TAGSYS, a maker of item-level RFID infrastructure products, today announced the Medio(TM) L400 – which it calls the industry’s first self-diagnostic and self-correcting long-range HF RFID reader. TAGSYS also announced that the Medio L400 will be compatible with the highly-anticipated, next-generation, high-performance EPCglobal RFID standard-HF Version 2 (V2)-via a simple firmware upgrade. TAGSYS Announces Intelligent […]

iDTRONIC, a supplier of RFID hardware, today introduced the high-performance UHF Long Range Reader UHF-LR with a read range of up to 10 meters. The reader is described by the company as having a “robust design,” and comes in a very small form factor, with both USB and RS232 serial interfaces. It can be connected […]

RFID technology provider Sirit Inc. and NXP Semiconductors, the independent semiconductor company and RFID chip supplier founded by Philips, today announced they will jointly host an open Webcast on Thursday, January 17, 2008 at 11 a.m. EST. The Webcast, “Capturing the Value of Gen 2 Custom Commands,” will focus on use cases and benefits of […]

Japanese electronics giant Fujitsu Limited today announced the development of what it calls “the world’s first 64 kilobyte (KB: 66.40, -1.89, -2.76%) ultra-high frequency (UHF)-band RFID tag with high-capacity FRAM[1].” This tag featuring memory capacity sufficient to store large volumes of aircraft part and maintenance history data, while supporting a number of different radio frequencies […]

Intermec Technologies has announced that big-name industrial supplies manufacturer Honeywell is its latest Rapid Start RFID patent licensee. Intermec holds more than 154 RFID patents covering broad areas of supply chain applications, according to a company press release. Honeywell’s license will give it access to this technology with respect to portable RFID readers. Intermec Grants […]

RFID Journal and EPCglobal Canada’s big-deal conference (the second annual RFID Journal LIVE! Canada 2007) in Ontario brought 400 attendees. Read this excerpt from a press release that offers a look back: “This year’s event brought together some of the leading early adopters, leading technology providers and those eager to learn how Electronic Product Code™/Radio […]

By Jerry Banks and Les G. Thompson, co-authors of RFID Applied Under ideal conditions, the popular Alien Squiggle RFID tag can be read at a distance of approximately 20 meters. But what happens if it is placed behind a glass of water? What about placing it to the side, but adjacent to the glass of […]

Omron Corporation has announced that it will extend its UHF RFID reader/writer V750 product line to include versions for use in China, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Australia, Mexico and Brazil. Omron’s V750 is a high-powered, fixed-type reader/writer. In addition to high-speed processing, the V750 features sophisticated functions that allow deployment in a variety of situations. The […]

FileTrail, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration has selected FileTrail RFID to track and manage for the Office of Regulatory Affairs. FileTrail was selected in September as the result of an RFP for an RFID tracking solution to cover 15 district offices. The FDA evaluated FileTrail and RFID technology after it […]

RFID Journal and GS1 Canada, a company focused on collaborative commerce and global standards, today announced that the Government of Ontario is sponsoring a special seminar at RFID Journal LIVE! Canada entitled: “RFID Technology: Small Investment for Big Benefits”. In a nutshell, the conference features three educational tracks – Supply Chain/Inventory Management, Retail and Manufacturing/Operations. […]