Privacy concerns related to the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology got an airing at a recent California state legislative hearing. RFID, a ...

Hong Kong knitwear company Crystal Group is employing passive 13.56 MHz RFID tags to track garments as they are manufactured. The company maintains 15 manufacturing sites in Sri Lanka, Vietnam, China, ...

As the U.S. Food and Drug Administration considers the use of radio frequency identification tags to help fight counterfeit prescription drugs, privacy advocates are cautiously watching to be sure ...

Reports that the military has started outfitting firearms with RFID tags for tracking have raised security alarms. The concern: What if the enemy uses the tags to track soldiers on the battlefield?

IBM announced today that it will offer the ePedigree drug tracking device, which uses RFID tags to keep tabs on pharmaceuticals. IBM announced today that it will offer the ePedigree drug tracking ...

The U.S. Department of Defense will require all of its suppliers to use passive radio frequency identification tags (RFID) on all cases and pallets by January 2005, a mandate whose impact will likely ...

As detailed in the latest report by Towards Automotive, the global vehicle RFID tags market is forecast to grow from USD ...

The bodyhacking movement — inserting electronic implants under the skin containing information or radio frequency identification technology — is starting to take hold, and such devices may soon find ...

Under the right conditions, aluminum foil can act as a shield, reflecting or absorbing RFID waves. However, its effectiveness ...

Walmart Inc. is requiring suppliers in more product categories to attach RFID tags to their items, which helps the retailer ensure proper stock levels in stores. Suppliers have until Sept. 2 to comply ...

When you have a prosthetic device implanted in your body, how do you retrieve information about it? You can’t look at the bottom for a model number and you don’t want to go under the knife to find the ...

<p>Radio Frequency Identification Tags are gaining popularity as an inexpensive means of tracking inventory. It is a low-cost, easy to implement technology. RFID tags are essentially inexpensive radio ...