EarthSearch Communications International, a provider of wireless tracking and navigation solutions, has joined Motorola’s PartnerSelect program. As a result of the partnership, EarthSearch will integrate Motorola’s RFID technology into the company’s GPS systems. Earlier in 2008, EarthSearch launched its AutoSearchRFID solution, integrating RFID and GPS technology at the hardware level and eliminating the need for […]

Verichip Corporation, in the news in the last couple of weeks due to stock-related excitement, now offers some operational news. The company, makers of the FDA-approved implantable RFID chip, has announced a partnership with Microsoft HealthVault, an online depository of personal health records. Microsoft HealthVault offers users a format to organize personal health records, share […]

Bangalore-based Orizin Technologies Pvt. Ltd. has launched what it claims to be the smallest active RFID tag on the market. According the company, the tags have already been successfully deployed by an Indian telecom company to manage internal assets. Orizin’s new tag measures 26 x 23 x 7.3mm, and offers a read range of 20 […]

Health care technology provider Mobile Aspects Inc. has announced its certification under the ISO 9001:2000 Quality Standard. Pittsburgh-based Mobile Aspects provides of RFID-enabled clinical resource management solutions, many of them based on the company’s flagship tracking architecture, the Intelligent Radio Frequency Inventory System (iRIS). ISO 9001:2000 is an international Quality Management System standard developed by […]

VeriChip Corporation, providers of RFID-enabled health care solutions including the VeriMed Health Link system which uses human-implantable RFID tags, has been notified by the Nasdaq Stock Market that the company’s stockholder equity as of September 30 had fallen below the $10 million dollar minimum required for a continued listing on the exchange. The notification, which […]

WaveMark Inc., a provider of RFID-enabled inventory management solutions with a focus on high-value medical supplies, has partnered with LUMEDX, a developer of cardiovascular information and imaging systems. The companies will integrate WaveMark’s Clinical Inventory Management Solution (CIMS) with LUMEDX’s Apollo Cardiovascular Information System, streamlining charge capturing and patient billing, and helping ensure the proper […]

Alanco Technologies Inc. has announced that its TSI Prism subsidiary will provide RFID-enabled inmate tracking systems for nineteen federal immigration detention facilities operated by the Department of Homeland Security. TSI Prism will serve as a subcontractor for Northrop Grumman in a deal to provide infrastructure and an integrated system that will locate and track detainees, […]

Toronto-based Autologic Innovations, a provider of automotive management solutions and software, has teamed with NCR corporation to create an RFID-enabled inventory management system for automotive sales lots. The system combines Autologic’s Track-A-Lot software system with NCR’s EasyPoint Advantage kiosk to offer Canadian auto dealerships on-demand inventory and location updates as well as simplify the test […]

NXP Semiconductors has launched a new low frequency RFID tag, the HITAG µ, aimed at the growing livestock tracking market, among other applications. NXP touts the tag’s long read distances and quick programming times as leaders in the industry. The new tag is first passive low-frequency tag on the animal tracking market to offer anti-collision […]

For corporate bigwigs whose executive washrooms have gone high tech, SkyRFID now offers the perfect accessory. Their new Executive Key Holder is made of chrome steel and brown leather, and addresses all levels of physcial access control solutions, with both a spring-loaded swivel for keys and a Gen 2 RFID inlay. The key holder measures […]