More than two years ago, Hewlett-Packard, the IT and computer products and services provider based in Palo Alto, Calif., started deploying RFID in parts of its manufacturing and distribution chain.

Radio Frequency Identification is a technology that uses radio waves to track and identify objects. RAIN RFID is a specific type of RFID that is becoming increasingly popular in the retail industry.

There are many different types of RFID systems employed worldwide, but generally speaking, a device used in cars for toll-collection purposes would be an active transponder that stores a unique serial ...

RFID-activated drilling reamers are downhole tools in the bottomhole assembly (BHA) that selectively expand or retract reamer blades when commanded by radio-frequency identification tags pumped from ...

A set of best practices designed to help assuage consumers’ concerns about RFID (radio frequency identification) tags was released on Monday by a group of technology vendors, RFID users and consumer ...

Every technology leader has faced the same fundamental question at some point: how to scale a new technology to mass adoption, without losing focus or credibility. The trajectory of RAIN RFID offers a ...

If you have ever shopped at a Uniqlo store, you've likely been as amazed as I have by the automated checkout: You put all your items in a basket, and they are instantly scanned rather than needing ...