WingateWeb, a Salt Lake City provider of event management technology, is touting its new WingateWeb Conference 4.7 software, designed to make it easy for event planners to integrate on-site event management tools such as RFID from third-party vendors. WingateWeb Conference 4.7 is a Web-based, end-to-end conference management solution that provides leading-edge on-line registration, unmatched content […]

Can RFID banish tried-and-true library inventory methods? In a press release entitled, ‘RFID Enabled Active Shelf May Signal the Death of the Dewey Decimal System’, Baltimore company Barcoding, Inc., suggests just that. Barcoding Inc. announced that their award-winning RFID Active Shelf Inventory System utilizes RFID technology to constantly monitor the location of books and other […]

Dates: October 29-30, 2008 Venue: Jacob Javits Center Location: New York, NY URL: http://www.isceast.com/ Contact: [email protected] Description: The premier security event in the Northeast for the discovery of R&D advances, systems integration solutions and new products from more than 400 exhibiting companies. ISC East will be held alongside Infosecurity NY, the largest IT security event […]

A monitoring system which tags secondary school children by embedding an RFID chip in their school uniforms is under way in Hungerhill School in Doncaster, VNUNet reports. Ten pupils have had a memory microchip discreetly embedded into their school badge identifying them the moment they step into the classroom, according to the Doncaster Free Press. […]

Bigger isn’t always better … or more attention-getting. Especially in the world of RFID. Hitachi’s latest chip is so tiny, it’s evoking concern among some, like blogging outpost Gizmodo, which calls it “a worryingly small RFID chip,” measuring “an impressively tiny 0.15 mm x 0.15 mm x 0.0075 mm.” The chip reportedly includes 128-bit ROM, […]

IDTechEX, the leading independent research and consulting firm specializing in RFID technology, published findings that the RFID market for industries related to Animals, Food, and Farming will reach $9.4 Billion by 2017. And at least one company – Vsurance – is using this data to tout its wares. The company recently acquired Animal-ID, an Arkansas-based […]

UPM Raflatac, CDA, Brooks Automation and Stora Enso Digital Solutions have launched a new CD/DVD solution featuring an integrated RFID tag. Discs from CDA come with a uniquely identifiable UPM Raflatac HF RFID tag, while Brooks manufactures RFID readers and integrates them into end-users’ processes. Stora Enso Digital Solutions offers digitally printed and personalized DBS […]

Tracient Technologies this week announced the release of its new UHF Reader with longer read ranges, faster read rates and lower tag costs. These are the promise of UHF RFID. Calling its new release “stylish and ergonomic,” Tracient says the Padl-R UF can be connected quickly to any Bluetooth-enabled device (PDAs, cell phones, smart phones, […]

Is it a good time to invest in RFID technology? Financial media outlet TheStreet answered this question in an online posting recently. Among the evidence to proceed with caution: RFID “pure plays” that have had a rough time include Applied Digital Solutions and Digital Angel – “each saw share prices drop over 40 percent since […]

Once a pioneer for a burgeoning area of RFID, Precision Dynamics Corporation will moderate a panel of Waterpark and Hotel industry experts with a session entitled: “RFID: Increasing Revenue, Increasing Profits While Increasing Customer Satisfaction” on Wednesday, October 24, 2007, from 1-2 p.m. at the 27th Annual World Waterpark Association (WWA) Trade Show and Symposium […]