Arada Systems, a developer of WLAN software, has announced the launch of its Loc-Air technology platform for RFID and other technologies. The system, which leverages Atheros’ ROCm technology for mobile WLAN, offers a 802.11a/b/g-based, low-power, wireless design for a range of applications including security, medical and automotive tolling. The Loc-Air platform is designed consume extremely […]

Alcatel-Lucent’s Tikitag system, first announced last fall, is now available in India. The RFID-enabled systems offers a way to link offline objects to the digital world. The Tikitag system uses mailing-label sized RFID tags which can be stuck to objects or papers. The tags contain data that, when scanned by the system’s reader, leads the […]

RFID solutions distributor BlueStar has announced the addition of Zebra Technologies’ P4T and RP4T RFID-enabled Mobile Thermal-Transfer Printers to its product line. Zebra touts the printers as an RFID-enabled mobile thermal-transfer printers. The portable printers are designed for indoor and outdoor applications in the government, manufacturing, transportation and logistics, and mobile field service sectors.   

Another device joins the recent parade of products from China’s Daily RFID. The newest addition to the Daily RFID family is a long range reader intended for use in car access control solutions. The new DL910 reader has a read range of up to 15 meters and supports multiple protocols including ISO 18000-6C (EPC Gen […]

Orizin Technologies Pvt. Ltd., a Bangalore-based RFID hardware maker, has announced a New Year’s gift of sorts to prospective business partners. The Indian firm is offering an economically priced integrated RFID demo kit for solutions providers and resellers interested in a long-term business relationship with Orizin. The demo kit, with products from Orizin’s Dominion series, […]

Dutch firm Ambient Systems has launched its Product Series 3000, billing the solution as a “third generation” RFID innovation. The new system offers three functions simultaneously: the ability to check a tagged item’s condition, track it through a series of fixed checkpoints and trace its progression through a system all in real time. The new […]

A partnership between two Benelux firms has produced a rectifier with plastic diodes for UHF RFID antennas. The two companies, Belgium’s IMEC and TNO from the Netherlands, worked under the auspices of the Holst Centre to produce the rectifier, which the team hails as the world’s first. The rectifier is a critical component of devices […]

MysticMD Inc. has been awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Science Foundation. The $98,622 grant will fund the development of a screen printable conductive ink for RFID antenna applications. MysticMd is an advanced materials company which develops nanocoatings and nanofilms used to improve the function of a variety […]

California-based RFID solutions provider Intelleflex has introduced a new personnel tag to its European product line. The BAT-7300-EU is designed for personnel tracking applications in a variety of settings, from offices to large commercial or industrial settings. The new tag offers a thin badge profile and a durable design, along with long-range operation with a […]

Australian technology and poker enthusiast Andrew Milner has brought a little bit of the World Poker Tour into his rec room, with the help of RFID. Milner spent three months and around $7000 (Australian) creating his own RFID-enabled poker table. The table is equipped with wireless RFID readers, and games are played with a deck […]