Sunnyvale startup Wirama announced that they've finished the most precise RFID reader available yet, with the ability to locate passive RFID tags to within 6 inches (through the EPC Class 1 Gen 2 ...

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In the previous article, “The principles of RFID: Active Tags,” we discussed a classification of RFID tag called the active tag. Even though the active tag has many applications, it does not get as ...

Sensor-based passive RFID tags have been on the market for just a few years, but according to U.K.-based market-research firm IDTechEx, they have accomplished sufficient growth in niche markets that ...

DAILY RFID has launched passive RFID On-Metal Tag Series, a kind of adhesive RFID on-metal Tags. The RFID tags are designed for close quarters checking, with high performance for on-metal tagging.

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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: The industry's first scientific evaluation of ...

The North American market for passive RFID (radio frequency identification) tags should be worth nearly half a billion dollars by 2013, up from $124.6 million in 2006, according to a recent report by ...

Active RFID -- No governing standards, being developed -- Transmit energy often in 400 MHz, 900 MHz and 2.45 GHz ranges -- Requires onboard power source with large memory -- Can be read, or written to ...

Technology has matured to commercial availability, data standards are close to approval, and by year’s end Airbus and Boeing could be instructing suppliers to put radio-frequency identification (RFID) ...

The U.S. Army will begin the Defense Department’s first test of passive radio frequency identification (RFID) tags in February, using the same kinds of technology and electronic product code (EPC) ...

The Federal Aviation Administration has approved radio frequency identification devices for use with planes on the ground. The FAA has not yet cleared RFID for applications in flight because of ...