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Wednesday 25 July 2012

Will NFC or RFID replace QR?

It seems New Zealand is only just starting to use the QR (Quick Resonse) codes on their smartphones. We have all seen the funny looking barcode for the past few years but have never really known what it was for untill recently. They are now on just about everything, from magazines to dvds and even at  Napier's National Aquarium of New Zealand as snippets of information or a virtual guide and  NZSO has used them on concert posters for more than a year, so people can link to sound files to be able to preview their music. The possibilities and potential for using QR are endless.

But now that New Zealanders are only just clicking on to, and know how, of QR is it about to change and be replaced by NFC (Near Feild Communication) or RFID (Radio Frequency ID)?

NFC is already being tested by New Zealand banks as a way of making payments by using a phone.
The benefits of using NFC consumers and businesses:
  • Intuitive: NFC interactions require no more than a simple touch
  • Versatile: NFC is ideally suited to the broadest range of industries, environments, and uses
  • Open and standards-based: The underlying layers of NFC technology follow universally implemented ISO, ECMA, and ETSI standards
  • Technology-enabling: NFC facilitates fast and simple setup of wireless technologies, such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, etc.)
  • Inherently secure: NFC transmissions are short range (from a touch to a few centimeters)
  • Interoperable: NFC works with existing contactless card technologies
  • Security-ready: NFC has built-in capabilities to support secure applications
The RFID tag can be affixed to an object and used to track and manage inventory, assets, people, etc. and offers advantages the use of bar codes. The tag can be read if passed near a reader, even if it is not visible. For example, if it was inside a case, carton, box or other container, and unlike barcodes, RFID tags can be read hundreds at a time. Bar codes can only be read one at a time.
RFID can be used in a variety of applications such as airport baggage tracking logistics, tracking of goods, people or animals and even to track sporting memorabilia to verify authenticity.

Or will NFC, RFID and QR be used along side each other?

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