Radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags have made paying toll fees and public transit fares a breeze. But the tags, which are made of silicon, are still too expensive to replace ubiquitous barcodes ...

The conclusion reached in this article – part of a series sponsored by UPS – is that barcodes probably make more sense for small businesses because they’re considerably cheaper, but RFID does offer ...

In today’s fast-paced healthcare environment, hospitals face numerous challenges, such as ensuring patient safety, streamlining workflows, and reducing costs. One solution showing immense promise in ...

A new white paper by Dr. Peter Green examines the tradeoffs between using barcode and RFID scanning for tracking work-in-process in manufacturing plants For efficient tracking of work-in-process you ...

When you're talking about data collection, two technologies come to mind: bar code scanning and RFID (radio frequency identification). The former has been a staple in data collection for more than 30 ...

The EH&S chemical inventory group is pleased to announce that we will begin using new Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) barcode stickers to manage chemical inventory. The new barcode stickers will ...

Symbol Technologies CEO William Nuti is good at pulling out the weeds in corporate restructuring. And this he did when he moved up the ladder last year from his chief operating officer position to ...

Global asset-management technology company Asset Infinity, based in India, is transitioning many of its customers to using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology that automates the capture ...

Paradigm shifts take time, as evidenced by the gradual evolution of the barcode, a popular method of visually representing data in a machine-readable form. The concept for barcodes goes back to 1932, ...