Such tags are built into a plastic housing like handheld calculators and other electronic devices. A smart label contains the RFID tag as well as printed barcodes and alphanumeric characters.

reed to purchase the new MC3000 handheld devices from Symbol Technologies ... TESCO TO PURCHASE 4,000 RFID READERS FOR STORES AND DCS LONDON -- Tesco here has entered into a multi-year contract ...

A more sustainable new form of electronic tag could help reduce the vast environmental impact caused by single-use RFID ...

The researchers say their new, less wasteful tags could help lower the retail sector's reliance on RFID chips, which use more than 10 billion tags annually. Most tags are used just once, and end up in ...