|
|
| Re: Tap contactless payment card and NYCT/MTA Bus Merger (313158) | |||
 |
|||
| Home > BusChat | |||
|
[ Read Responses | Post a New Response | Return to the Index ] |
|
||
|
Re: Tap contactless payment card and NYCT/MTA Bus Merger |
|
|
Posted by pragmatist on Sun May 1 21:14:32 2016, in response to Re: Tap contactless payment card and NYCT/MTA Bus Merger, posted by Terrapin Station on Sun May 1 20:50:04 2016. this is why things like ezpass tags have batteries, so they can be read at distance and speed as opposed to a proximity card chip (what we call a tap card)Radio-frequency identification Radio-frequency identification (RFID) uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects. The tags contain electronically stored information. Passive tags collect energy from a nearby RFID reader's interrogating radio waves. Active tags have a local power source such as a battery and may operate at hundreds of meters from the RFID reader. |
|
|
|