Rumors are rife that the company will add RFID capability to its next phone, which could be a big deal.
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Motorola Embeds RFID Tags in Handhelds
If more RFID product manufacturers leverage the technology’s benefits, it will provide potential end users with greater confidence in radio frequency identification.
How Can We Use RFID in Our Library?
In what ways can radio frequency identification provide a benefit to libraries? —Name withheld ——— Tracking books and other items in libraries is one of the oldest and most common applications of RFID technology. By placing a tag on either the spine or inside cover of...
How Could RFID Benefit Cement Companies?
Is radio frequency identification a technology that would be useful to the cement industry? —Name withheld ——— Very useful. The process of registering drivers arriving to pick up cement loads for large construction projects is usually accomplished manually, with...
Retail Theft Is Up—Can RFID Help?
The Global Retail Theft Barometer Study finds retail theft reached $115 billion worldwide. There are areas where RFID can make a difference.
Why RFID Isn’t Being Adopted More Quickly
It’s not because the ROI isn’t there—it’s because change takes time.
What Were Airbus’ Deployment Challenges?
What are some of the key issues the aircraft manufacturer faced in Europe? —Name withheld ——— I assume you refer to the key business problems that led Airbus to take an enterprise-wide approach to deploying RFID technologies. Carlo K. Nizam, the firm's head of value...
UHF Solution Tracks 42,000 Runners at the New York City Marathon
ChronoTrack Systems, which developed the system with Impinj, says its single-use tags make life easier for race organizers and runners.
Why Don’t Large Package-Shipping Firms Use Disposable Tags?
Why are disposable-tag RFID technologies not currently being utilized by large companies that ship packages, such as FedEx, UPS and DHL? —Name withheld ——— The question should really be in regard to why these companies don't use passive tags to track individual...
How Will Printable Circuitry Affect RFID?
What effect, if any, do you think Xerox's printable circuitry product will have on radio frequency identification? —Name withheld ——— In October of this year, Xerox announced that it had developed a new silver ink enabling it to print circuits at room temperature....
What Are the Lowest-Cost RFID Transponders and Readers?
Which radio frequency identification companies offer interrogators and transponders at the cheapest price? —Name withheld ——— This is a question I get asked a lot, and it is not that easy to answer. Vendors don't advertise their prices very often, because cost is...
What’s in Your Freezer?
Tracking tainted beef is once more an issue in the United States, after two people have died from eating ground beef tainted with E. coli.