The Omni Dallas Hotel has selected InvoTech Systems Inc. for its ultra-high frequency (UHF) RFID uniform system inventory software. The 1,001 room luxury hotel will be provided with InvoTech’s GIMS garment tracking software and all related equipment including approximately 6,000 UHF RFID laundry tags, valued at $150,000. Tags will be placed on the uniforms before […]

Atmel Corp. announced availability of an AVR microcontroller (MSU) with an RFID reader block and 16kBytes of in-system self-programmable flash. The Atmel ATA5505 is one of the industry’s first MCU that features full low-frequency (LF) RFID reader functionality within a single package, unlike others where the MCU and RFID reader are located in two different […]

TagMaster was selected by Bombardier Transportation to provide TagMaster’s advanced onboard RFID solution as part for a new monorail mass transits system in Sao Paulo, Brazil. TagMaster HD Readers will be mounted onboard the BOMBARDIER INNOVIA Monorail 300 trains and provide both primary train location information and accurate positioning information to the BOMBARDIER CITYFLO 650 […]

Northwest Michigan Surgery Center (NMSC) has selected the Versus Advantages real-time locating system (RTLS) to better improve its patient care experience. Averaging around 80 patients per day, the Northwest Michigan Surgery Center will use the Versus RTLS to relay patient status information to families, as well as to provide automated process flow management for NMSC […]

Intellitix has announced two key appointments and a new UK office to focus on the European festival market in 2012. This comes after Intellitix activated more than 1 million RFID wristbands in North America this summer. North American festivals included Coachella, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Outside Lands, Austin City Limits, Electric Zoo, Moogfest and Le Festival d’été […]

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency is working together with Unisys Corp. on a Land Border Integration (LBI) project to deploy one of the first pedestrian border crossings in El Paso, Texas. The initial phase of the Pedestrian Re-engineering initiative comprises a combination of gate systems along with handheld devices and RFID technology to […]

Several of Ireland’s popular nightclubs, including Dublin’s Krystal and Havana Browns in Cork City, are deploying RFID social networking technology to enable club-goers the ability to post status updates to their Facebook, reports Silicon Republic. Provided by Ireland-based VisionID, the system allows clubbers to swipe an RFID key fob on a staff member’s tablet computer […]

Centros Especializados de San Vicente Fundacion, Columbia has chosen Orange Business Services to integrate and deliver RFID-based technology and communications services at its new branch launched in October. The new branch comprises 12 specialized health centers, integrated by Orange Business Services with a real-time hospital asset and resource tracking system, based on RFID technology. These […]