RFID Read Range: What Affects It and How to Maximise It
Datasheet read ranges are measured in laboratories that bear little resemblance to a working warehouse. Real UHF range is set by the forward link: available power falls to a quarter…
RFID Tag Application Methods: Manual, Semi-Auto, and Fully Automated
A trained operator can apply 400 to 600 RFID labels an hour; an automated print-and-apply line can tag items faster than most production lines can feed it. Choosing between manual,…
Case Study: The South African Retailer That Couldn’t Make RFID Stick
A 120-store South African fashion chain spent heavily on RFID between 2018 and 2020, targeting a jump from 64 per cent inventory accuracy to above 90, and mothballed the system…
RFID in Libraries: The Original Mass-Deployment Success Story
A large public library holds half a million items, and before RFID a full shelf-read happened perhaps once every few years. Self-service kiosks, security gates and handheld inventory wands made…
ARG-US active RFID gains AI seals and digital twin leak detection for nuclear material packages
Argonne National Laboratory's ARG-US system, first presented in 2009, monitors nuclear material packages with 433 MHz active tags carrying radiation, seal, temperature, humidity and shock sensors. Three advances published in…
Keio, JRC and UPR prototype what they call the world’s first 920MHz hybrid active-passive RFID tag
Keio University SFC Research Institute, JRC and UPR have prototyped the DXh tag, which pairs the active 920 MHz radio in UPR's Smart Pallet with a battery-free ISO/IEC 18000-65 passive…
Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust tracks 846 beds and 1,309 medical devices with active RFID
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust tags 1,309 medical devices, 846 of them beds, across its two acute hospitals and regularly locates 95% of them. Battery-powered active RFID tags report…
Building an Internal RFID Centre of Excellence
Fragmented knowledge is what undermines mature RFID programmes: one team knows antennas, another knows middleware, and nobody sees the whole picture. A lean centre of excellence of three to six…
RFID Contracts: Key Clauses You Should Negotiate
When you sign a contract with an RFID vendor, the details buried in the small print matter more than the headline price. Most buyers focus on cost per tag or…
Researchers use RFID technology to open up new possibilities for measuring respiratory function
Researchers affiliated with Chalmers University of Technology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, and the University of Gothenburg have developed a new contactless method for measuring breathing movements using RFID technology. The approach…
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