ODIN Labs, the scientific testing division of RFID software provider ODIN, intends to release Sept.8 testing results for eight RFID hand held readers. The RFID Hand held Reader Benchmark is designed to help end users differentiate between the many hand held models available and provide scientific input into the procurement process. The hand-held RFID readers […]

Indianapolis-based Harrison College has become the latest higher education institution to sign up with financial services provider Higher One, New Haven, Conn., to distribute refunds to its students. Higher One will use its OneDisburse Refund Management system to provide the refunds. A file including student names and the total amount of each refund will be […]

Chinese developer DAILY RFID has launched its advanced Proximity RFID Reader-02, designed as a desktop, OEM version. It is designed to be used as an access control reader via USB or RS232 interface. This proximity RFID card reader is engineered to provide a read range from 50mm to 100mm for close quarters RFID applications. It […]

French researcher CEA-Leti announced that it has demonstrated a contactless, high-speed interface for smart cards. Leti has created a prototype of a complete phase modulation system, a reader and a card, that now achieves speeds of 6.8 Mbit/s. Phase modulation’s spectral characteristics are superior to those of amplitude modulation, allowing considerably higher speeds than the […]

About 37 million higher-frequency RFID and RTLS-enabled asset tracking and asset management tags are expected to ship this year but that’s expected to grow to nearly 150 million by 2014. That equates to a compound annual growth rate from 2010 to 2014 of more than 40%, according to a new study released by ABI Research. […]

Loyola University, Chicago, is offering more buying power for its students through the campus card program, allowing them for the first time to take the card off-campus at local dining establishments. The program will start small, focusing on a handful of restaurants. “We prepared documents and contract agreements that…merchants will have to sign, and they’re […]

East Coast Diversified, Atlanta, Ga., announced that its RFID and GPS division, EarthSearch Communications, has received a $90,000 purchase order from IT service provider AHCC for 200 TrailerSeals. TrailerSeal is a mechanical, battery-powered padlock embedded with RFID, GPS, and GPRS for remote container tracking. TrailerSeal records and transmits location and event information and sends alerts […]

Sisvel U.S. and the RFID Consortium have rolled out an ultra-high frequency RFID patent licensing program to promote rapid adoption of UHF technology. By creating a single license that includes all patents essential to the EPC global and ISO/IEC standards, UHF RFID developers and manufacturers can now economically license essential patents in a single transaction. […]

It takes young adults–those between the ages of 18 and 24–some 132 days before they realize they’ve had their identity stolen. In that time, they’ve lost five times the amount of money compared to other age groups, according to Washington State University’s student newspaper. Quoting a report from the Better Business Bureau, the newspaper notes […]

Canadian reader and tag provider GAO RFID Asset Tracking has rolled out a long range active RFID UHF beacon tag appropriate for tracking mobile assets, controlling access or online inventory, and locating assets or personnel in designated areas. The tag also offers long-range capabilities for wireless applications. Static data is written to the tag and […]