If the tags stay active after they leave the store, the biggest privacy worries depend on the range of the RFID readers. There's a big difference between tags that can be read from an inch away ...

Multiple retailers are leveraging a variety of handheld readers to capture item-level RFID tag reads for inventory management in stores. The readers have a relatively long read range and can be easily ...

Trimble's ThingMagic Division has announced its Micro-LTE 2-port embedded UHF RFID module optimized for applications that require reading small numbers of tags rapidly and accurately, such as access ...

MIT has developed an RFID system that would allow users to capture tag reads with a small drone carrying a virtual antenna array to forward data between tags and a reader.

RFID technology maker RF Code Inc. announced a $995 mobile active RFID tag reader on Wednesday that allows IT managers and others to better find tagged assets using common handheld computers.

Photo: midnightcomm/Flickr 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 ...

Discover how RFID technology revolutionizes item tracking with radio waves. Learn about its components, benefits, and ...

As RFID reader-and-tag networks begin appearing in our environment, however, we will increasingly see how this technology can extend the ability of computers—in combination with the Internet ...

RFID can be used passively or actively. In the former, freight is outfitted with tags that send information only when they come within range of an RFID scanning device, or reader.

Animal tracking tags are often costly and heavy, precluding their use with small-bodied species. RFID readers record presence of animals bearing tags with unique ID numbers, so are useful for ...

RF Code has unveiled a device for tracking assets with active RFID tags that can be worn on the belt, transferring the data wirelessly to a BlackBerry or Windows Mobile device.