More than two years ago, Hewlett-Packard, the IT and computer products and services provider based in Palo Alto, Calif., started deploying RFID in parts of its manufacturing and distribution chain.

RFID-activated drilling reamers are downhole tools in the bottomhole assembly (BHA) that selectively expand or retract reamer blades when commanded by radio-frequency identification tags pumped from ...

There are many different types of RFID systems employed worldwide, but generally speaking, a device used in cars for toll-collection purposes would be an active transponder that stores a unique serial ...