Engineers at North Carolina State University have applied a new technology called RF-only logic to create passive RFID tags that are 25 percent smaller than today’s. And a smaller tag means a cheaper tag. The space savings comes from eliminating a circuit usually considered crucial to the chip’s operation—the rectifier. Passive RFID tags, the most…
Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University, Disney Research, and MIT have recently come up with new uses for off-the-shelf radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags. They are able to develop a new technique and system for processing these RFID tags for practical applications in games, interactive objects and toys, and physical interfaces. The ‘RapID’ system the researchers developed…
Since breast implant patients are frequently advised to have their breast implants removed or expect them to be replaced every 10 to 15 years, a medical technology start-up is on a mission is to make breast implants safer and better for women globally. The Costa Rica-based company plans to do this by delivering a world…
Air Canada Cargo is moving forward with the implementation of a large-scale RFID solution that will enable tracking of cargo and mail shipments across additional stations in its network. Initial implementation and solution validation was took place last year, starting with Montreal and Frankfurt being the first 2 stations installed. Boston is now on-line, with…
NFC or Near-Field Communications is a rapidly growing wireless, short-range technology. Approved as an ISO standard in 2003, NFC is a form of RFID technology that has a read range of up to a few centimeters. The ISO standards approved by the International Organization of Standardization (ISO 14443 and ISO 18000-3) exist on the HF…
Air Canada Cargo is moving forward with the implementation of a large-scale RFID solution that will enable tracking of cargo and mail shipments across additional stations in its network. Initial implementation and solution validation was took place last year, starting with Montreal and Frankfurt being the first 2 stations installed. Boston is now on-line, with…
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) might just be the next big thing in retail. RFID, an electronic device, small enough to remain undetected by the average consumer, can be discretely attached to an item and allows retailers to uniquely identify a product in the same manner as a barcode. The advantages and possibilities of RFID however,…