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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The abolishment of the data vacuum between the warehouse and the customer characterizes the Future of Retail. Smart Shelves, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Symbol Technologies CEO William Nuti is good at pulling out the weeds in corporate restructuring. And this he did when he moved up the ladder last year from his chief operating officer position to ...

Spokeo reports that RFID blocking wallets offer minimal real-world protection against hackers, making them largely ...