How Important Is the Data-Modulation System That a Particular Tag Uses, in Terms of Reader Compatibility?
I am employing custom-made stationary RFID readers in a field experiment, but I’d also like to be able to utilize a handheld unit in certain circumstances. The tags I am using are 125 kHz ASK tags. I wish to know if a handheld described as reading all FDX-A and...Where Can I Find Passive 2.45 GHz Tags and Readers?
Please suggest some tags with temperature sensors, as well as appropriate interrogators for the same. Thanks. —Name withheld ——— The only passive 2.45 GHz tag on the market of which I am aware is Hitachi’s µ-chip (pronounced “mu-chip”), which is very...What Makes RFID So Expensive, and How Many Years Will It Take the Technology to Be Commercialized?
While the whole world is talking about replacing bar codes with radio frequency identification, is there any way by which RFID and bar codes can work in synch together? If not, will the bar code find another market? —Rohini ——— Rohini, First, I would dispute the claim...Do RFID Readers Interfere With Smartphones?
If the two devices were placed very close together and were both operating at the same time, would either inhibit the other’s functioning in any way? —Eddie ——— Eddie, This is not an question to which I can offer a definitive answer, because it depends on the...
GE Announces Plans to Develop RFID-Guided Robots for Managing Surgical Tools
Scientists at GE Global Research will spend two years developing a prototype system for VA hospitals, using RFID to help automate the process of transporting, cleaning and storing surgical tools.
Steel Tube Finishing Firm Tries RFID to Track Personnel, Tools
OCTG and its technology provider, Silent Partner, have also formed a new company to market a solution that tracks the manufacture, inspection and threading of tubes before they are shipped to drill sites.
How to Have the Best RFID Journal LIVE! Experience
Our RFID Connect smartphone app will help attendees get more value from the event, by enabling them to identify the sessions, individuals and exhibitors they want to see.
What Is a Microstrip Antenna?
Can you please explain what this term means? —Name withheld ——— A microstrip antenna is not, as the name seems to imply, a very thin linear antenna. It is actually a common form of planar antenna. A microstrip antenna is made up of a dielectric substrate sandwiched...
SML Group Announces New Tags, Production Center
The Hong Kong-based company has opened a new facility in North Carolina, and has released three new EPC RFID inlays designed for fast encoding and read sensitivity.