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13 NFC technology is pretty common these days and features in most high-end smartphones. As well as phone to phone communication, small little NFC tags can also be used to store and transfer information. You will probably  have noticed small NFC tags next to advertisements near bus stops, stickers in...

1. What is a smart card? A smart card is a small card or similar device with an embedded integrated circuit chip. Smart cards typically look like a credit card (Figure 1) although they can take different forms (Number 8). What makes the card “smart” is the embedded chip....

Wristbands are already an essential tool for event management. But when you add RFID technology to them, you multiply their uses by a factor of ten. Great Wolf water parks use RFID wristbands as room keys and as a way of posting photos to social media. Radio Frequency Identification...

RFID systems can be broken down by the frequency band within which they operate: low frequency, high frequency, and ultra-high frequency. There are also two broad categories of RFID systems-passive and active. In the sections below we will explore the frequencies and types of RFID systems. RFID Frequencies Frequency...

Choosing the Right RFID Technology Share: 229 RFID has been a big buzz word lately for anyone who is interested in any type of item identification. Up until now, the trusty barcode has been the identification tactic of choice, and has served many businesses for decades. However, RFID continues...