Non-evil, but still incredibly creepy. I guess technology and Ipods are a simpler solution than education and fostering responsibility.
Squeaky Clean
On Feb 8, 2008 2:40 PM, Jonathan Morrison jonathan@slcbikecollective.org wrote:
On a semi-related topic, here is another non-evil use of RFID that encourages kids to ride to school and wear helmets:
http://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Freiker
-- Sincerely,
Jonathan Morrison Executive Director Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective 2312 S. West Temple Salt Lake City, UT 84115 w: 801-328-2453 c: 801-688-0183 f: 801-466-3856 www.slcbikecollective.org
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On Feb 8, 2008 1:39 PM, Jonathan Morrison jonathan@slcbikecollective.org wrote:
I don't know if your organization has issues with volunteers, "lost" or M.I.A. keys, or just not knowing who left the shop a mess after hours. We did, but after looking into all the options ( http://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Keyless_Entry) we were able to get a smart card (RFID) reader donated for our shop door. This has worked out really well so far.
A log is kept of who uses the shop and when for accountabilities sake.
Smart cards (
http://www.hidcorp.com/technology.php?tech_cat=1&subcat_id=9) can be purchased at any locksmith for the same cost of getting a traditional key cut, but they don't work until they are "registered" with software that controls the door.
Smart cards cannot be copied.
If a card is lost or there is a problem with a volunteer that can't be
resolved in a civil manner -- the card can be denied future access. Luckily we haven't had that anything besides "lost" keys.
- Access to the shop can be limited to the hour, so if we wanted to we
could incubate a volunteer by only giving them access to the shop at certain times.
- A magnetic contact on the door gives us a count of roughly how many
people use our shop. We realize that some people hold the door for others and some go in and out more than once -- while those might cancel each other out, it is a rough estimate.
- We installed the smart card reader at "butt" level. So if it is in
your wallet you can open the door without taking your hands off a bike with the "butt swipe."
- No personal information is stored on the smart (RFID) card, there is
just a pre-programmed number that has to be an inch away for a card reader to detect.
-- Sincerely,
Jonathan Morrison Executive Director Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective 2312 S. West Temple Salt Lake City, UT 84115 w: 801-328-2453 c: 801-688-0183 f: 801-466-3856 www.slcbikecollective.org
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