rfid technology

Introduction.

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is an automatic data capture technology that enables the automatic tracking and identification of an item. As such it is an enormous aid in logistical support providing a strategic wireless solution to locating items in during a production or distribution process. Anything can be tagged with the small data carrying tokens that can be read by fixed or mobile scanners and readers, using low powered radio frequencies. The data captured by the scanner can, of course, be sent to a centre that can have an overview of the items in transit and convey the location or identification information on to others. RFID works in tandem with the Electronic Product Code (EPC), which is a unique identifier for an item whether it is a single book or a box of mixed books. Of course for RFID to work to maximum effect every stage of the transit or supply route needs to be equipped with RFID technology, requiring an integrated approach to the logistical process. RFID tags can be split into two main groups; Passive – which are typically barcodes, or Active – which will have their own power supply, can be used in more extreme conditions, can be read whilst the item is moving and at a distance. ie. They can be used to track anything from a library book to a car on a toll road.

The semiconductor firm sees the facility as a place where end users can test RFID technology, and where NXP and other RFID technology vendors can develop specific products based on end users' needs.

On June 14, 2007 Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN) introduced a bill to the House that would mandate anti-counterfeiting technology in prescription drug packages, primarily highlighting RFID technology or "similar trace and track technologies that have an equivalent function." In addition...

The RFID Technology Council sponsored an event yesterday on Capitol Hill entitled "RFID and Healthcare: Emergency Preparedness and Response."  Anthony McKinney, Director of Public Security at SAP, and Kathleen Carroll, Director of Government Relations at HID Global, were among the...

Remember CDs and DVDs? Does anyone still buy them anymore? Of course they do (despite the fall of Tower Records and lots of smaller music stores). And that probably means they still get stolen. So NXP Semiconductors is introducing RFID...

We are still reluctant to admit that RFID technology has gone mainstream. However, T3Ci’s achievement may change our perception. T3Ci has scripted a glorious record by completing the billionth RFID tag read in the month of February this year....

Last year, the Congressional Committee on Government Reform reported almost all the civilian agencies have experienced loss of laptops,which contained personally identifiable information. Therefore, the US government has decided to introduce RFID...

RWE can not forget the frightful memories of November 2005 when ice and snow damaged power towers in northern Germany causing people to live without power for many days. Like RWE, most of the energy producers in Europe, Asia and Africa have no...

Millipore has shown the practical applicability of RFID technology in the pharmaceutical units when it embedded RFID technology in the filtration products for the first time. The filtration products are used for the production of biopharmaceutical...

It is yet another achievement of RFID. The Australian Defense Force (ADF) has embraced RFID technology to track the supplies it delivers to the Middle East countries and also in its own country.According to media reports, the ADF has shipped its...