The implantation of a medical device in the body is often just the beginning of the story. Once a device is firmly implanted, the ability to trace and identify it can often be as important as the ...

March 14, 2003 – Hitachi, the Japanese semiconductor company, has unveiled a prototype for the next generation of its µ-Chip (pronounced mu-chip). The chip is just 0.3 millimeters square, roughly half ...

For instance, can I store both my car keys (a Lincoln MKZ) and my apartment door key on a single RFID microchip? I also want to use that same microchip to open my front door. —Name withheld You are ...

McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, which handles more than 68,000 pieces of luggage daily, is committed to buying 100 million RFID tags over the next five years, according to Samuel Ingalls, ...

RFID has gain popularity over the years. The industry is no longer satisfied with the limited information that is available through magnetic strip or barcode. Tracibility at difference stages of the ...

Samsung Electronics has developed an RFID (radio frequency identification) chip it hopes will turn mobile phones into more useful tools to tell people about the products and services they want.

It's possible that in the not-too-distant future, we'll all be walking around with implants no bigger than a grain of rice under our skin, transmitting everything from payment capabilities to health ...

A digital ID microchip with readable information pre-recorded was put inside a Manchurian tiger living in King Palace Zoo in central China's Henan province, making the basic information of the tiger ...