product!

[nathanjw]

We're now publicly announcing and shipping the product I work on here at ThingMagic, an integrated RFID reader with PoE and 802.11 capabilities.

Astra (press release).

Only $995 MSRP! Mount one near the door and track your pets! Install them throughout the house and never wonder where you left your keys!

Comments

RFID

[chenoameg.livejournal.com]

It seems to me that RFID is a technology that is well-situated to take advantage of the fact that stuff is cheaper than labor.

So I've been trying to come up with a bucket of companies I could invest in such that one of them is likely to profit well from the increasing RFID demand. Suggestions?

Re: RFID

[nathanjw]

Hmm. I'm an index investor myself, so you probably shouldn't trust any recommendations I have for individual companies - I haven't put any effort into evaluating financials. I'm not sure which parts of the RFID universe are going to make a lot of money and which are going to be commodified into near-unprofitability. I also can't recommend that you invest in my company or a few others I know, because they're privately held. So I don't think I'm much help here.

(also "increasing RFID demand" might be true, but people have lost a lot of money expecting it to take off faster than it has so far. In particular, two or three years ago everybody expected a big push for RFID in the retail supply chain, led by Wal-Mart, but it didn't happen.)

Re: RFID

[chenoameg.livejournal.com]

Ah well. Doesn't hurt to ask!