Metalcraft, a provider of industrial name plates and labels, has released a new metal UHF RFID tag that can serve as both a visual and digital ID plate for heavy equipment, vehicles and other assets ...

It’s a well-known fact that metal causes two major problems for radio frequency identification transponders: It can reflect energy away from a tag, and it can detune a tag antenna, preventing it from ...

Radio frequency identification (RFID) tags are definitely a handy way of tracking shipments. Instead of simply crossing their fingers and hoping for the best, importers and exporters can check the ...

A small 6.0×2.0×2.3-mm RFID tag, the LXTBKZMCMG-010 from Murata, attaches directly to metal to allow tool tracking systems to determine usage, warranty status, and user accountability. The ...

Vizinex RFID, a developer and manufacturer of high performance RFID tags tailored to specific applications, recently launched the Sentry Midrange II tags, the second generation of the company’s tag ...

Researchers have developed a method to embed radio frequency identification (RFID) tags in paper, which could help combat document counterfeiting, and have developed antennaless RFID tags for use on ...

RFID tag functions directly on metal surfaces Confidex has launched the RFID tag SteelWING, a passive highfrequency (UHF) tag that supports the EPC Class 1 Generation 2 specification. The tag offers a ...

As part of the vendor’s BIS M series of RFID products, a direct metal-mount or M-M RFID system is designed to provide tough industrial track-and-trace capability using a non-contact, ISO ...

A team of researchers at the Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) at North Dakota State University are getting rid of antennas in RFID tags to better track metal objects. A team of ...

The USDA will give away 8 million radio-frequency ear tags to cattle and bison ranchers, furthering the agency’s goal to phase out metal identification tags. The free ear tags will trace animals ...