Internet of things: Let the avatars talk to each other

Sanjay Sarma has focused his research on new uses for RFID and security for the internet of things. “Our idea,” says Sarma, vice president for open learning and the Fred Fort Flowers (1941) and Daniel Fort Flowers (1941) Professor of…

Drones relay RFID signals for inventory control

System could save retailers billions lost through faulty inventory records. Radio frequency ID tags were supposed to revolutionize supply chain management. The dirt-cheap, battery-free tags, which receive power wirelessly from scanners and…

Is Video a Threat to RFID?

Amazon Go is using video, which has great potential to work with RFID—but here's why the technology cannot replace radio frequency identification. On Jan. 21, The New York Times published an article titled "Inside Amazon Go, a Store of…

RFID Helps Parents Find Lost School Uniforms

Approximately 100 schools have adopted the RagTagd system since the company launched two years ago, enabling parents to receive a text message if their child's garment is left behind in a school's lost-and-found area. A group of entrepreneurs…