According to ABI Research: “When Wal-Mart’s new CIO, Rollin Ford, addressed his troops upon taking office last week, he confirmed the company’s unabated enthusiasm for RFID, saying, ‘When Gen 2 was released we planned to make it our standard at the beginning of this year. We have done that, and I can confirm that we […]

Back-room alliances, sleepless nights and billions at stake (This article originally ran in the May 2005 issue of RFIDOperations) By Dann Anthony Maurno, Contributing Editor RFIDOperations Until Sept. 10, 2003, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology had been nurturing the technology called Radio Frequency Identification. MIT’s Auto ID Center was a coalition of nearly 100 companies […]

Contactless card supplier ASK has repackaged its 10-year-old contact-based CashCard to supply Singapore with a payment card that combines CashCard’s existing payment features with contactless technology. The new Cepass-equipped card will be useable at retail outlets and car parks. Partnership With Network for Electronic Transfers Singapore (NETS) Signals New Era for CashCard Applications SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS, France– […]

By David Wyld, Contributing Editor, AVISIAN Publications When visitors step up to the gates of the four Disney World theme parks, the Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Animal Kingdom, or the MGM Studios, they will encounter something unexpected and largely foreign to them. Disney has embarked on a program to use an established biometric technology – finger […]

Ekahau and Symbol today announced a solution to help organisations more efficiently track the location of inventory and assets with radio frequency identification (RFID). The first implementation of this new application will use Symbol’s MC9000 mobile computing RFID reader, which incorporates Ekahau location-enabling software designed to locate where RFID tags are being read. The RFID […]

Tennessee-based Tradewinds Technologies has integrated the PicoRead chipset from INSIDE Contactless into an SD Card form factor. The SD reader can be used with a host of handheld devices including both Palm and Pocket PC varieties. The new reader can read and write to tags of the following flavors: ISO 15693, ISO 14443A, ISO 14443B, […]

In this first-ever installment of the RFIDNews Gen2 Corner, we investigate the benefits Gen 2 offers over its predecessor. In the future, this recurring corner will delve into features and concepts such as Q-Algorithm, Persistence, and Dense Reader Mode as well as applications, products, and more. Stay tuned… By Marisa Torrieri, Contributing Editor Like many […]

Speed, convenience and quicker reimbursement all add up to a successful launch of the WIC smart card program in Texas. WIC, a federal program begun in 1974, stands for Women, Infants and Children and provides participants with nutritious foods, counseling, and referrals to health and other social services at no charge. The program serves low-income […]

ASK, French-based producer of contactless cards and readers, has launched its new high speed, low cost, multi-application contactless reader that can handle e-passports and logical and physical access control to buildings and computers. The reader has already passed interoperability test standards for passports from 28 countries. Sophia-Antipolis–ASK, launches the RDR 400 series of contactless USB […]

Zebra Technologies reveals the following Gen 2 “do’s” and “don’ts” to help companies avoid potential implementation pitfalls. Do go straight to Gen 2 if you are starting RFID pilots now. Gen 2 protocols offer significant performance enhancements over the first generation of EPCglobal UHF protocols, including superior tag throughput, improved accuracy and compliance with global […]