Ekahau announced that Instituto do Cancer do Estado de Sao Paulo Octavio Frias de Oliveira (ICESP), a public cancer treatment center in Latin America, is now utilizing its technology as a means tracking hospital staff in real-time. At ICESP, when a patient code occurs nearby staff members are alerted on their Ekahau T301BD badge tag. […]

GAO RFID is offering an ultra-high frequency humidity-temperature RFID tag that is designed for use in environmentally sensitive areas such as IT data centers. The single use humidity-temperature RFID tag, model 124055, is encased in an impact resistant polycarbonate enclosure with a temperature sensor accuracy of ±1.2°C and a humidity sensor accuracy of ±5% RH. […]

ODIN announced the acquisition of Reva Systems, a RFID software supplier to organizations including Boeing, Disney Cancer Center, Procure, Sony, HP, Metro and the Universal Postal Union. Reva’s Tag Acquisition Processor (TAP) software will be added to ODIN’s RFID portfolio and will be rebranded EasyTAP to compliment its existing solutions that include EasyEdge, EasyMonitor, EasyArms, […]

TagMaster and Intellisoft Parking recently partnered to provide a hands-free automatic vehicle identification system at Peru’s Jorge Chavez International Airport in Lima. The joint solution consists of LR6 long-range RFID readers and read/write RFID ScriptTags, which will aid in accurately identifying vehicles as they enter and exit secure aircraft areas. At JCIA, airport catering concessionaires […]

Trees in the Amazon rain forest are being equipped with microchips to record data and cut down on illegal logging, according to a story on Reuters. The microchip attached to each tree’s base holds data about its location, size and who cut it down. It gives vital information on the tree’s history from the point […]

Design studio IDEO has developed a music player that leverages the power of RFID technology to enable users to create their own customized play lists, reports UberGizmo. The music player features a turntable (reader) and a set of cards shaped to look like classic tape cassettes (containing RFID tags). Each tag represents a song and […]

UPM Raflatac introduced a new Belt ultra-high frequency RFID tag designed for item-level applications including consumer electronics, retail supply chain and apparel tagging. Based on NXP’s UCODE G2iL integrated circuit, the new Belt is features a global antenna design that enables end-users dependable performance using a single tag in frequency regions worldwide, regardless of local […]

Self service kiosks powered by RFID technology have been official launched Australia’s Greater Taree City Libraries, reports The Manning River Times. Based in New South Whales, the libraries now have an easy-to-use self service machine that visitors can use to check-in and -out books. The system also handles returns by placing them into bins that […]