Feature Articles

Tracking the Trash

By Michael Chee

Allied Waste collects, sorts, and consolidates waste into containers that are shipped to landfills. Avatar's RFID solution efficiently tracks these containers' locations so that accurate forecasts are available to accommodate variable workloads and allow for new sales. [more]

Delivering Certainty in Electronic Vehicle Registration

By Andrew Strauch

Governments around the world are turning to electronic vehicle registration as a means to improve vehicle registration rates, decrease theft, and improve overall security, with RFID tags being the main component. [more]

Taking a Bite out of the Black Market Trade

By Larry Blue

Hi-G-Tek's active RFID monitoring system provides security along Lithuania's trade routes by arming field officers with a comprehensive view of cargo traveling through the country, eliminating the need for unnecessary manual inspections. [more]

Which Way Would You Rather Learn?  

By Leslie K. Downey

A new kind of RFID training from RFID Revolution called RFID Essentials provides working knowledge in hours. [more]

What's on Our Bookshelf

Check out some of today's newest RFID publications: How to Cheat at Deploying and Securing RFID, IDTechEx's Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS) 2008-2018, The Complete RFID Handbook, and The RF in RFID, Passive UHF RFID in Practice. [more]

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UPM Raflatac's UHF item-level tag and inlay offering based on Impinj NFC technologies; A.C.C. Systems' portable UHF terminal and mobile payment collection device; GlobeRanger's iMotion Smart Network Appliance Product (SNAP); and more.

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ADT supports University of Arkansas research testing for effective theft deterrence and inventory management; ChronoTrack Systems and Impinj bring RFID to L.A. Marathon; a fresh look at pharma by OTA Training; and more. [more]

Ask the Expert: Permanent Power for RFID Tags

Steve Grady, V.P. of Cymbet's technical marketing team, talks about the current status of thin-film batteries and what is in store for the future. [more]