November 23, 2006
RFID To Fuel Internet of Things
SEDs, or Service-Enabled Devices, will form a network of ordinary objects. So says Steve Ranger in a Business Week article. The term SED doesn't appear in the article, but ordinary devices that can communicate with each other are often referred to as SEDs. Item-level RFID tagging is still relatively expensive, but when your common household objects eventually get tagged, they could potentially form a network with each other. [via Loftware]
RFID isn't the only technology necessary, as the communication of data requires any one of the several wireless protocols. Potential candidates include ZigBee and possibly the new Wibree wireless communication protocol from Nokia, which is a low-power alternative to the popular Bluetooth - something many mobile devices already have. Wibree is intended to be used with small wearable objects such as watches and intelligent jewelry, or even computer keyboards and mice. So it could likely be co-opted for SED use, in tandem with radio frequency tech.
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