1920s
Foundation Established
• Radar was developed as a
technology in the
• RFID, a combination or radio
broadcast technology and
radar, was developed soon after.
1930s Progress
•
1940s RFID Invented
• Radar is refined.
• Harry Stockman publishes
"Communication by Means of
Reflected Power."
1950s Time
of Research and Development
• Technologies related to RFID
were explored in laboratories.
• Designs developed for
long-range transponder systems for
aircraft.
1960s
Applications Abound
• During the 1960s inventors
began applying radio frequency
technology to devices aimed at markets beyond the
military.
• Companies Sensormatic,
Checkpoint and Knogo develop theft
prevention production for public consumption using
Electronic Article
Survelliance
• EAS is an affordable and
relatively simple
technology. “1-bit tags” meant that
systems could only detect the
presence of absence of the
tag.
• EAS represents the first and
to-date, most popular use of
RFID technology
1970s Hard at Work
• Academic institutions,
government laboratories companies
and independent researchers are all working to
develop
RFID technology.
• Work done at this time was
aimed toward electronic toll
collection, animal and vehicle tracking, and factory
automation.
1980s Commercial Expansion
• RFID technology is fully
implemented. Europe and the
1990s RFID
Becomes Commonplace
• RFID uses are so widespread
that standards begin to
emerge.
• RFID is widely used by
consumers and companies
globally.
2000s RFID Enhancements
• Improved technology leads to
miniaturization.
• Cost of RFID continues to
fall.
• Private authentication
develops as key concern in library
implementation