The public image of RFID (radio frequency identification) as a secretive tool of big business and government could improve if open source groups get involved in developing RFID standards, according to ...

As radio frequency identification (RFID) becomes increasingly popular in the automatic identification and data capture industry, many business decision-makers wonder how it measures up to a ...

RFID (radio frequency identification) can identify and track inventory. Learn how RFID is used in retail and what you need to know to use it effectively.

In today’s fast-paced healthcare environment, hospitals face numerous challenges, such as ensuring patient safety, streamlining workflows, and reducing costs. One solution showing immense promise in ...

Paradigm shifts take time, as evidenced by the gradual evolution of the barcode, a popular method of visually representing data in a machine-readable form. The concept for barcodes goes back to 1932, ...

The technology art work Urban Eyes mixes publicly available cameras with the detection of pigeons bearing RFID tags. View Slideshow RFID tags, the next-generation bar codes loved by big box stores but ...

After barcodes were put into use more than 50 years ago, the technology revolutionized the grocery business. The technology also revolutionized nearly everything else in the supply chain and logistics ...

Retailers tracking unique items via radio frequency identification are concerned about how to take advantage of all the data they collect. A recent MIT-sponsored event began to address this issue. Why ...

They need lots of data to do their jobs of passing information along so that every operation in the chain can satisfy demand smoothly. These systems are only as good as the data they collect, however.

The public image of RFID as a secretive tool of big business and government could improve if open source groups get involved in developing RFID standards, according to one UK charity. Dr Humberto ...