Authorities at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach plan to go live with their new RFID security systems for trucks accessing the ports on November 1, 2008. As that deadline looms, the number of applications for the Drayage Truck Registry is exceeding expectations. One of the benefits of the new system is that, […]

Avery Dennison Corp. has named John Farrell Jr. as the company’s new vice president and general manager of its RFID division. Farrell will be responsible for the strategic direction and management of the company’s RFID business, which focuses on UHF inlays. Prior to joining Avery Dennison, Farrell spent two years as senior merger and acquisition […]

Identec Solutions has expanded its sales territory north to the arctic with its WatcherMine solution system, now being used in some of Sweden’s polar circle mines. The mine safety solution has been deployed in mines owned by Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara Aktiebolag (LKAB), a Swedish government-owned corporation. The mines produce iron-based products used in the steel industry, producing […]

Expanding on news first reported yesterday, the Army Program Manager Joint–Automated Information Technology (PM J-AIT) office has awarded a contract for the purchase of passive RFID technology. ODIN Technologies has been named as a prime contractor in the deal, and joining ODIN in that role are CDO Technologies, Code Plus, Lowry Computer Products Inc., Northrop […]

RFID labeling has cut down significantly on errors at one unit of Mayo Clinic, according to a new study. A new system implemented last year at the clinic’s high-volume gastroenterology and colorectal surgery outpatient endoscopy unit has significantly reduced the frequency of mislabeled specimens, according to the study presented this week at the annual meeting […]

ODIN Technologies has been selected as the prime contractor for a $75 million U.S. military contract. The Passive Radio Frequency Identification (pRFID) contract was awarded by the US Army’s Product Manager Joint-Automatic Identification Technology Office for total AIT and RFID. Under the terms of the contract, ODIN will work with its partners SRA, Unisys, KTS […]

As part of a wider effort to measure and improve the quality of postal services throughout the Middle East, Qatar Post recently completed a trial of several RFID systems. The tests, which were conducted in cooperation with the postal operations of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, could pave the way for the use […]

Connecticut-based Queralt LLC has introduced Q.Trak, a complete time and attendance solution using active RFID tags. The solution automatically tracks people as they move between locations, meetings and entry points, enabling companies to segregate staff by authorization levels and make scheduling and logistics decisions based on data from the system. As a real world example […]

The government of Sri Lanka has announced plans for a program to issue electronic identification cards to around 250,000 fishermen working the oceans surrounding the island nation. The ID cards will incorporate RFID technology, enabling the Sri Lankan navy to locate fisherman at sea. In addition to the tracking capabilities created by the new ID […]

Research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan has presented Impinj, Inc. with the 2008 Global Frost & Sullivan Award for Emerging Technology of the Year, for the company’s Indy R1000 chip, a UHF RFID transceiver . The yearly award recognizes the ability of the selected company to successfully develop or introduce a new technology, formulate […]