Applied Digital, which is getting most of the attention in the RFID arena for its VeriChip Corp. subsidiary news, said it doesn’t know why it experienced a recent, sharp decline in stock price. The Delray Beach, Fla. company, which goes by the “ADSX” ticker on the NASDAQ, said it experienced a decline of more than […]

Delray Beach, Fla.-based VeriChip Corp., under fire lately by critics of its human-implantable chips, is taking its Hugs® and HALO infant protection system overseas. Using wearable RFID tags placed on infants and mothers combined with electronic monitoring of exits, VeriChip’s systems are designed to help protect newborns from possible abduction and to help ensure mothers […]

Smart card provider Axalto has been chosen to supply at least eight million personalized Vitale 2 cards to the French population starting in 2007 as part of an upgrade of the country’s current health card. Designed to simplify the administrative process for healthcare reimbursement, the card cuts down on paperwork, speeds up the reimbursement process […]

The timing couldn’t be more eerily uncanny for the folks at surgical RFID chip manufacturer VeriChip, and ID security provider Applied Digital, whose CEO Scott R. Silverman is now scheduled to discuss RFID immigration applications on CNBC’s “Sqawk Box” (the interview was supposed to happen this morning but got pushed back at the last minute). […]

Some issues cease after time. Without new technology and resources, patient safety isn’t one of them. The need to improve upon patient safety measures in health facilities is constant, hence the huge market for new technologies in that arena. Which is why Mission Viejo, Calif.-based Patient Care Technology Systems (PCTS), a provider of advanced charting […]

Canadian photo card management software supplier Aptika has released a new version of its software that includes double-sided printing, mag stripe encoding, fingerprint capture, and dual-sided card design capabilities. The new software also allows for integration with more devices, such as barcode readers and digital cameras. Montreal, QC– The North American-based company Aptika, which designs […]

[Ed – Whoops, a little late on this one.] VeriChip Corporation, intends to file a registration statement to sell shares of common stock in an initial public offering on a firm commitment basis through a syndicate of underwriters. The Company’s target for closing the offering is in the second quarter of 2006. The primary purpose […]

By Marisa Torrieri Contributing Editor, AVISIAN Publications Can RFID save a dying patient, who can’t express herself to doctors? If you’re scratching your head, consider this scenario: A woman with diabetes skips her insulin, and lands in the hospital with a case of hyperglycemia that rendered her unconscious. Without intervention, her condition may worsen into […]

On Track Innovations, which expects to deliver contactless payment cards to more than 10 million customers in the U.S. this year, is demonstrating its solutions at Booth 4 M 80 at Cartes. OTI intends to show its range of smart card solutions with a special focus on Payment – cashless solutions for small ticket items […]

Zebra has signed a new three-year full product line agreement with MedAssets Supply Chain Systems. The full line agreement makes Zebra’s bar code, card and RFID printers as well as its supplies and service agreements available to MedAssets’ customers for a wide range of identification, tracking and access control applications. “Increasing patient safety is among […]