To reduce its loss factor, the Cynthiana-Harrison Public Library in Kentucky will deploy a radio frequency identification (RFID) security system from 3M Library Systems this fall. 3M will install two ...

Imagine a library system that knows where every book is and allows visitors to return and issue books automatically. That dream is slowly becoming a reality as libraries adopt the use of tiny Radio ...

When the new library in Fontana—a fast-growing bedroom community in San Bernardino County, Calif.—opens in April, its collection of 150,000 books and other media will carry RFID tags. The library ...

Starting in October, public libraries in Hamburg, Germany, will begin implementing an RFID-based system for checking materials in and out. The system will be provided by the Danish division of U.K.

For a glimpse of how RFID technology could transform stores, factories and people's everyday lives, you may only need to look as far as your local library. Hundreds of city and college libraries are ...

California Sen. Debra Bowen introduced SB 1834 at the state capitol recently, proposing first-in-the-nation privacy standards for the use of radio frequency identification technology (RFID). "The ...

What ever happened to all the hype over radio frequency identification (RFID)? Driven by Wal-Mart mandates and post-9/11 concerns, RFID was all the rage just after the turn of the century. Many people ...

In order to simplify their installation and operation, modern home security systems must be able to monitor their environments wirelessly. This includes monitoring perimeter security, intrusion ...

In a broad context, radio transmissions containing some type of identifying information are considered Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). This can be a cab driver using his unit number over the ...