Radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags have become a key component of global commerce, enabling stakeholders to track physical assets quickly and reliably. Deployed properly, the tags could be ...

An electronic identification device that is made up of a chip and antenna. For reusable applications, it is typically embedded in a plastic housing, and for tracking shipments, it is usually part of a ...

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 ...

A team of researchers in Scotland has unveiled a RFID tag, which they claim could make the technology cheaper as well as more sustainable. The scientists at the University of Glasgow explain that the ...

It’s a well-known fact that metal causes two major problems for radio frequency identification transponders: It can reflect energy away from a tag, and it can detune a tag antenna, preventing it from ...

A group of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a system that uses radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags to locate moving, tagged objects within ...

Just as the U.S. Department of Agriculture mandates Radio Frequency Identification Device chips to monitor livestock, a Texas school district just begun implanting the devices on student ...

RFID projects succeed or fail long before the first tag is deployedRFID projects rarely fail because the technology doesn't work. They fail because organisations underestimate the importance of ...

RFID credit cards are embedded with a tag that enables contactless payments, one of the safest ways to pay. If you have an EZ Pass in your car or a microchip in your pet, or if you’ve used a hotel ...