Unlike traditional barcodes that require line-of-sight scanning and manual intervention, RFID utilizes electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects. The ...

Choosing the proper radio frequency identification system for your application can be a daunting task, and some systems integrators try to sell customers the solution with which they are most familiar ...

Last week, Hans-Joachim Körber, Metro‘s chairman and CEO, sent a warning to the radio frequency identification industry: Without a single global numbering system in place, the technology’s uptake will ...

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 ...

In order to simplify their installation and operation, modern home security systems must be able to monitor their environments wirelessly. This includes monitoring perimeter security, intrusion ...

Facing retailers' RFID (radio frequency identification) mandates, LEGO Systems, Inc. met its Wal-Mart and Target compliance deadlines months early. When LEGO Systems, Inc. began moving forward with ...

Radio frequency identification is already established in the realm of defense logistics, helping to keep tabs on the mountains of materiel moved through the military services’ supply chain. But RFID ...

This application note presents the transponder coils in an RFID system. The transponder coil is part of the coupling device and acts as a transmitting antenna. This document also describes the optimum ...