Creasma, a start-up asset tracking solutions provider based in Texas, has introduced an RFID-enabled livestock tracking system for use on dairy farms. The solution offers dairy farmers real time tracking of each cow’s milk production. The system, which uses glass-encapsulated RFID tags inject in the animals’ legs, deploys three elements to create a comprehensive tracking […]
25 Jun, 2009Creasma launches dairy management solution
25 Jun, 2009NFC phones will be available next year, says Ericsson spokesman
One of the first questions always asked about NFC technology–that’s seen lots of trials but little else–is when will it become commercially available? For Swedish telecom Ericsson, it’s 2010. That’s the prediction of the company’s vice president of systems architecture during his speech at Ericsson’s Business Innovation Forum in Stockholm this week. “A year from […]
25 Jun, 2009SMARTRAC unveils new pre-laminates
SMARTRAC N.V., a manufacturer and supplier of RFID transponders, has added Dual Frequency PRELAM to its product portfolio. The pre-laminated inlays are available in various hybrid combinations of the frequencies LF, HF and UHF. PRELAM stands for pre-laminated. This means that the single layers are fused together under pressure and high temperature in lamination press […]
25 Jun, 2009DAILY RFID announced new tag
UHF Gen 2 RFID tags can be difficult to use in areas where there’s a lot of metal. In order to aid the process, DAILY RFID has developed passive Gen 2 RFID Tag for metal surface, which can deliver a long range read on metal tagging even under harsh conditions. The RFID on-metal tag is […]
24 Jun, 2009Hirsch demos converged physical and logical security offering
24 Jun, 2009UK Contactless payments need retailer and consumer support
Despite deployment of a couple million contactless cards in the UK, the technology has a ways to go before it catches hold. Like elsewhere in the world, the U.S. in particular, UK analysts are noting that it’s not only consumers that need educating about the technology’s benefits, but retailers as well. According to one observer, […]
24 Jun, 2009Gemalto launches portable card reader in Germany
Gemalto announced the commercial launch of Ezio Optical TAN, an optical authentication reader for online banking designed for the German market. The size of a credit card, the Gemalto reader fits in a wallet along with the banking card. Ezio Optical TAN is compliant with the latest German handheld device standard and leverages the security […]


