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What Is Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)? Meaning, Working, and Use Cases

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Radio frequency identification (RFID) is a technology that uses tags to track and wirelessly identify objects. The post What Is Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)? Meaning, Working, and Use Cases appeared first on Spiceworks.

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MIT's minuscule terahertz RFID tag foils counterfeiters with metallic glue

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In 2020, MIT improved radiofrequency identification technology by designing a cryptographic tag several times smaller and cheaper to make than traditional RFID tags. It improved the security of standard RFID authentication by using terahertz radio waves. Read Entire Article

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Amazon adds RFID capability to ‘Just Walk Out’ to enable cashierless shopping for clothing and more

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Fans can grab Seahawks jerseys and other gear at a Pro Shop Outlet at Seattle’s Lumen Field that uses Just Walk and RFID technology. With RFID (radio-frequency identification), unpackaged products such as clothing on hangers, hats and other soft goods can be purchased in stores using Just Walk Out. and Australia.

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Cashierless clothing shop: Testing a new Seattle Seahawks store that uses Amazon tech and RFIDs

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Seahawks fans “Just Walk Out” of the new Pro Shop Outlet store at Lumen Field, where Amazon is testing a new version of its cashierless shopping technology. The store uses RFID tags to track individual products, instead of overhead cameras typically found at other stores with Amazon’s cashierless technology.

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Electronic bag tags are ready for take-off: Here’s what we learned on multiple flights with one

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Alaska Airlines has made electronic bag tags available to elite Mileage Plan members, with a broader rollout planned in the first half of this year. Walking into Sea-Tac Airport for a Friday afternoon flight, I glanced smugly at the people huddled around the Alaska Airlines self-serve kiosks to print bag tags. Alaska is the first U.S.

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Contactless shopping gets fashionable: Inside the newest store from clothing rental startup Armoire

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At Armoire Go, subscribers place apparel for pick up or drop of on a table capable of detecting RFID tags sewn into the clothes, allowing for contactless exchanges. A subscriber signs in on a tablet and places the items on a table capable of reading radio frequency identification (RFID) tags sewn into the apparel.

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Toothbrush Identity

Phil Windley

Philips calls this BrushSync , but it's just RFID technology underneath the branding. Each head has an RFID chip embedded in it and the toothbrush body reads the data off the head and adjusts its internal state in the appropriate way. I like this use case RFID because it's got clear benefits for both Philips and their customers.