A new Internet service called touchatag (formerly tikitag) allows you to create your own radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and 2D barcodes (QR codes) that automatically launch online applications (including Skype, iTunes and Web browsers) using a variety of devices.
For example, you could attach a unique smart tag to a souvenir and configure it so that it points your Web browser to a picture album from your vacation. You could place a smart tag on a photo of your mom and automatically place a call to her when you scan it with your RFID-enabled mobile phone. Or you could seamlessly link clients to your Web site using a 2D matrix code printed on your business card or brochure.
An application correlation service (ACS) database manages the link between each unique tag and the action that is to be initiated. You can even program a single tag to perform up to four different functions depending on the reader that is used. The system uses passive high frequency RFID operating at 13.56 MHz and is also compatible with near field communications. A starter kit, which includes the programmer module and ten tags, retails for about $50.
Do you have a need to create your own RFID tag? What uses would you have personally or in your business to use something like touchatag?
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