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At some point in the future, technology experts anticipate that shoppers will no longer stand in long check-out lines. Rather, consumers will simply push their shopping carts through a special "reader" -- like the metal detectors travelers now walk through at the airport and every item in their carts will be tallied up automatically.
Welcome to a world enabled by Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). RFID is an emerging technology capable of identifying, tracking and intelligently reacting to any number of things -- from products, people, security, to patient medication in hospitals.
In the Fall of 2006, supported by a President’s Community Based Job Training Grant from the U.S. Department of Labor, Middlesex Community College launched the first comprehensive college based RFID Technician Training Program in New England. Program graduates will be able to install, test, and maintain RFID systems, as well as instruct customers and other users. The program features industry internships for qualified students subject to availability,
For more information about the RFID program at Middlesex Community College click on the Programs or Courses link or contact the Department Chairperson or Program Coordinator listed below.
The RFID program was funded
in part by a grant awarded under the President’s Community Based Job Training Grants, as implemented by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration.
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For more information about the RFID program contact:
Department Chairperson via Email
Professor Robert Bowles
via Telephone
(978) 656-3020
Program Coordinator via Email
Professor Carlos Coral-Gomez
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