July 26, 2005
RFID: An Industry of Chaos?
Today AIM Global suggested that the complexities of the RFID industry far exceed the issues of standards and customer mandates. Instead, the industry is susceptible to the forces of the Chaos Theory--meaning that many factors are at work. In an elementary definition of the Chaos Theory, what seem to be random bits of data or events are really contributing to an overall order. The "Butterfly Effect" is an extention of the theory. It says that major outcomes are extremely sensitive to initial conditions. The result? The variables contributing to the formation and outcome of RFID are so numerous, that no conclusion about the technology can yet be made. What's important is that RFID be analyzed in a broad context. According to RFID.org:
The truth is, RFID is just as susceptible (if not more so) to the "butterfly effect" of seemingly unrelated events as everything else in today's global economy...we have to stay flexible and not get locked into a single perspective.
Read more: Editorial: Chaos Theory and RFID
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