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How to become a smart farmer with RFID technology   South Africa produces some of the best wines in the world. It has brought an array of economic benefits to the country including many employment opportunities. Wine farms bring in an estimate of R2 billion to the economy. This includes direct expenditure from tourism/visitors and indirect from goods bought by wineries from other local businesses. This expansive growth of industries has enabled wine farms to unlock all available opportunities to offer the world the best quality wines. The issue at hand Hand-picking is the only way to harvest grapes properly...

How RFID is changing the world  RFID (radio frequency identification) uses radio waves to identify people or objects.  These radio waves send out information about their identity to nearby readers which then decide what to do with that information (granting access or not).  There are three types of tags: Active – this comes with a battery that powers the tag, transmitting information frequently without the need for a reader. These can store a lot of data and their signal can reach several km.  Passive – these have no battery and utilise radio energy from the reader to power themselves. These...