As the use of tracking tags grows, some people are concerned by the potential environmental impact of the radio-frequency identification devices. Generally the concerns involve recycling the tags. Joe ...

Chicago, IL - Radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags, similar to the inconspicuous security tags used in store merchandise to thwart shoplifters and increasingly used in hospitals for inventory ...

Hold the tags dangling from a T-shirt at a retailer like Target or Levi’s up to the light, and odds are you’ll see one with paper-thin electronics embedded inside. Most shoppers likely never notice ...

Not many consumers know about Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), a wireless technology that allows objects and people to be tagged and tracked. RFID tags contain microchips and tiny radio antennas ...

Pressure to optimize is intense on the floors of motor vehicle manufacturers' factories: Variance is steadily increasing. Costs have to be contained. Fraunhofer researchers are now using RFID ...

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Radio-frequency identification technology isn’t going away anytime soon. But some of the companies that sell the stuff might be. Even as uses for the digital barcodes and tracking chips proliferate, ...

An emerging technology could usurp the ubiquitous bar code's quarter-century of quiet domination. Radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, which consist of silicon chips and an antenna that can ...

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology has become integral to modern wireless communications, enabling efficient identification, tracking, and data exchange across a multitude of ...

Big Blue says it is building a facility designed to allow companies to check the accuracy of gear that employs controversial radio frequency identification tags. During her years at CNET News, Ina ...

The risk and number of errors during biopsy analysis can be drastically reduced by instituting labeling systems for specimen bottles, according to a study conducted by the Mayo Clinic. The Clinic is ...

RADIO FREQUENCY ID: The Defense Department is completing plans for several pilot programs that will test an Oct. 2 draft policy calling for suppliers to place Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) ...