The distance from which a reader can communicate with a tag. Active tags have a longer read range than passive tags because they use their own power source (usually a battery) to transmit signals to ...

Security researcher [Fran Brown] sent us this tip about his Tastic RFID Thief, which can stealthily snag the information off an RFID card at long range. If you’ve worked with passive RFID before ...

Also called an "RFID interrogator." The maximum distance between the reader's antenna and the tag vary, depending on application. Credit cards and ID badges have to be brought fairly close to the ...

By holding the bottom button as the cloner is moved in range of the RFID reader, the microcontroller goes into learning mode. Now just hold up the card you wish to clone and the LED just above the ...

RFID technology has potential in marine environments, capable of enhancing equipment like ROVs, to improve underwater research.

The RFID tags that are routinely inserted into ... of memory on a chip with no power source. These can be read from a range of up to 20 feet by a dedicated reader that emits radio waves.