Many applications are now using radio frequency (RF) chip technology to automatically identify objects or people. These applications range from tracking animals and tagging goods for inventory control ...

In the previous article, “The principles of RFID: Active Tags,” we discussed a classification of RFID tag called the active tag. Even though the active tag has many applications, it does not get as ...

As far as wireless technologies go, radio-frequency identification (RFID) is one of the oldest. Patented in 1983 by the late British inventor Charles Walton, RFID made it possible for new, ...

Take a look at the average Joe's key chain, and you're apt to see radio frequency identification (RFID) technology hard at work. Have one of those sensors for buying gas at the pump or an access card ...

RFID tags provide the automotive industry with assembly tracking tools, thus bringing vehicle assembly into the IoT world. Radio-frequency identification tags (RFID) have become an essential method of ...

There are many rugged RFID tags on the market designed to withstand extreme temperatures, harsh chemicals, pounding pressure, dust, rain, shock and other challenging conditions. But in some hazardous ...

The campaign to educate consumers about RFID’s potential is heating up. Last week, EPCglobal unveiled its Discover RFID Web site, designed to inform consumers about how RFID and EPC technologies can ...

With further adoption of GS1 standards, RFID tags will support greater interoperability, efficiency and safety for each ...

Privacy concerns over RFID tagging are reaching new heights, with state legislators introducing and increasingly passing new measures to restrict their use, while ...

It's been more than two years since Wal-Mart and the DoD originally announced their RFID initiatives for their supply chains. Suppliers to these entities immediately balked at the high cost of the ...