Originally Posted by
mike
I suppose it could surely be done. Personally, I have trouble keeping the batteries in my lights fresh, much less keeping up batteries for a tracking device.
If I had a tracking device on my bicycle, my only chance of finding my stolen bicycle would be if the thief was kind enough to change the batteries in the tracking device.
Thats the beauty of RFID. No batteries required! The reader provides a wireless signal that charges a capacitor in the RFID chip allowing it to transmit it's data to the reader. If an item is reported stolen it's entered in a data base of stolen RFID tags so anytime that stolen item is anywhere near a reader it's location is automatically reported.