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New RFID technology tracks and monitors nuclear materials

New RFID technology tracks and monitors nuclear materials

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Radio frequency identification (RFID) devices have widely been used for tracking for years; recently, scientists from U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have developed ...


Survey: U.S. retailers slow to adopt RFID

Technology / Engineering

created May 23, 2006 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

American retailers are adopting RFID technology to keep track of inventory at only a modest pace, a new survey revealed.


RFIDs transmit through metal

RFIDs transmit through metal

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Metal efficiently blocks radiation, such as that emitted by RFID chips - small data storage units that are integrated in various objects and transmit their information to a reading device. ...


IBM, T3Ci test RFID data-sorting software

Technology / Software

created Jul 28, 2006 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

IBM and partner T3Ci say they have completed interoperability testing of a new software standard for Radio frequency identification technology.


New Study Shows RFID Significantly Improves Item-Level Inventory Accuracy

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study on the use of radio-frequency identification tags on individual retail items shows that inventory accuracy decreases or diminishes over time with conventional systems that rely on barcodes and/or ...


NIST Issues Guidelines for Ensuring RFID Security

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 27, 2007 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Retailers, manufacturers, hospitals, federal agencies and other organizations planning to use radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to improve their operations should also systematically evaluate the possible security ...


Canada-India RFID project looks to improve traffic flow, reduce pollution

Technology / Other

created Jun 19, 2008 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

RFID technology may provide the key to better traffic management and improved pollution control in Canada, India and worldwide.


RFID might help track first responders

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created Mar 31, 2006 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A National Institute of Standards and Technology team is studying the feasibility of using radio frequency identification technology during emergencies.


GTRI is developing protocols for testing effects of RFID systems on medical devices

GTRI is developing protocols for testing effects of RFID systems on medical devices

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Radio frequency identification (RFID) systems are widely used for applications that include inventory management, package tracking, toll collection, passport identification and airport luggage security. More ...


RFID Chips Make Luggage Transport Reliable

RFID Chips Make Luggage Transport Reliable

Technology / Other

created Apr 29, 2008 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Transporting passenger baggage between the world’s airports is expected to become far more reliable in the future — with RFID technology. Siemens has developed a system that relies on a radio chip to replace ...


'Fingerprinting' RFID Tags: Researchers Develop Anti-Counterfeiting Technology

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed a unique and robust method to prevent cloning of passive radio frequency identification tags. The technology, based on one or more unique ...


HP Creates RFID Technology for Tracking Data Center Assets

HP Creates RFID Technology for Tracking Data Center Assets

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 17, 2006 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

HP today announced its researchers have created a radio frequency identification (RFID) asset tracking technology for data centers and successfully tested it at a major retailer.


Durgin Testbed Parts

RFID testbed measures multiple tags at once and rapidly assesses new antenna designs

Technology / Engineering

created May 05, 2008 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (8) | comments 1

Researchers have designed a system capable of simultaneously measuring hundreds of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and rapidly testing new RFID tag prototypes.


NIST Advises on RFID Security Risks

Technology / Other

created May 01, 2007 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The National Institute of Standards and Technology describes some potential dangers of implementing RFID and offers guidelines and best practices for mitigating the risks.


Electromagnetic interference from some identification devices may pose hazards to medical equipment

Other Sciences / Other

created Jun 25, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

The use of radio frequency identification devices appears to have the potential to cause critical care medical equipment to malfunction, according to a study in the June 25 issue of JAMA.