially if you have
>> direct experience with RFID. I've written an inventory
>> tracking system which uses bar codes, but for as many (sometimes small)
>> items as they need to track on this truck, that would
>> take too long. Also, it can be a separate and simpler system than what
>> I've done.
>>
>> Thanks for the advice.
>>
>> Doug
>>
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