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 ...

Finnish RFID tag provider Confidex has released a printable, flexible on-metal adhesive label known as the Silverline. The passive EPC Gen 2 ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) label has been tested by ...

Many financial institutions have been retrofitting data centers with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems and replacing barcode labels on their IT assets with passive RFID tags 1,2.This is in ...

Rebecca Torchia is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K–12. Previously, she has produced podcasts and written for several publications in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and her hometown of Pittsburgh.