The EPC (Electronic Product Code) Network will soon allow manufacturers and distributors to accurately track and maintain information on countless individual items via RFID (Radio Frequency ...

RFID tags are great little pieces of technology, but unfortunately, the combination of paper, metal, and silicon means they are as bad as some modern pregnancy tests — single-use electronic devices ...

At the International Solid State Circuit Conference, Holst Centre – founded by the Belgian nanoelectronics research center IMEC and the Dutch research center TNO – presents a plastic 64-bit ...

Thin as paper and no larger than a postage stamp, a prototype low-cost RFID tag from Philips Research (Eindhoven, The Netherlands) is based entirely on plastic electronics and promises to replace ...

In 1974, two Drexel University students found that an oscillating mirror laser could scan and read barcodes, their solution for more efficient grocery store management. Quick-response codes, or QR ...

Facing a U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) deadline to complete a bridge’s electrical installation within four weeks, RFID company Vizinex custom-designed and manufactured an RFID tag for 600 ...

The reactive manual checks are becoming less popular and are being replaced by Smart Shelves: an RFID-based hardware and ...

A new white paper by Dr. Peter Green examines the tradeoffs between using barcode and RFID scanning for tracking work-in-process in manufacturing plants For efficient tracking of work-in-process you ...

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 ...

The IP65-Rated and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) 5.0 KDC180 was designed for wearing as a Ring Scanner or Finger Trigger Glove. Model options include a 2D Barcode Scanner, 0.5W UHF Reader, keypad, and ...

NXP has created a read-write chip for high-volume RFID tag applications complying to Rain Alliance standards for UHF passive tags. It is branded ‘Ucode X’ and delivered in wafer form. “With Ucode X, ...