Featured Articles

  1. The RFID Advantage: What Is RFID, Why Now? 9/21/2007
    Great companies think differently than mediocre ones about technology and technological change. Applied professionally, RFID can deliver major improvements to your company’s bottom line. RFID has the power to unlock the "unrealized potential" in your organization, producing greater results. Whether you are going head-to-head with your competition for new business or competing with your internal staff to manage costs, RFID can deliver the advantage you need to succeed. Submitted by Atlas RFID Solutions, Inc.
  2. Active RFID Vs. Passive RFID Technology 9/21/2007
    Active RFID and Passive RFID are fundamentally different technologies that are often evaluated together. While both use radio frequency energy to communicate between a tag and a reader, the method of powering the tags is different. Active RFID uses an internal power source (battery) within the tag to continuously power the tag and its RF communication circuitry, whereas Passive RFID relies on RF energy transferred from the reader to the tag to power the tag. Submitted by Atlas RFID Solutions, Inc.
  3. Near Field Communication: NFC-Enabled Proximity Mobile Payments Nearer To Reality According To New Smart Card Alliance White Paper 9/11/2007
    In a newly-released white paper, the Smart Card Alliance concludes that proximity mobile payment – because it leverages the well-established infrastructure of the financial payments industry, and because it is based on Near Field Communication (NFC) technology and the ISO/IEC 14443 standard – will become the mobile payment technology of choice for consumers using mobile phones for retail payment transactions in the United States.
  4. Passive RFID Tags Vs. Active RFID Tags 8/31/2007
    RFID tags come in two varieties: active and passive. Active RFID tags have a built-in power supply, such as a battery, as well as electronics that perform specialized tasks. By contrast, passive RFID tags do not have a power supply and must rely on the power emitted by an RFID reader to transmit data. Thus, if a reader is not present, the passive tag cannot communicate any data. Active tags can communicate in the absence of a reader. The remainder of this article discusses other differences between the two types of tags. Submitted by American Barcode and RFID
  5. New Consumer Goods Commitment To Be Reflected In Leading RFID Conference By Dr. Peter Harrop, IDTechEx 8/27/2007
    The retail and consumer goods industry is now overcoming its concerns about the cost and performance of RFID and making big commitments. This is reflected in the speaker lineup for Europe's leading RFID conference, IDTechEx RFID Europe in Cambridge, UK, September 18-19. Submitted by IDTechEx
  6. Asset Tracking: RFID Solution Provides Excellent ROI In Asset Tracking Application 8/9/2007
    Through-out New Zealand, Mini-Tanker franchisees provide an on-site diesel refuelling service direct into customer equipment. This equipment is in remote locations such as forests, construction sites, quarries and mines so a key performance requirement is the accurate identification of each piece of equipment, regardless of its location and the environment.
  7. RFID: The U.S. SAFETY Act — What You Need To Know With Raymond Biagini, McKenna, Long, & Aldridge LLP 8/6/2007
    RFID Connections interviewed Raymond Biagini, Leader with Product Liability Defense Practice at McKenna, Long, and Aldridge, on the U.S. Government's SAFETY Act, a topic with significant implications for RFID vendors and users alike. This landmark legislation eliminates or minimizes torte liability for companies that sell or provide anti-terror technology. Used with permission from AIM Global
  8. RFID: Security Before Operations With Josh Perrymon, Packet Focus 8/6/2007
    RFID Connections interviewed Josh Perrymon, CTO of Packet Focus, on RFID security issues. Packet Focus offers RFID security services for RFID audits and assessments and RFID hacking services. Used with permission from AIM Global

  9. Is Your Business Ready For RFID? Systems Requirement And Design Study 7/30/2007
    All too often, projects are undertaken to improve technology infrastructure, only to fail during implementation due to lack of foresight and planning in addressing deficient processes. American Barcode and RFID helps in the preparation and planning. It approaches every technology requirement with the thorough investigatory energy that is needed to appropriately analyze and address the opportunity. Submitted by American Barcode and RFID
  10. Building Smart RFID Networks By Hersh Bhargava, RafCore Systems 7/5/2007
    RFID technology leads us to the world of connected objects. It enables the inventory to speak for its presence and drives the processes as opposed to processes driving the inventory. This paradigm shift opens up new avenues and new approaches to achieve the process efficiency, better inventory management, and improved business intelligence. Submitted by RafCore Systems