Aug 28RFID Enabled AIR Applications With Merapi
So, first there was GPS. Then, there was Growl integration. The next progression is to see what we can do with other hardware. There is a great site called Phidgets that contains a bunch of different input devices and controllers that you can hook up to your computer. The best part of their selection is that they offer a NATIVE Java API. So leveraging this API, we can use Merapi to broadcast RFID events into AIR. Pretty cool stuff, if I do say so myself. This screencast is just demo of watching for events when a RFID tag enters the sensor area and exits the sensor area, but it conveys the general point. Enjoy and, as always, comments are welcome!
