Cheap Bulk RFID tags needed for 2006 art project

RevDusty · Post by **RevDusty** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 12:12 am

Do you know any sources for cheap (or even better, free) bulk RFID tags? Please let me know. All good ideas/leads appreciated. The more, the better.

Thanks,
Rev. Dusty

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 8:46 am

Rich Ferkin' Idiot Dogz?
Related Ferocious Indemnity Donuts?
Republican Friendly Indentical Democrats?
Rosy Fishy Iffy Diamonds?

RevDusty · Post by **RevDusty** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 11:37 am

Absolutely! All that and more! But think: interactivity!

Rev Dusty

zoltan · Post by **zoltan** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 12:25 pm

RFID stands for Radio Frequency IDentification. These tags send out radio signals that can be used to track the whereabouts of the objects they are attached to. Handy for retail loss prevention, pet tracking, social control, and apparently now interactive art!

More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RFID

RevDusty · Post by **RevDusty** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 3:43 pm

Thanks, Zoltan. Just to clarify: the RFID is a passive device, that is, it does not emit radio signals on it's own. When it gets in range of a reader (within a few feet), it picks up a signal from the reader and sends out it's unique ID.

I have some fun ideas for distributing them on the playa and having people affect an installation by their proximity to it.

Additionally, I will want to print the "Man" on them )'( and maybe put them on a necklace.

So, if anyone knows something about printing on a little plastic disk, that would be good info, too!

Yours in Dust,
Rev Dusty

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 8:20 am

Oh, those. Haunt clearence sales of dead boutiques...

I am the River you saw Ye · Post by **I am the River you saw Ye** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 7:33 pm

sounds like silk screening is the way to go if you want to mass quantity these things out in an easy and cheap way. build a frame to house many disks and build a screen that can do 50? 100? @ a time. that's the industrial way of printing. Best of luck

RevDusty · Post by **RevDusty** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 3:28 pm

Thanks, Robert, I am not too familiar with silk screening techniques, but I will have to educate myself on that. It's a neat idea. Someone else mentioned something called "Shrinky Dink" (or something like that). I need to check that out also.

I'm still working on the final structure for all this and meanwhile adding some interactive ideas (fire always seems to be a fun one). Then I'll focus on the RFID graphics.

Your suggestion is a good one. Thanks!
Rev Dusty

I am the River you saw Ye · Post by **I am the River you saw Ye** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 3:31 pm

no worries mate! Anything to help some one who is not a spectator. I like those 'roll up your sleaves' fuckers

CLARKcon · Post by **CLARKcon** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 1:20 am

Also known as EAS tags (Electronic Alert Sysytem).I used them all the time as a One-Hour Photo Developer, circuit-chip enhanced barcode stickers to stick on high priced camera batteries and on the backs of my co-workers going to lunch. When passed through security reader at the doors, BINGO!!! Jackpot lights and bells. The tags are relativily cheap and come in rolls of 2000 qty. The security reader, on the other hand, is a little more pricier (think metal detector at the Airport). A Google search will prove useful.

RevDusty · Post by **RevDusty** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 8:10 am

Excellent! I hadn't heard of the term EAS. It hope it is what I need. I want each tag to have a unique ID, so that when one person approaches the installation, it will have a different effect than when someone else approaches. RFID's are unique...I'll check on EAS.

Thanks!
RevDusty

CLARKcon · Post by **CLARKcon** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 1:27 pm

Whoops! Sorry RevDusty. EAS stands for Electronic Article Surveillance, but it's the same idea. To make them individually identified...hmmm, I wonder. I wonder how those house arrest bracelets work, in which case, they are super individual, and you could set up a customed parameter that when the sensor was tripped, lights-camera-action!

RevDusty · Post by **RevDusty** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 2:17 pm

No problems! RFID is cheap and provides a unique ID. I want to use some algorithm that takes that unique ID and causes the installation do something unique (I'm being a little vague here on purpose :wink:). Also, I want the combination of people present to cause something different than what each one does individually. I also want to incorporate time, weather, light, temperature, etc.

RevDusty

nollij · Post by **nollij** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 11:56 pm

Hey is this project going to happen? What's it CALLED? Is it going to be in the list of art installations? Man, I'd love to see this happen; a fabulous idea!

pjs · Post by **pjs** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 6:53 am

Just curious, how far away can real disposable RFID tags (as packaged in ordinary products) be read?

nollij · Post by **nollij** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:30 am

I'm pretty sure it depends on the strength of the scanning equipment. A very powerful scanner could probably do it from 100' away, but I don't know this for sure.

pjs wrote:Just curious, how far away can real disposable RFID tags (as packaged in ordinary products) be read?

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