It can be difficult, digging out your keys or wallet when your hands are full. Well, if an experimental new 3D-printed "smart ring" reaches production, such digging may no longer be necessary. The ...

[Benjamin Blundell] loves wearable technology — but isn’t very happy with commercial offerings — at least not yet. He wanted to take one of his personal RFID cards, and fit it into a much smaller form ...

House key, wallet, health insurance card, hotel key card — a smart finger ring could replace all these in the future. Produced by a 3D printing process, the ring has an integrated RFID chip, ...

ItemAware is a tool and asset tracking system that uses RFID and other technologies to tag tools or other items and pair them with a beacon location (truck, shed, jobsite and more). Ring Power, a ...

Jergens is a Cleveland-based company that manufactures hoist rings, which connect slings or chains used by an industrial crane to lift loads. Now, the company is adding RFID tags to the metal rings, ...

Farecards are annoying. They’re usually flimsy and easy-to-lose, and depending on what city you live in, they can be impossible to swipe. Why not integrate a more high-tech solution into the system?

Some people get inked, while others get henna or those water transfer tattoos you might find in a box of Cracker Jack. [Becky] wanted the benefits of having an RFID tag in her finger — unlock doors or ...

Kickstarter, the Web site that pioneered crowd-funding for creative projects, has seen more than 4.5 million people pledge more than $700 million since its launch in 2009. A British firm, McLear Ltd., ...

Chinese RFID manufacturer HANYUAN has announced the release of their new leather key-fob. According to HANYUAN, the portable, waterproof key-ring tag is suitable for use in employee access control, ...