FileTrail Inc., a provider of browser-based records management software and RFID-enabled solutions, has announced a new partnership with BookFactory, a producer of custom laboratory and engineering notebooks for scientific applications. The result of the collaboration is an RFID-enabled scientific notebook. The new notebooks will be embedded with RFID tags, enabling the monitoring of their location […]

A report released this week predicted that the market for RFID technology in China will reach just under $1.1 billion this year, a 20% increase over its size in 2008. The report was a collaboration between three RFID-oriented organizations in China, China RFID Alliance, the State Leading Group Office of Golden Card Project Coordination, and […]

By David C. Wyld, Southeastern Louisiana University The “five finger discount” has become an all-too accepted part of the American lexicon. In recent years, we’ve seen celebrities, politicians, sports stars caught in the act of shoplifting items of little real value, but with embarrassing and grainy store surveillance footage showing-up on the cable networks and […]

Visonic Technologies (VT), an Israel-based provider of active RFID and RTLS solutions for safety and security applications, has announced the launch of its Elpas 2 system. Elpas 2 offers a fixed infrastructure topology, providing connectivity over wired or wireless networks to enable enterprise-wide detection and processing of RF and IR signals. The Elpas 2 system […]

FleetMind Solutions Inc., a provider of fleet management systems, has announced plans to integrate technology from RFID hardware provider Alien Technology into its products. The new RFID-enabled solution from FleetMind will offer real-time and fully automated service verification for waste and recycling firms. The new solution will enable users to have immediate visibility of customer […]

A new global consortium has been organized to promote the use of RFID and other Auto-ID technologies in the construction industry. The RFID in Construction Consortium plans to offer educational programs which will assist construction firms in choosing the right RFID solutions to streamline and improve their business operations, with an eye toward cost savings […]

China-based RFID hardware provider Daily RFID has announced the availability of a new 13.56MHz multi-tag RFID reader. The DL810 was custom-designed for use in library applications, and offers several features to simply the check-in and check-out processes of library items The DL810 uses an advanced anti-collision algorithm, enabling stacks of library items to be scanned […]

Visibility solutions provider RFID Global Solutions, Inc. (RFIDGS), has announced it has joined the Dakota Defense Alliance (DDA), an organization of small and medium-sized manufacturers based in the Dakotas. RFIDGS will provide RFID solutions and expertise to the member companies. The DDA, which consists mainly of defense contractors and suppliers for Boeing, was founded to […]

RFID solutions provider Savi Technology Inc. has reached a settlement agreement with its competitor AeroScout Inc., over an alleged patent infringement by AeroScout. The patents in question cover Savi’s “Low-Frequency Wake-Up” RFID technology. The patents involved in the case – U.S. Patent Nos. 6,542,114, 6,765,484, and 6,940,392 – are for a technology which provides extended […]

RFMicron, a developer of RFID microchips for item-level tracking applications, has received an infusion of capital from the state of Texas’s Emerging Technology Fund (ETF). The Austin-based firm will receive a $675,000 investment from the fund this year. The ETF was begun in 2005 to support Texas companies working on innovative technologies in a range […]