RFID News

What happens when you hand a group of driven innovators 24 hours, a lab stocked with cutting-edge RFID equipment, and one simple challenge: create something new? That was the premise behind the Auburn RFID Lab’s inaugural Hackathon, the “Bright Ideas Marathon,” held on March 28–29, 2026. Over the course of a single weekend, participants delivered a remarkable showcase of creativity, technical excellence, and genuine collaboration.

NASA representatives completed visits with Delta Air Lines facilities and the Auburn Radio Frequency Identification Laboratory at Auburn University in February to further the collaborative exchange of knowledge between the three organizations...

As the Auburn football team prepares to play against the University of Arkansas, there is no better time to look back at the lab’s history and growth over the past two decades. While the lab has been connected to Auburn University since 2010...

Meet the Auburn University RFID Lab’s VR team! Based in one of the lab’s off campus locations (nicknamed the Little Lab), the VR team’s main focus is to successfully combine RFID sensors and virtual reality to create a seamless transition from the real world to the virtual...

This week, the Lab was thrilled to receive new products to use for testing from Zebra! We are very thankful to Zebra for their generous donation, and we are excited to put all of these items to use...

RFID. You’ve probably heard the name tossed around, been told to buy a special wallet to stop it, or maybe even seen an RFID tag in a store. But what exactly is RFID? RFID stands for Radio Frequency Identification. RFID systems are used to transmit data quickly and painlessly...

As the dust settles from the craziness of the holiday season, its time to start reflecting on the past year, and look forward to what the new year will bring for our lab and RFID technology. Through the end of 2023, there were many exciting events in the lab...