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"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]
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. However, at this point, RFID "tags" can cost around ? There are various companies and organisations who hope to bring the price of...
[February 15, 2006, 0:01]
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]
The Seamless Connection Of Shop Floor RFID Devices And WebSphere Based Enterprise Applications
White Papers Developments in RFID are arguably one of the most profound influences on tracking technology since the development of the barcode. Labels or 'tags' themselves presently cost only about twenty cents, but it can be assumed that improvements in...
[February 10, 2006, 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. Librarians at the circulation desk and patrons using the 3M SelfCheck System read the tags with RFID readers to check items in and out.
[June 12, 2004, 0:06]
Idtechex Case Study: European And US Laundries
White Papers Developers wanted to improve processing throughput on garment identification systems originally implemented with barcode. X-ident and KSW Microtec TrolleyScan of South Africa and others are preparing stitchable tags for apparel.
[December 23, 2004, 23:00]
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]
Sun Sets Up Scottish RFID Test Centre
News Sun claims the large, and often undisclosed, losses suffered by manufacturers from theft will be an unstoppable driver for firms to adopt RFID tags as a replacement for the barcode. Sun maintains that RFID tags have the potential to cut huge costs...
[December 4, 2003, 9:30]
RFID Blocker May Ease Privacy Fears
News Many retailers view RFID as an eventual successor to the barcode inventory tracking system, because it promises to cut distribution costs for manufacturers and improve retailing margins. The labs at RSA Security on Wednesday outlined plans for a...
[August 28, 2003, 11:05]
Photos: Tracking People With VoIP And RFID
News The cargo with the RFID tag and barcode attached can be then be tracked by passing through devices such as the 'RFID conveyer solution'. The size and shape of the RFID tags vary depending on their application.
[March 22, 2006, 14:25]
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]
IBM Slams RFID Criticism As 'anti-retail'
News Retail has little value for RFID in terms of barcode alternatives. RFID tags used in retail stores, Shearer said, "[could] only measure a short distance". Shearer also said IBM was trialling the use of RFID tags in US schools for mentally disabled...
[April 29, 2004, 16:20]
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]
The Future Of Radio Frequency Identification
News This is where it differs from other e-tagging technologies such as barcode scanning, which uses optical recognition. The range of sensing RFID tags from an RFID reader can vary from a few centimetres to a few metres depending on the frequency of...
[August 18, 2003, 14:55]
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]
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]
EU Passports Get Biometric Data
News RFID tags have been used as an alternative to barcode labels to help keep track of products ranging from clothes to livestock. RFID has a big advantage over barcodes because, for example, the individual contents of a box can be identified without...
[July 18, 2003, 15:27]
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 To End Lost Luggage?
News The chips will also be inserted into, rather than attached to, bags, meaning the tiny chips are less likely than barcode labels to be separated from the luggage. And, unlike bar codes, the tags can be read without a direct line of sight.
[June 6, 2005, 15:10]
