This application note describes how one might design a robust race timing system using ThingMagic UHF RFID technology. The application note assumes the reader to be generally familiar with RFID technology and the ThingMagic MercuryAPI.

This application note describes how engineers might design a robust bulk encoding system using ThingMagic UHF RFID technology. The paper assumes that the reader of this application note is generally familiar with both RFID technology and the ThingMagic MercuryAPI.

Monitoring only the last known location of an asset is often not sufficient in many applications as it does not give information about the direction in which the asset was moving in order to intelligently predict its next location. This is driving the requirement for RFID systems to report directionality in addition to the asset [...]

This white paper makes three claims. First, batteryless (also known as passive) RFID is the most economical way to measure a large number of parameters in healthcare settings. Second, batteryless RFID, owing to its low cost and complexity, enables innovative patient-centric applications that would otherwise not be implemented. Finally, it often makes sense to implement [...]

  This white paper addresses the thought process that leads original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to place greater emphasis on determining the best path to take when it comes to embedding RFID into their products.

Things to do today: Buy bread. Pick up suit at the cleaner’s. Return gift at the mall. Stop in at the NFC tag store? That’s right. Japanese Fukumi Corp. has opened the world’s first retail outlet for NFC tags and applications. Based in Tokyo, the RFID/NFC Real Touch Shop offers NFC tags and applications, NFC [...]

Lots of buzz on the exhibit hall floor today during day two of the NRF Big Show. Exhibitors were generally pleased with the large amount of retailers moving up and down the aisles. Here are a few notes I picked up during the course of the day. Some exhibitors at NRF are predicting a surge [...]

The retail industry is keeping a close eye on several lawsuits brought against retail chains that have recently rolled out RFID technology. The litigation, brought by Round Rock Research LLC, claims that the retail use of RFID infringes on several of its patents. Although it is unknown if the patent licensing suits will hold up [...]

As the year winds down, it’s safe to say that 2011 was a very good year for RFID. The technology is being deployed in more industries, use cases continue to grow, return-on-investment is more attractive, and the technology is becoming widely accepted as evidenced by a dramatic drop in legislation aimed at curbing its use. [...]

The following is an excerpt from my guest blog for MatrixPD. I’m really excited about the impact that RFID technology is going to have on the retail sector in the years to come. RFID is already helping retailers to track goods from the point of manufacture to the store shelf, allowing them greater inventory visibility. [...]