According to eTrucker.com, The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) executive committee will meet August 18th to determine its position on requiring electronic ID tags on all commercial interstate vehicles. In January, the alliance’s Intelligent Transportation Systems Committee drafted a petition asking the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to adopt an amendment requiring every interstate […]

SMARTERFARMING and Ubisense have announced the installation of “CowDetect,” a system for visually tracking the movement of cows in real-time. The goal of CowDetect is to monitor changes in the cows’ behavior in order to better assess “their health and welfare.” By monitoring a cow’s behavior a farmer could tell precisely when that cow is […]

According to a new report by RNOCS, an industry research firm based in New Delhi, India, the global RFID market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of approximately 28% from 2010 to 2013. The report found that the economic crisis will not stall the global RFID market, but growth in 2009 […]

According to Menafm.com, the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD) has been deliberating on the utilization of an RFID system that will track and identify files as they move throughout the department. The ADJD expects the new system will provide a key push towards a paperless office, as well as increase the security of files and […]

The Scott Air Force Base, St. Clair County, Ill., has enlisted AssetPulse, a supplier of RFID-enabled real-time asset tracking solutions, to implement its web-based AssetGather solution at the base’s Medical Center. The 375th Medical Group will be outfitted with EPC Gen2 Passive Handheld RFID readers and Confidex tags to inventory thousands of IT Assets spread […]

Posie Packer Corp., a processing and packaging machinery developer, has announced that they have been chosen by ScoringAg, a provider of product tracing solutions, to utilize the Posie Packer Bag Labeling machine for their ScoringAg’s customer’s needs. The labeling machine is capable of applying regular printed or RFID labels accurately and up to four times […]

Visonic Technologies has released the Elpas2 High-Definition IR Reader, a supervised, fixed infrared locating device. The Elpas2 High-Definition IR Reader is a supervised, fixed infrared locating device. The reader is designed to detect and relay sub-room data in real time from Elpas Active RFID IR-Enabled Asset, Personnel or Infant Protection Tags to host applications. The […]

Radio frequency identification technology has made tracking marathon race results a much easier and more accurate operation, according to a Technology review article. Specifically, at the annual Rock ‘N’ Roll Seattle Marathon, all runners now are armed with a ChronoTrack D-tag containing an RFID chip made by RFID technology developer Impinj. In the past, runners […]

DAILY RFID, a China-based developer of RFID technology, has released its new long range RFID gate reader. The reader, called DL8220, is designed for human applications such as physical access control systems and time and attendance trackers. Other features of the new device include customizable interface and identification rate of 30 to 50 pieces per […]

The Rand Report has released its requirements and options for Radio Frequency Identification applications in health care, a report requested by the European Commission detailing the positives and negatives surrounding deployment of auto-tracking hardware in the health care industry in Europe, according to an EHealth Europe article. Specifically, the report focuses on RFID applications and […]