I don’t understand how this is done. —Name withheld The answer depends on the specific reader employed. Some companies, particularly those offering active RFID-based real-time location systems (RTLS), ...

It is hard to label any component of an RFID system as being more critical than any of the others. In past articles we have discussed the RFID tag, as well as, the RFID antenna hardware. Both of these ...

Already common in security systems and tollbooths, radio-frequency identification tags and readers stand poised to take over many processes now accomplished by human toil Editor's Note: This story was ...

[Fabien] ran across a very, very inexpensive RFID reader on Deal Extreme a while ago and with money to burn, added it to his cart. When the USB RFID reader arrived, he noticed something fairly odd ...

Radar, a fledgling platform that combines radio frequency identification (RFID) with computer vision to help retailers automate inventory management and more, announced that it has raised $16 million ...

Please explain how this exchange takes place. —Name withheld The short answer is that it occurs via a network connection, either wired or wireless. The longer response depends on the type of reader ...