Radio Frequency Identification is a technology that uses radio waves to track and identify objects. RAIN RFID is a specific type of RFID that is becoming increasingly popular in the retail industry.

RFID tags are very much on their way to becoming cheap enough to be used extensively. Many RFID pilots are being conducted to prove the business case. As you read this, some companies are getting ...

Last week, we announced the finalists for the 2014 RFID Journal Awards, which were introduced eight years ago to recognize excellence in the use of radio frequency identification (see Finalists ...

The services include business-case development, technological proofs of concept, internal pilots, trading-partner pilots, and full-system rollouts. IBM is selling them to industries such as aerospace ...

Modern conveniences such as self-checkout and contactless payments are often taken for granted. Because of this, it’s natural to overlook the critical technology that makes such everyday efficiencies ...

This white paper will help you to understand what RFID is, how it works, describe the current standard and compliance implementation and get the most from your investment. Arming yourself with a good ...

A set of best practices designed to help assuage consumers’ concerns about RFID (radio frequency identification) tags was released on Monday by a group of technology vendors, RFID users and consumer ...

The use of radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology has grown in recent years and across a wide range of industries, from use in asset tracking retail sales, transmitters for toll roads and ...

Radio frequency identification has become a hot concept, promising to streamline how businesses track and stock inventory. But companies may need to rethink their software infrastructures in order to ...

The industry's first scientific evaluation of passive RFID tags designed to work on metal objects has been released. It busts two well-circulated myths: that passive RFID does not work on metal, and ...

Just a few decades ago, buying things meant going to the bank — your own physical branch, mind you, during the brief hours it was open — to take out cash. If you didn’t have time for that, or ran out ...

Without cost sharing, rewards from RFID remain limited. Michelin North America has been a leader in establishing uniform RFID codes for the tire industry. Most of these efforts have been focused on ...