Many applications are now using radio frequency (RF) chip technology to automatically identify objects or people. These applications range from tracking animals and tagging goods for inventory control ...

With heightened competition and employment costs on the rise, companies are finding relief by taking advantage of vehicle-mounted printing and data-collection devices to make their operations run more ...

Regulatory standards are useful to all types of business organizations and for governments. Standards can ensure the minimum level of product characteristics such as quality, interoperability, ...

RFID (radio-frequency-identification) technology has the potential to become a common and important element in embedded-system design. In addition to the traditional role of the technology in ...

With proven installations for high-profile early adopters, RFID (radio frequency identification) refuses to be pigeonholed as a niche application technology. Integrated Solutions, November 2001 ...

For some 10 years, we’ve been speaking about RFID at health-care seminars and workshops. To a steadily growing group of attendees, we’ve explained how RFID could help hospitals cut costs and improve ...

Near-field communications (NFC), previously considered merely the next generation of barcodes, has proven to be much more than practical and robust. New applications have moved beyond traditional ...

Take a look at the average Joe's key chain, and you're apt to see radio frequency identification (RFID) technology hard at work. Have one of those sensors for buying gas at the pump or an access card ...

In last month's column, I discussed how total solutions providers will increasingly drive RFID innovation and adoption. Now, I would like to elaborate on how three very different industries are ...

Checkpoint Systems, Inc., a leading provider of radio frequency-based product identification and shrink management solutions for retailers and consumer package goods manufacturers, has presented ...

RFID is a proven enabler of profitability that's growing more powerful every day. Microchip sensitivity is improving. Support services are maturing. Companion technologies, such as sensors, are being ...