Technology used in RFID’s was first developed in the 1920’s
First used by Soviet’s in 1945 as an espionage tool
Similar technology, the IFF transponder, was used by the British in WWII to identify
airplanes as “friend or foe”
A 1948 paper by Harry Stockman first explored the vast potential for RFID technology
RFID “systems” did not appear until the 1960’s