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The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. ran a nice segment about Radient360 and IDBlue.

I need to know some prices for laundry chips that can be washed at high temperatures. —Name withheld ——— There are a number of companies offering different types of laundry tags. I reached out to one provider, Datamars, which prices tags differently, depending on...

If so, can you please provide some examples? —Name withheld ——— Yes, we have written a number of articles regarding deployments in India. Here are a few examples: India's RFID Solar Mission As part of a national strategy to increase the amount of energy generated via...

Any idea what is preventing it from doing so? —Name withheld ——— ThingMagic's Mercury3 model was introduced in 2002 or 2003—before the EPC Gen 2 RFID standard was ratified. As such, it was not designed to read EPC Gen 2 tags, and there is no direct upgrade path for...

We are creating a lab for technical school instruction. What tools and layout would deliver the best bang for the buck, and what should we focus our attention on? —Name withheld ——— That is a difficult question to answer, as there are many aspects of radio frequency...

My company is searching for an RFID label encapsulated in Kapton (a polyimide film developed by DuPont that remains stable at a wide range of temperatures) that would be very small—much like the 2D Kapton bar-code labels that are currently run through normal bar-code...

And how can an RFID reader communicate simultaneously with more than one passive tag using such a technique? —Name withheld ——— I will explain the basic concept of anti-collision here, and then point you to some information that goes into more depth. Readers can not...

And if so, what type of RFID solution would be required? —Name withheld ——— Yes, it is possible. But the right solution for your needs really depends on what you are trying to accomplish. One issue involves the distance over which you wish to track the keys. For...

RFID can provide insights into issues affecting a company’s performance—even if that firm didn’t know a problem existed.

Can you please recommend a company that would be able to encode and insert a chip? —Name withheld ——— Putting a tag inside a pack of cards would be relatively simple. There are many businesses that sell RFID inlays or labels that could be placed on the inside of the...

Is this due to the limited read range? —Name withheld ——— If you are thinking that guns could be tagged and then tracked as they cross into Mexico for use in the drug wars that country is currently enduring, there are several issues involved. First, it's unlikely that...

How would I go about doing this? —Name withheld ——— Generally speaking, there are two ways you could accomplish this. One way would be to place a tag on the cap and a small reader module on the tank. When the cap was open, the tag would be out of the read zone; a...