There are many ways in which serial numbers are assigned to tags. For read-only tags, a chip manufacturer burns serial numbers into the tags that it produces. For proprietary read-write tags, a user ...

There are various types of RFID systems, each of which can store a different amount of data, which affects the amount of time required to read a tag. But since you mentioned bar codes, I will assume ...

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 ...

When you're talking about data collection, two technologies come to mind: bar code scanning and RFID (radio frequency identification). The former has been a staple in data collection for more than 30 ...

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? Integrated Solutions, ...

In 1974, two Drexel University students found that an oscillating mirror laser could scan and read barcodes, their solution for more efficient grocery store management. Quick-response codes, or QR ...