New High Speed Proof of Concept

While we have been using RFID readers to track items moving through portals, in the past RFID users have needed to observe a careful speed limit in order to ensure a 100% read rate. This week, a new proof of concept was conducted with professional motorcycle racers!

For purposes of this experiment, the race track used standard Gen 2 UHF RFID tags, antennas, readers from Alien, Inc, and software to accurately track and time eight motorcycles at speeds exceeding 140 mph. Competition-prepared motorcycles were successfully time-stamp recorded passing several read points around the racetrack, simulating realistic race situations where multiple racers pass reader checkpoints. The professional racers’ machines were equipped with a total of two of Alien’s M-Tags each.

While this was a simulation and not an actual race, the goal is to be able to use RFID to provide exact time recording for high speed vehicles.

This will make reading a forklift of a semi-truck very easy in the near future!