Perhaps no city’s more deserving of generosity than New Orleans. And as such, one of the city’s most prominent libraries is getting a boost, RFID style. American RFID companies TAGSYS AND Integrated Technology Group (ITG) have teamed up to donate fully automated, item-level RFID infrastructure to New Orleans Public Library in the city’s Bywater neighborhood. […]

We don’t know whether this will help thwart late returns, but Cambridge, Mass.-based TAGSYS is tagging books at China’s Shenzhen Library. Within days, nearly 2 million RFID tags will be integrated and installed on books, CDs, VHS tapes, and even patrons’ cards. “Through the deployment of the TAGSYS RFID system we have realized our vision […]

The IEEE has started work on a new protocol—a standard called IEEE 1902.1 also known as RuBee, according to an article posted online this morning by PC magazine. The technology is expected to give retailers and manufacturers an attractive alternative to RFID for many applications, especially item-level efforts, the article said. Word has it, too, […]

AbsoluteSKY, Inc. says its target retail customers are elated with positive market news now coming out of the University of Arkansas’ RFID Research Center that detail even better-than-predicted RFID performance at Wal-Mart. The huge decrease in out-of-stocks is particularly good news for the Montreal company, which had its fingers crossed – like everyone else affected […]

Score another for durable chips with 2048-bit memories in the LRI2K and LRIS2K chips introduced this week by STMicroelectronics – created to meet demands for increased memory in cost-sensitive RFID applications requiring both data storage and high security. The Geneva vendor will market these babies to businesses looking for better access control, library automation, and […]

Each has its own merits, but using both is practical and inexpensive. Such is the challenge of the future, with RFID standards, now that we’re well-settled into the technology, says IDTechEx, which just issued a new report discussing the advantages and disadvantages of each for item level tagging. Here’s an excerpt: “We must not repeat […]

The pharmaceutical industry is a hotbed of opportunities for RFID companies whose technology can keep up with track-and-trace demands of federal and state regulators. Expect to see more announcements like this one: RFID provider Sirit, partnered with VendingTechnology Inc., a developer of advanced item level transaction and dispensing solutions, and Scopra Inc., a developer of […]

ROI projected in 12 months (This article originally appeared in a 2005 issue of RFIDOperations) By Larry Moffi, Contributing Editor, RFIDOperations MINONG, Wis.—When Jack Link’s Snack Foods chose to meet Wal-Mart’s RFID compliance deadline, it did so within 60 days of beginning the project, at a cost of just $48,000 and by adapting its financial […]

“In France, item-level RFID infrastructure provider TagSys, in partnership with FabricAuto and La Poste, have introduced a new RFID-based vehicle identification and anti-theft/misuse system called ‘TRI-Tag’ (Traffic Registration Identification). The TRI-Tag system effectively adds a layer of electronic identification to reinforce existing visual identification methods. TagSys RFID tags are integrated by FabricAuto into a vehicle’s […]

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 […]