Cypak AB, a leading developer of low cost computing technologies, will be demonstrating its latest innovations at CeBIT 2004 in Germany. The Swedish technology company has created the world s first disposable paperboard computer by integrating innovative microelectronics and printable sensors into paperboard. Cypak will demonstrate this unique technology in the product form of intelligent […]

The UK-based vehicle licence plate manufacturer, Hills Numberplates Ltd, has chosen long-range RFID tags and readers from Identec Solutions to be embedded in licence plates that will automatically and reliably identify vehicles in the UK. The new e-Plates project uses active (battery powered) RFID tags embedded in the plates to identify vehicles in real time. […]

The indoor positioning solutions firm, Radianse Inc., has teamed up with St. Croix Systems (developer of the ‘WOSYST’ clinical engineering software for asset management) in a non-exclusive development partnership to integrate Radianse’s active RFID technology into WOSYST for the real-time tracking and management of medical devices. An indoor positioning system (IPS) provides an indoor equivalent […]

Technology News: Business : Accenture Lands Homeland Security Mega Deal “The DHS contract calls for the alliance to design and build a massive expansion of the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology, known as US-VISIT for short. The system eventually will be installed at 400 ports of entry in the country, including the busiest […]

Manhattan Associates and Alien Technology have teamed up with Microsoft to bring high performance EPC (electronic product code) compliant solutions to the enterprise market in the form of an ‘RFID In A Box’ solution. Using the Microsoft.NET framework for Manhattan Associates’ RFID-enabled supply chain execution applications, and the Microsoft Windows CE device platform for Alien […]

Charlotte Observer | 06/02/2004 | Accenture wins federal contract to track visitors “Accenture Ltd. led a group that won a contract worth as much as $10 billion to develop a system to help the Department of Homeland Security track visitors to the U.S.” “Accenture plans to use radio frequency identification, or RFID, technology to place […]

Ekahau, the leading provider of accurate Wi-Fi positioning solutions and site survey tools, today announced the availability of the Ekahau T101 Wi-Fi tag development kit. This development kit includes the Ekahau Positioning Engine (EPE) 3.0 software and 5 battery powered Wi-Fi tags, for people and asset tracking within standard Wi-Fi networks. The award winning EPE […]

TheFeature :: RFID, Par for the Golf Course “Each regulation ball contains a tiny radio frequency identification (RFID) tag. If you slice a shot off the fairway into the unknown, you simply pull out a handheld RFID reader, point it in the general direction, and start walking. Once the ball is within the 40-100 foot […]

I.D. Systems’ RFID system for vehicle security and fleet management, the Wireless Asset Net, has passed a series of tests conducted by the FAA and TSA at Newark Liberty International Airport. The objective of the Federal Aviation Administration and Transportation Security Administration tests at Newark was to confirm the effectiveness of the new wireless security […]

‘World’s smallest’ RFID reader supports a magic touch: ZDNet Australia: News: Security “A UK company has developed a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader that supports Near Field Communication (NFC), a new standard that will allow electronic devices to interact when touched together. The RFID reader module is called ‘io’, and has been created by Innovision […]