RFID for Beginners by Amie Kandowski
RFID technology is used frequently today and has been around since the 1920s, but not many people know about, or understand it. RFID stands for Radio Frequency Identification and is used to store and retrieve information. This information is stored and retrieved using RFID tags or transponders. ... The System of RFID RFID works off of a system that relies on tags, tag readers, tag programming stations, sorting equipment, circulation readers, and tag inventory wands. ... Two Types of RFID Tags There are two types of RFID tags; active tags, and passive tags.

Radio Frequency Identification by Pauline Go
RFID is being touted as the best source of identification and tracking in today’s world. RFID or Radio Frequency Identification is an automatic identification method that uses RFID tags and readers. RFID technology uses radio waves and it is possible to find a product or an object with an RFID... The signal is picked up by an RFID tag reader and the reader transmits this information to a computer in digital format, letting us find out the information with a push of a button. ... The RFID tag or the microchip is connected to an aerial.

RFID Tags and Chips: Are They Living Up to Expectations by Lance Winslow
Originally there seem to be quite a bit of hype over RFID Tags and the industry said it would revolutionize the World and then things were quite for while as things did not pan out. Nevertheless, the technology is now advances to a large degree. Now HP has chips small enough and there are lots... Now they have RFID printables and the tags can be produced quickly and cheaply on labels like bar codes thus dropping the price within range to have them at the actual product level at the retails and not just on the boxes or pallet shipments.

It's a Small RFID World After All by Sally Bacchetta
Trolley Scan of Johannesburg, South Africa has announced the delivery of the first commercialized version of "RFID-radar" to a European IT company. RFID-radar enables a system user to accurately measure the distance travelled by a signal from a transponder to a reader. ... That ticket is RFID-chipped to track your entry and exit through the RFID-rigged gate. ... Until now, you would have had to install RFID readers every 10-25 feet to achieve this degree of scrutiny. ... If you think that's not a new capability of RFID, think again.

RFID: AT90RF135602- Smallest RFID Reader by Sally Bacchetta
The AT90RF135602 definitely needs a nickname. Even in 8-point type it's too big a title for the world's smallest RFID reader! AT90RF135602 (see what I mean?) is the latest RFID collaboration of California-based Atmel and UK-based Innovision Research & Technology. ... This single chip RFID reader is a mere 12mm by 12mm by 2mm. ... I can see how the AT90RF135602, priced at a relatively low $3 per unit (in quantities of 10,000) may be attractive to RFID managers trying to achieve maximum efficiency at minimum expense.

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) by Jith Crs
The term Radio Frequency Identification is used for automatically identifies an object that transmits the identification (in the form of a unique serial number) of an object wirelessly, using radio waves. Radio Frequency IDentification abbreviated, as RFID is a Dedicated Short Range... Class 0: read-only tag that was programmed at the time the microchip was made Different applications of RFID: Some other areas where passive RFID has been applied in recent past are:-Person Identification, Identification of location of a person, Animal/Pet Identification, Food Production Control, Vehicle...

Radio Frequency Identification Basics by James Hunt
Radio Frequency Identification or RFID is the use of radio waves to identify objects. This means, unlike a barcode, one can track an item without actually having to come in contact with it. The way it works is that an identifying serial number is stored in a microchip which is then attached to... (Together these are called the transponder or tag.) The chip is now able to transmit any identifying information to the receiver. ... It’s hoped that with Wal-Mart as well as the Department on Defense using RFID, the prices of the tags will drop to five cents each will making it a more affordable...

RFID Software Guide 101 by Mansi Aggarwal
RFID is the abbreviated form of Radio Frequency Identification. RFID is akin to the bar codes but in RFID the electro magnetic coupling is used to transmit signals. The main components of an RFID are silicon chips, an antenna and a transceiver that can be used anytime and anywhere. ... Unlike barcode technology, RFID does not require line-of-sight reading on which a bar code depends and RFID scanning can be done at greater distances than bar code scanning. ... RFID is becoming more widespread due to the manufacturing of RFID software.

Documenting the Undocumented with RFID Chips or Cards by Lance Winslow
Here is an idea which came out of one of our recent thinking groups meetings regarding border security, which seems to be appropriate. First we seal off the borders and only allow crossing thru certain border check points. Robots patrol, if they see you they warn you to stop and go back in... Any person coming over the border into our country must go thru approved points of entry and must have an RFID enabled card or implanted Chip. ... Anyone caught with an RFID Chip, which is forged is to be biometrically identified and then sent back.

RFID: Coming to an Application Near You by Andy Reed
Now that we're six years into the third millennium, it's time that some 21st-century technology is coming of age. It's a slow process, but it's inexorable, so if you're not familiar with it, here's a short overview of what it is and what to expect from it. ... Systems can also be designed so that a computer's software will not operate off-site: unless the RFID chip in the laptop is within radio range of the host computer (at the office), it simply won't turn on. ... In cases of interior access, such as a corporate office, retailer, or manufacturing facility with restricted section access,...