Project:
Smart Small Logistics Container

Personnel:
Arthur Guest & Phillip M. Cunio (off-site at MIT)

Operations Data Collected:
The Smart Small Logistics Container (SSLC) Research Project is a joint
project between Arthur Guest (Crew 66) and Phillip Cunio (Crew 67). The
project will consist of two major components: (1) a technology
demonstration of Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) for tracking
logistics (2) a study of operational considerations for a small
logistics container.

Work was done today ensuring that the electronics equipment in the
container (i.e. the RFID equipment) was working properly. The RFID
equipment will read the contents of the container every time the lid is
closed and transmit this data to a laptop which will then pass the
information to a website that will be used to track the supplies
off-site. More information on this website will be passed on in future
reports so this data can be shared.

After some thought and discussion with the crew, we have decided to
track several items using the container. These items are: toilet paper,
garbage bags, latex gloves, and chocolate bars. Several pieces of
experiment equipment for EVAs will also be tracked to record their
usage history.

Technical/Equipment Issues:
Due to problems encountered during shipping, the connections between
the electronics had to be re-attached. The system appears to be
working fine now. I performed some testing of the placement of the RFID
tags inside the container to analyze read error (due to the positioning
of the tags, some are not read by the RFID antennas and do not appear
on the computer), but this is something that is to be analyzed during
this project.

Discussion:
The next step is to collect the supplies and tag them for placement in
the container. This will include having to enter the tag numbers and
their related item descriptions into the software database.

Questions for RST:
No questions at this time.