With the help of RFID-enabled wristbands and a system of video cameras, UK amusement park Alton Towers is offering its patrons personalized videos chronicling their adventures at the park. The video souvenir package, called YourDay, begins with an RFID-enabled wristband issued to park-goers. The wristbands activate a system of 36 cameras scattered about the park, […]

The German RFID component maker TECTUS has added a new multi-frequency handheld scanner to its portfolio of RFID-enabled computers. The new scanner is intended to simplify scanning procedures for customers whose enterprises make use of RFID tags with a range of frequencies. For example, companies which use both high frequency RFID nametags for staff and […]

Rfidium, a joint effort of WaveZero and Mu-Gahat Enterprises, has launched a custom RFID antenna inlay design and production service. The new service offers the ability to test individual tag variations to ensure that a theoretical design performs as planned in a real-world environment. The company’s in-house staff of design engineers works with customers to […]

The 16th-century Bansho-ji temple in Nagouya, Japan, has created a 21-century system to help parishioners honor their dead. A new high-tech vault in the temple uses an RFID-enabled system helps relatives locate their loved one’s cremated remains. When a relative visits the “Crystal Hall” on the third floor of the temple, they will scan an […]

RedPrarie has announced the release of its E2e Supply Chain Execution suite, which incorporates both RFID and automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) technologies in hopes of simplifying and unifying the supply chain process. For the new release, RedPrairie has integrated the asset management capabilities of its stand-alone mobile resource management application into its E2e […]

Wavelink Corporation and Datalogic Mobile have announced a strategic alliance. The partnership brings together leading companies in the hardware and software sectors of the mobile device industry with the goal of creating new cost-effective solutions for mobile device users. Datalogic Mobile is part of Datalogic, a manufacturer of bar code readers, data collection mobile computers […]

The programming for the RFID Europe 2008 will offer insight into a number of big RFID projects from the industry players responsible for them, as well as some major breakthrough announcements. Insiders will speak about the London Oyster card project, the National Health Service’s various tracking projects, major textile and apparel solutions and retail efforts […]

Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS) has created a new interactive tool to promote its pool of all-plastic pallets with embedded RFID tags. The new calculator, on iGPS’s Web site, enables companies to predict the reduction in fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions resulting from a switch to all-plastic pallets from typical multi-use wood pallets. The […]

SkyeTek Inc., provider of embedded RFID reader solutions, has announced a cooperative arrangement with EM Microelectronic (EM), Swatch Group’s semiconductor company. SkyeTek’s M9 SkyeModule will support a full command set of EM4122 and EM4444 UHF ICs from EM, enabling SkyeTek to offer a high performing and low cost tag and reader solutions. SkyeTek’s SkyeModule M9 […]

The Florida State Attorney’s office for the state’s 15th Judicial Circuit processes tens of thousands of case files every year, filling its three-story building with a mountain of paperwork. To bring order to the potential chaos of documents, the office has added RFID capability to its proprietary case-tracking system. Now, to locate a file, an […]