Wisteq, a Finnish company specializing in reusable RFID tags, says it has designed a new type of UHF antenna capable of performing especially well when the tag is attached to metal or objects ...

In the previous article, “The principles of RFID: Active Tags,” we discussed a classification of RFID tag called the active tag. Even though the active tag has many applications, it does not get as ...

Speaking at the RFID Journal LIVE! conference this week in Chicago, John Dimtroff, an aerospace electronics engineer for the Federal Aviation Administration, told conference attendees that the FAA has ...

Here’s an open source RFID cloner design that is about the same size as a standard RFID key card. It doesn’t need a battery to capture key codes, just the magnetic field generated by an RFID reader.

Passive RFID tags attached to inanimate objects in the home can reveal much about the activities of occupying humans, according to the University of Michigan. The system, dubbed IDAct, uses ...

How Long Does A Passive Rfid Tag Last? Unlike active RFID tags, passive RFID tags don’t have their own power source; they rely on the reader’s electromagnetic radiation to operate. As they possess no ...

In order to simplify their installation and operation, modern home security systems must be able to monitor their environments wirelessly. This includes monitoring perimeter security, intrusion ...