Hitachi Unveils Integrated RFID Tag
A new mu-chip has an antenna built right onto the chip, which should cut the cost of the tag in half.
Active RFID Labels for the Masses
German smart label specialist KSW Microtec plans to mass-produce thin-film batteries for RFID labels.
Smart Kids, Smarter Chips
For years, educational experts have parked themselves in classrooms in an attempt to understand how the pint-size set learns. Now a team of engineering and educational researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles is taking classroom observation high...
The Fine Print
A British company has stumbled on a way to print copper antennas with a digital inkjet printer.
Filling the Void
RFID Journal was launched as an independent online publication on March 1, 2002, long before most business magazines had even heard of radio frequency identification. We understood the technology’s importance, and we understood that businesspeople would need...
RFID’s Dirty Little Secret
Sure RFID heralds great savings and efficiencies in the supply chain, and offers companies the opportunity to learn more about their customers. But make no mistake—in the long term, doing business is going to be tougher than ever. That’s because the technology...
Preparing a Privacy Strategy
Researchers at the Auto-ID Center have long known that radio frequency identification technology raises consumer privacy issues that must be addressed. The group’s position paper, released on Sept. 1, is a first step in allaying concerns that RFID could be used to...
Get Ready for Reality Online
RFID provides the foundation for a new way of doing business in which every product and asset has a digital counterpart.
Get Your Act Together
Most global companies don’t have the foggiest idea how to deploy RFID technologies. Here are the six steps you must take to succeed.
New RFID Tire Sensor for Trucks
Crosslink, a company that sells wireless data products for the trucking industry, has developed a temperature-pressure sensor for heavy vehicles.