Pitching wide-scale deployments of RFID (radio frequency identification) to companies that are already optimized around bar coding is a tough sell. That’s why the two technologies should be considered ...

As more companies ramp up their RFID deployments and share data with supply-chain partners, a common problem has come to light. While many business applications need to process data from both bar ...

April 1, 2002 – I often hear skeptics say that RFID will never take off because tags will never be as cheap as a bar code. Why? Because you can print a bar code right on the box or wrapping of an item ...

Bar code solutions are still the technology of choice for several applications despite the rise of RFID (radio frequency identification). But, what does the future hold? June of this year marked the ...

You’ve been hearing a lot about RFID recently, and with good reason. The promise of RFID is essentially the creation of a radio-based bar code, meaning that we can use radio, and not light from a ...

Radio Frequency identification (RFID) tags are like bar codes on steroids; they’re to traditional SKUs what Robocop was to your ordinary cop on the beat. RFID tags are already here but ubiquitous RFID ...

The much-hyped Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) revolution may unfold more as an evolution with its full impact coming late in this decade, according to Gene Alvarez, vice president with Meta ...

[Navic] added a slew of abilities to his RFID reader. It’s now a full-featured RFID reader and smart card writer with extras. When we looked at it last time the unit was just an RFID and smart card ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Most users still find bar codes more convenient than RFID ...

Dubai, May 7, 2006--Zebra Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: ZBRA) announced today it has entered into an agreement with IBM Global Technology Services that incorporates Zebra's leading mobility, bar ...

A chip that blocks a reader from identifying items tagged with unique electronic codes may allay privacy fears over radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. The silicon chip RFID blocker tag ...