Learn about hot closed-loop RFID applications and more at the 3rd Annual Midwest RFID Symposium: Turning Research Into Revenue. It will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 23 and 24, 2007, at The University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas. For more information, visit www.continuinged.ku.edu/programs/rfid/rfid_symposium    

Sabadille Systems today announced the availability of version 9.0 of its acclaimed CardFocus Photo ID and Visitor Management software to include support for Mifare contactless smart card encoding. This gives CardFocus users the power to encode embedded Mifare RFID chips when printing identity cards. The Mifare encoding functionality in CardFocus enables card issuers to define […]

The Consumer Electronics Show, a post-holiday, craze-of-a-convention in Las Vegas that’s full of the latest electro toys and gadgets, is a geek’s dream. And it’s about to become even geekier, or so we hear. According to the Engadget blog, attendee badges will be embedded with RFID chips. So if you’re planning to crash the show, […]

Alien, in partnership with Simet, today announced a 30 percent return on investment over the last ten months. The company’s EPC-compliant fabric roll tracking application at Griva S.p.A. in Torino, Italy, could set a trend for garment makers everywhere. Alien Technology® RFID Implementation Delivers 30% ROI to International Textile Manufacturer Simet, an RFID Integrator, Recently […]

Specialist RFID company SPACECODE and pre-eminent applied research laboratory CEA Leti today announced a licensing arrangement on CEA Leti’s RFID technology portfolio. The agreement will expand Spacecode’s patent portfolio and is the next step in developing advanced RFID products in healthcare, pharmaceutical and luxury goods markets. A separate collaboration agreement is also planned between the […]

Ocean City, New Jersey, a gorgeous East Coast beach community flush against the shoreline, is getting wireless. Real wireless. According to RFID Journal, the city is hoping RFID will help make a trip to the beach more pleasant and convenient for the many vacationers who spend much of their summer there. By summer 2009, the […]

The RFID Alarm is a timely and legitimate solution to a serious problem. Or so we hear. Today, Invention Support announced its strategic alliance with Arthur Horn, inventor of the “RFID Alarm,” to support and introduce the gadget to the auto market. The basic idea behind the RFID Alarm is to make it safer to […]

There’s much to be excited about RFID health-market players, reports Healthcare IT News. RFID, a nearly $300 million market in the U.S. healthcare industry in 2007, is expected to “experience explosive growth” over the next five years, according to market data from Kalorama Information. In fact, it’ll reach more than $1 billion by 2010 and […]

Are implantable RFID chips ethical? For tires, highways and library books, yes. But planting them into skin is still generating lots of controversy, Forbes.com reports. “Ultimately,” says Katherine Albrecht, a privacy advocate who specializes in consumer education and RFID technology, “the fear is that the government or your employer might someday say, ‘Take a chip […]

Printed organic RFID circuits are set to be used in a field trial at the Organic Electronics Conference (OEC-07) in Frankfurt, Germany, Sept. 24 to 26, reports EETimes. The circuits are the first printed low-cost organic tickets, according to Cintelliq Ltd. (Cambridge, England), organizer of the conference. They have been developed under the auspices of […]