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Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Tag
White Papers Unlike the barcode where identification is limited by line-of-sight, Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) technology and its reliance on radio waves does not require a straight-line alignment between the tags and readers.
[February 10, 2006, 0:01]
Strengthening EPC Tags Against Cloning
White Papers The EPC (Electronic Product Code) tag is a form of RFID (Radio-Frequency IDentification) device that is emerging as a successor to the printed barcode. Like barcodes, EPC tags emit static codes that serve to identify and track shipping containers...
[January 5, 2006, 0:01]
RFID Technology Streamlines Library Operations
White Papers To resolve the issue, Farmington Community Library instituted an integrated Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) tag and barcode system using a dozen SATO printers. Library workers do not have to open and close books and read the barcode with a...
[December 22, 2004, 23:00]
Radio Frequency ID Tags: What They Are, How They Can Be Used And How Production Costs Can Be Reduced
White Papers each, much too expensive to replace the barcode on a trivial item such as a carton of milk or a bar of chocolate. Radio Frequency ID (RFID) is a new technology that hopes to replace barcodes. However, at this point, RFID "tags" can cost around ?
[February 15, 2006, 0:01]
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) White Paper
White Papers RFID is also a subset of the broader area of Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC) technologies, which include the more mature barcode, optical character recognition, and infrared identification systems.
[April 30, 2004, 1:03]
"Yoking-Proofs" For RFID Tags
White Papers Thanks to their utility in automating supply-chain logistics, RFID tags promise eventually to supplant the optical barcode as a means of identifying goods. RFID (Radio-Frequency Identification) tags are small, inexpensive microchips capable of...
[June 17, 2004, 0:01]
SAP's RFID Solution: Smart Data Entry For Supply Chain Processes
White Papers It also explains about SAP Auto-ID Infrastructure and how it's used to integrate RFID technologies - including RFID readers and printers, Bluetooth and barcode devices, sensor devices, and programmable language controls - into supply chain processes.
[May 20, 2005, 0:00]
Weizmann Institute Of Science Books RFID Into Its Libraries
White Papers RFID tags, containing information such as the title and barcode or system number, were embedded in each of the library's 20,000 books. Working alongside Intel and local Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) system integrator Galbital, the institute...
[May 17, 2007, 1:00]
A Unique Electronic Identification Solution
White Papers Almost every item sold through retailers and supermarkets around the world today has a barcode printed on it. When it comes to the automation of distribution chains and the logistics of moving goods and products through store and supermarket supply...
[May 10, 2006, 0:00]
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) As A Fixed Asset Management Solution
White Papers Often touted as a "Disruptive" technology destined to change retailing, RFID currently complements the barcode systems it may someday replace. Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) is an emerging technology with many successful applications...
[May 10, 2006, 1:00]
Miniature RFID Devices For Identification Of Electrical Appliances Undergoing Safety Testing
White Papers To date, the conventional method of identification has utilised barcode labels, which are prone to surface defacing in harsh environments and have limited data capacity. The development of a new miniature low frequency Radio Frequency...
[December 21, 2004, 2:00]
Wireless Healthcare - Briefing Note
White Papers This paper considers the threat posed to retailers by RFID based services and steps that should be taken before migrating automated shopping systems first from a barcode scanning to a RFID platform and then from a Wireless LAN to a mobile phone...
[January 11, 2006, 0:01]
RFID: The Promise Of A Strategic Technology
White Papers Many believe that RFID is an extension of the common barcode, and while the two share some application overlap, RFID is much more than a barcode. Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) has its origins in the 1940s, when the fundamental technology...
[February 10, 2006, 0:01]
Anti-RFID Tags Protect Privacy
News Considered a more advanced replacement for existing barcode technology, the systems have created a significant buzz among businesses looking to cut overhead through more intelligent management of products and supply chains.
[February 25, 2004, 7:35]
Malaysian Govt Buys Identity Microchip
News The chip can replace barcode tags in retail goods, and can be inserted into the human body, animals, bullets, credit cards and other items for verification purposes, said the report. The made-in-Malaysia microchip measuring 0.5 mm X 0.5 mm -- the...
[September 8, 2003, 11:00]
Solving RFID's Image Problems
News I actually think that a lot of education needs to be done on a worldwide basis with regard to RFID, because an RFID tag is nothing more than a talking barcode. And this he did when he moved up the ladder last year from his chief operating officer...
[June 2, 2005, 19:45]
MIT Takes RFID To Next Stage
News MIT handed off the administration of RFID standards and other duties in September to EPCglobal, a joint venture of the Uniform Code Council and EAN International, which oversee global barcode standards.
[October 24, 2003, 10:00]
RFID: BT Says 'yes', Survey Says 'no'
News RFID is often referred to as a 'better barcode' but the reality is that both technologies are likely to co-exist for the foreseeable future. That's why we support barcode applications as well as RFID," said BT's Ross.
[February 3, 2004, 10:10]
RFID: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
News As part of the company's overall plan for wireless technologies, IBM envisions RFID technologies helping with the logistical requirements of the supply chain by replacing the barcode system currently in place.
[February 19, 2004, 14:29]
Motorola Buys Symbol Technologies For £2bn
News Symbol Technologies, a company that specialises in barcode scanners, wireless and radio frequency identification (RFID) equipment, has been bought by Motorola. The second-biggest mobile phone manufacturer in the world bought Symbol's outstanding...
[September 19, 2006, 16:30]
