How Do RFID Tags Designed for Metal Surfaces Function?

Can such tags be thin? —Name withheld ——— RFID transponders designed to work on or near metal usually have a spacer cushion preventing a tag from being detuned. When you touch a metal hanger to the antenna of a transistor radio, the antenna is detuned and you hear a...

GS1 and VICS to Merge

The Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Solutions Association will become part of the bar-code and RFID standards body.

GS1 and VICS to Merge

The Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Solutions Association will become part of the bar-code and RFID standards body.

Retail Big-Data Startup Competition

The Auto-ID Labs at MIT is sponsoring a contest to create a prototype for a retail application leveraging big data to improve the retail demand chain.

Hitachi Chemical Markets Tiny UHF Tag

Hitachi Chemical Markets Tiny UHF Tag

Measuring only 2.5 millimeters in length and width, the Ultra-Small Package tag has a read range that can be boosted by means of an external antenna or other metallic object.