Input Devices

Use the following link to answer the next couple of questions.

1. Explain how RFID technology works.
2. What are the advantages of this techology?
3. Give examples of the use of RFID by business and by consumers.

FasTrak

1. Describe the FasTrak system and how it works.
2. What happens if someone drives through a FasTrak lane without a FasTrak transponder?
3. People sign up for FasTrak as a convienient way to pay their tolls. What personal information is collected by FasTrak?
4. Based on this notice from the Golden Gate district how esle is your data being used? (scan down to the section about other uses of data)

OMR vs OCR

1. What is the difference between OMR and OCR?
2. As a student what type of OMR example are you most familiar with and have probably used many times?
3. Why does OCR require more computer processing power than OMR?
4. Explain how OCR could be of benifit to the blind.
5. List several business applications of OCR technology.