The humanitarian benefits of deploying RFID have been making headlines over the last 12 months. While the inventory accuracy gains enjoyed by retailers from deploying RFID are breathtaking, they take a back seat when it comes to the technology’s ability to save lives. From solutions designed to monitor drugs given to cancer patients to tagging [...]

Her Majesty the Queen received a primer about the benefits of RFID technology during a visit to the University of Exeter in the UK last week. Queen Elizabeth II was briefed about a joint project between The University and QinetiQ. The goal of the project is to improve the accuracy of RFID when it comes [...]

Innovation was on full display during day one of the RFID Live conference being held this week in Orlando. In many cases, the new applications being showcased by vendors like Impinj and NXP interact heavily the consumer, bringing shoppers even closer to the technology. NXP, for example, demonstrated an RFID-enabled tablet device that can be [...]

It’s been more than 10 years since the Auto-ID Center was founded at MIT. The Center served as a launch pad for RFID innovation, and was the birthplace of companies like ThingMagic, OAT Systems and others. With co-founders Sanjay Sarma and David Brock set to take the stage at Wednesday’s Auto-ID & Sensing Solutions Expo [...]

It’s been more than 10 years since the Auto-ID Center was founded at MIT. The Center served as a launch pad for RFID innovation, and was the birthplace of companies like ThingMagic, OAT Systems and others. With co-founders Sanjay Sarma and David Brock set to take the stage at Wednesday’s Auto-ID & Sensing Solutions Expo [...]

With all the emphasis on RFID in retail, it’s easy to forget that the retail RFID movement began as a supply chain initiative. That famous “Walmart mandate” from 2003 was an indication that the giant retailer saw big gains to be had in its supply chain and distribution center operations. It took a few years [...]

RFID continues to show its potential for moving well beyond business applications and into everyday lifestyles. Recently we’ve blogged about RFID-enabled washing machines and wardrobes. Now, a team of researchers from the University of Dubai have invented the iPurse, an RFID-enabled device capable of tracking personal belongings like keys and laptops, even lipstick and glasses. [...]

It’s great to read about the strong ROI that industry gains from deploying RFID. Sometimes, however, the consumer benefits from deploying the technology are overlooked. And while home laundry monitoring isn’t exactly a commercialized use case, just imagine the benefits. As Sini Syrjala points out in her blog post in RFID Arena, imagine how cool [...]

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.