The WineM by ThingM, a wine rack that employs several radio scanners which can read the RFID product tags on the wine bottles it stores, is getting the thumbs up in the online community. Says a poster at SciFi.com: “It’ll gather all of the information it can including the name of the wine, year, price, […]

BlueStar, a distribution machine for Auto ID, Point-of-Sale, mobility and RFID products, is adding the Datalogic Mobile Skorpio-GUN™ pistol grip computer to its roster. The product, designed for use in warehousing and retail environments, reduces operator fatigue through its light, ergonomic design, thus enabling full-shift autonomy. Another great feature, according to BlueStar, is its long-lasting […]

Santa Clara, Calif., company Intelleflex Corporation, today announced its Strategic Partner Program (SPP) leveraging Intelleflex’s Intelligent RFID Platform. Program partners offer end-to-end RFID solutions that “are not possible with other automatic data capture technologies,” including advanced RFID tracking, control and monitoring capabilities for yard management, transportation and logistics. So far, SPP partners include more than […]

SureImage SecurSnap Full Color Wristbands for Premium Venues and Events, the newset arrival to Precision Dynamics’ VIP Band product line for entertainment facilities, are available to check out at the IFEA’s annual convention and Expo in Atlanta. The expo, which draws festival and event coordinators, will take place Sept. 20-21 at the Omni Hotel’s CNN […]

Confidex, which specializes RFID design, manufacturing and engineering, this week announced the completion of one of the largest UHF tag deliveries with encapsulated Gen2 tags. Container Centralen, a provider of high-quality Returnable Transport Items (RTI) and pooling services with headquarters in Odense, Denmark, has taken delivery of 300,000 of the new, custom designed Confidex RTI […]

In his article, “A Debate We Don’t Need: Do RFID Chips in Humans Cause Cancer?”, New York Times tech reporter/blogger Barnaby Feder weighs in – in favor of VeriChip.: It was flimsy science but brilliant advocacy work by CASPIAN, the anti-RFID group that convinced an AP reporter to pursue the story (CASPIAN is the legacy […]

The Dutch company SMARTRAC N.V. announced recently that it has signed a purchase agreement with the Delaware-baesd HEI, Inc. to acquire substantially all of the assets of HEI RFID, a division of HEI, Inc. SMARTRAC intends to start local U.S. production of RFID components under SMARTRAC Technology US Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary with operations […]

Reports by the AP, Wired News, Canada.com and others linking implantable VeriChip RFID tags to cancer have apparently affected the parent company’s shares. Shares as of VeriChip Corp. plunged more than 10 percent yesterday following these reports. The Florida company, which develops and makes products in Ottawa, saw the stock experience the biggest decline since […]

Philadelphia-based Blank Rome LLP announced its system-wide implementation of the 3M RFID Tracking System after successful pilot programs. The firm isn’t the first to use RFID. Fulbright & Jaworski and Fish & Richardson have also reported success. International Law Firm Blank Rome to Expand Its Use of 3M RFID System to All Practices [09/11/07] Based […]

Today ZDNet reports, there are studies “going back 10 years” that draw links between implanted RFID chips and cancer. But whether RFID surgical implant manufacturer VeriChip covered such alleged “links” and today’s reality is up for a big debate. So far, Slashdot and other geeky tech blogs like Gizmodo have used Californi’s passage of a […]