When you're talking about data collection, two technologies come to mind: bar code scanning and RFID (radio frequency identification). The former has been a staple in data collection for more than 30 ...

As more companies ramp up their RFID deployments and share data with supply-chain partners, a common problem has come to light. While many business applications need to process data from both bar ...

These are the three factors hospitals are looking at in deciding where to replace bar codes with RFID. (Picture from Accurate Data Systems.) Despite the calls by some experts to "skip" bar codes and ...

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At every turn, networks must handle additional traffic from new sources. One of the latest and soon-to-rise sources of increased network traffic arises from the implementation of radio frequency ...

Raspberry Pi enthusiasts searching for a project to keep them busy this weekend may be interested to know that the latest issue of the HackSpace magazine, created by the official Raspberry Pi team, ...

It is hard to label any component of an RFID system as being more critical than any of the others. In past articles we have discussed the RFID tag, as well as, the RFID antenna hardware. Both of these ...

Consumers benefit from having guidelines that promote the protection of their data captured by radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, but may be burdened by additional costs to exercise greater ...

Siemens Industry, Inc. has added three compact, rugged and affordable RFID readers with standard IO-Link interfaces to its family of Simatic RF200 RFID products. Two of the new readers are ...

Finances FYI is a weekly series providing straightforward finance tips and best practices to help improve financial literacy. Technological advancements have made financial transactions quicker and ...

Here’s another audio playback hack that uses physical tokens to choose what you’re listening to. It uses Touchatag RFID hardware to control iTunes. The concept is very similar to the standalone ...