The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is testing how RFID systems affect the function of medical devices–such as pacemakers, implantable cardioverter defibrillators, neurostimulators, implantable infusion pumps and cardiac monitors–with the aim of developing a set of standard testing protocols that companies can use to test their equipment for electromagnetic interference. The test protocol development is […]

VeriChip Corporation announced that it has selected Raytheon Microelectronics España/ECLAN for the production of the company’s implantable microchips, including the chip used in its HealthLink patient identification system, its new eight millimeter microchip for use in Medical Components Inc.’s vascular access medical devices, and its glucose-sensing RFID microchip under development with RECEPTORS LLC. In December […]

The Ocean Medical Center (OMC) in Brick, N.J. has recently partnered with RF Technologies to install its Safe Place Infant and Pediatric Security Solution to help protect babies in the infant unit from abduction. The system uses RFID technology to track babies wearing transponders throughout the infant ward. In the event of an abduction, the […]

Altair Eyewear, a provider of frames for over 10,000 optician offices around the country, has selected MobileFrame to implement an RFID inventory management system to track their frames from the distribution center to the doctor’s office. Altair has already employed MobileFrame’s RFID software in their distribution centers to pick and ship orders. Pleased with the […]

SMARTRAC has launched a research project to identify and implement biodegradable production materials for use in its production of RFID transponder units. The research project will be conducted by the SMARTRAC Research & Development department together with several technology institutes in Bangkok, Thailand. In addition, SMARTRAC researchers are currently consulting substrate manufacturers and leading chemical […]

According to Network Computing, countries struggling to contain Swine Flu outbreaks, such as India, which has now reported 200 deaths from the illness, should consider issuing RFID-enabled hospital bracelets to infected patients and hospital visitors to determine who has come in contact with whom, and use the data to develop quarantine strategies. The proposed bracelets […]

Luke Air Force Base (AFB) in Glendale, Ariz., home to the Air Force’s 56th Fighter Wing, has recently implemented a successful RFID inventory tracking system in its 25,000 square foot storage warehouse, according to Integrated Solutions Magazine. Unsatisfied with the limits of the bar code system installed in 2003, the 56th Security Forces Squadron (SFS) […]

South Korea’s National Tax Service (NTS) will use RFID tags to sniff out counterfeit liquor bottles in 1,045 bars and 150 liquor wholesalers Seoul’s Gangnam district, according to The Chosun Ilbo. Some popular targets for counterfeiters include Diageo Korea’s 12- and 17-year-old Windsor whiskey, Pernod Ricard Korea’s 12- and 17-year-old Imperial whiskey, and Lotte Chilsung […]

CAEN RFID, Italian UHF RFID provider, has announced the development of QUARK, a UHF multiregional ultra compact reader module designed for easy integration into small form factor industrial handhelds, smartphone accessories and USB ports. Though small, the QUARK boasts a power output range 10 to 200 mW and a read range of more than two […]

Zipcar, a Boston based online car rental service, has just released a new iPhone application that enables users to locate and reserve nearby rental vehicles on the go, as well as unlock the vehicle using their phone. Zipcar works basically like a car share program, granting registered users access to cars parked in various central […]