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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]
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]
Experiences In Implementing The VTLS RFID Solution In A Multi-Vendor Environment
White Papers In a library environment, RFID technology resembles a traditional barcode system in that it provides a means of assigning an ID to an item and reading that ID to perform circulation transactions or to take inventory.
[June 17, 2004, 0:01]
Texas Instruments Case Study: Smart Labels For Material Tracking In Libraries
White Papers The process is faster and more accurate than with traditional optical barcode labels. The 3M Digital Identification System, based on RFID smart labels, streamlines the flow of library materials in many ways.
[June 12, 2004, 0:06]
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]
Case Study: Benchmarking Real-Time Determinism In Windows CE
White Papers Documetrics is the technology involved in scanning and comparing the attributes of a given document that make it uniquely identifiable, including text, numbers, barcode and biometric identifiers such as fingerprints and facial characteristics from...
[April 18, 2005, 0:00]
Privacy Activists Call For Rules On RFID
News Proponents hail the technology as the next-generation barcode, allowing merchants and manufacturers to operate more efficiently and cut down on theft. The hearing, presided over by Senator Debra Bowen, focused on an emerging area of technology that...
[August 19, 2003, 9:30]
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]
New Aibo To Lead The Way In Robotic Vision
News If you put all the items on tray that moves, it means you don't have to barcode every item," he added. Our software is very good at recognising texture and could help tremendously with identifying goods without (the customer) having to find the...
[September 5, 2003, 16:35]
NEC Lends Weight To RFID Standards Effort
News The company last week became the first Japanese IT firm to join EPCglobal, a Belgium-based organisation seeking to develop RFID standards to work in tandem with a next-generation barcode system called electronic product code.
[May 24, 2004, 10:30]
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]
Marks & Spencer Tags Shirts With RFID
News The tags, criticised by privacy advocates and touted by the technology industry as a barcode replacement, are contained within throwaway paper labels called Intelligent Labels attached to, but not embedded in, a selection of men's suits, shirts...
[October 17, 2003, 8:55]
Qantas Flyers Check In Via Text
News Because the system relies on sending a barcode, only phones which support graphical messages -- which include most recent models -- can be used. Passengers who are flying without baggage will be able to use the system without requiring ID...
[July 26, 2004, 11:15]
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]
Government May Regulate RFID Use
News Essentially a new and vastly improved barcode, RFID tags have been causing controversy in Cambridge where the popularity of Mach 3 razor blades among shoplifters prompted supermarket chain Tesco to run a pilot scheme using RFID to detect when a...
[July 30, 2003, 19:00]
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]
Software Firm Tracks RFID Tags
News RFID is being hailed as a next-generation barcode that promises to reduce labour-intensive manual inventory scanning and tackle perennial business problems such as shoplifting, inventory shortages and logistical errors.
[October 28, 2003, 10:05]
US Lawmakers Worry RFID Will Hurt Privacy
News Proponents hail the technology as the next-generation barcode, allowing merchants and manufacturers to operate more efficiently and cut down on theft. Senator Debra Bowen, a California legislator recently at the forefront of an anti-spam...
[August 12, 2003, 15:30]
