selected VeriSign Inc. to maintain the key electronic product codes (EPC) that could eventually identify billions of unique products, ranging from tubes of toothpaste on grocery store shelves to ...

As of nine months ago, radio frequency identification mandates from Wal-Mart and the U.S. Department of Defense had thrown the consumer-goods industry into a tizzy. The behemoths had insisted that all ...

Internet of Things smart products platform company EVRYTHNG has teamed up with Avery Dennison Retail Branding and Information Solutions (RBIS) to provide a solution that makes it possible for ...

Up until this week, you could try out EPC technology in your warehouse or store, but you had to be a member of the club -- that is, a sponsor of the technology's creator, the Auto-ID Center, based at ...

Bar codes are a line-of-sight technology. That is, a scanner has to “see” the bar code to read it. That means people usually have to orient the bar code towards a scanner for it to be read. Also, if a ...