Posted on July 22, 2008 by retailnu
RFID products fall into two basic categories: Passive and Active. Passive tags do not have batteries and have indefinite life expectancies. Active Tags are powered by batteries and either have to be recharged, have their batteries replaced or be disposed of when the batteries fail.
Various Types of Antennas (above)
RFID products are then broken up [...]
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Posted on July 21, 2008 by retailnu
NEW YORK–Using a laptop, cell phone headset, building access badge, credit cards, or even a passport can make you a walking target for data thieves and other criminals, a security expert warned at the Last HOPE hacker conference here late Friday.
In a frightening but entertaining session entitled “How do I Pwn Thee? Let me [...]
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Posted on June 9, 2008 by retailnu
What is the RFID chip?
A lot of people think the RFID chip is all about more Big Brother surveillance. Look at the CCTV around you: clearly that is for surveillance. So what is the microchip for? The microchip is an implantable device (about the size of a grain of sand) that has the ability to [...]
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Posted on May 26, 2008 by retailnu
RFID has long since been a pretty common find in your modern day hospital, but now GE and CenTrak are teaming up to make the technology even more useful in those long, winding hallways. Simply hailed as RFID “virtual walls,” the creation enables venues to “track tagged mobile medical equipment down to a portion of [...]
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Posted on January 30, 2008 by retailnu
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is looking to accelerate its RFID rollout, and once again the Dallas area is at the heart of the effort.
The company is requiring all suppliers shipping products to its Sam Club’s distribution center in DeSoto to start applying the radio tags to their pallets starting today.
If they don’t, Wal-Mart will charge [...]
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