If you have ever shopped at a Uniqlo store, you've likely been as amazed as I have by the automated checkout: You put all your items in a basket, and they are instantly scanned rather than needing ...

UPS is going all in on RFID. The logistics giant has invested more than $100 million in projects to roll out the technology across its network, the company revealed on Tuesday. “With RFID embedded ...

UPS announced Tuesday that a major rollout of RFID technology is revolutionizing its U.S. network at an unprecedented scale. Thanks to the shrinking cost of radio-frequency identification labels — ...

In these science fiction books, extraterrestrial beings are sympathetic, horrifying and everything in between. By James S.A. Corey James S.A. Corey is the pen name of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, the ...

OK, so don't panic, but Michelin has been putting RFID chips in our tires for some time now. Before you start watching the sky for black helicopters as you drive to the Piggly Wiggly, Michelin isn't ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Remember that scene in the 2002 film "Signs" when Joaquin Phoenix wore an aluminum foil cap to defend against extraterrestrial mind control?

Near Field Communication (NFC) and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technologies offer wireless data transmission and energy supply for flexible wearable and implantable sensing systems. By ...

In Julian Huxley's 1927 short story "The Tissue-Culture King," a scientist becomes lost in the jungle and is captured by a tribe. He soon discovers that the tribal leader has developed a way to ...

Alien: Earth showrunner Noah Hawley clearly didn’t think the franchise was doing enough with the implications of its title. Ridley Scott’s Alien (1979) imagined the kind of nightmare lifeforms that ...

Of all the series most ripe for a virtual reality adaptation, few have greater potential than Alien. I mean, who aside from Ellen Ripley herself wouldn’t want to experience the thrill of being hunted ...

On the 10-year anniversary of Alien: Isolation’s release, developer Creative Assembly has confirmed that a sequel is in development. In a statement marking the survival horror classic’s 10th birthday, ...

Independently, radio frequency identification (RFID) and artificial intelligence (AI) are powerful technologies for retail. When paired together, though, these solutions can deliver even more value.