Smart Sensors
William Halal insight on many areas has been inspiring for innovation research for furthering technological areas. There is one area of interest that can be seen in my blog and that is the advancement of Radio Frequency Identification chips (RFID). As stated in the previous post I explained how these chips could help people in many areas from manufacturing, corporate environments, materials and health systems. Technology Promise discusses one particular area that aligns with my Socio-Technical Plan for RFID's. Smart Sensors are being actively pursued to control manufacturing operations, monitor environmental conditions, intelligence, people movement and system failures in remote areas with out having wired systems.
Cornell Researchers are working with our armed forces to track the health of our military personnel while away in the field. This sensor will be able to relay information back to the command station to allow them to see if the person is low on water, vital signs, movements they make, wounds and other vital information to keep our military personnel safe and operating in a safe manner. RFID is advancing in more ways than we could imagine for helping people in the world.
This RFID chips was once a large piece that was or needed to be surgically implanted. Today Hitachi is producing the chip that is smaller than a strand of hair and more easily inserted under the skin. The chips that are being produced are mini computers with random access memory (RAM), just like a little flash drive we carry with us today. To note that this is the research and testing phases for implementing this type of technology to the public, RFID full implementation is still years away as stated in my Socio-Technical Plan for the next 10 to 20 years down the road.
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