As the use of tracking tags grows, some people are concerned by the potential environmental impact of the radio-frequency identification devices. Generally the concerns involve recycling the tags. Joe ...

NEW YORK -- The company that manages the Internet's core directory -- and has been criticized for trying to take undue advantage of its position -- has been hired to perform a similar role in the ...

The British Army has been testing technologies - including radio frequency tags - that could reduce casualties from 'friendly fire' incidents. Earlier this month Nato's Operation Urgent Quest exercise ...

In an effort to address long-standing problems associated with using UHF RFID tags in harsh environments that contain metals or liquids, RFID technology provider Omni-ID looked at the structure of its ...

Regular paper, of the kind one writes and prints on, can be embedded with radio frequency tags, researchers say. That could ultimately allow internet connectivity. Not only could the internet paper be ...

Microsoft is enlisting in a venture designed to help develop standards for radio frequency tags intended for use by retailers and manufacturers to track goods. The software maker said Tuesday it will ...

DENVER (CN) — Broad use of radio-frequency ear tags would make it easier to round up sick cattle, but implementing the technology comes with an estimated $2 billion cost. The 10th Circuit on Monday ...

Delta Air Lines Inc. last week said it got accuracy levels ranging from 96.7% to 99.9% during a test in which it used radio frequency identification (RFID) tags to track 40,000 pieces of luggage from ...

For chemists who track inventory of laboratory chemicals, radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags can reveal which chemicals are in a storage space much quicker than keeping track of inventory with ...

Engineering specialists from MIT have devised a way to make RFID (radio-frequency identification) tags more reliable and pick up on chemicals in the surrounding environment -- without needing the ...