A new study reveals the market for RFID transponders, readers, software and services will generate more than $70.5 billion from 2012 to the end of 2017. The latest study from ABI Research, “RFID Market by Application and Vertical Sector,” provides an overview and summary of the impact that the latest product launches, new entrants and […]

Silent Partner Technologies (SPT) has been selected by the University of Alabama to provide an RFID asset tracking system to protect the university’s historic costume collection. The University of Alabama collection includes nearly 9,000 items of clothing, dolls and doll furnishings. It includes thousands of special occasion garments and military uniforms, some of which were […]

Identive Group announced the launch of SmartCore, an RFID card core manufacturing technology that enables surface quality and printability of contactless ID and access cards. SmartCore card cores eliminate the need for chip enclosures and enable production of an even surface without bumps or irregular patterns. In the SmartCore process the integrated circuit (IC) and […]

The ADEVERTISING Club of New York’s 48th Annual ANDY Awards has selected dwinQ to provide a live social media experience for guests using RFID technology and the patented dwinQ platform. Attendees will each receive an RFID VIP pass in their registration package, which they can link to their Facebook account profile. Once registered attendees can […]

DAILY RFID released its latest Bluetooth-enabled ultra-high frequency RFID reader, the DL930B. With a read range of up to eight meters and a fast read rate, the DL930B supports a wide variety of industrial applications, including asset management, baggage handling, container and pallet tracking, item-level inventory management and warehouse logistics. Operating from 860MHz to 960MHz, […]

AeroScout was recently selected to implement and integrate its Wi-Fi RFID-enabled Work-in-Process (WIP) Visibility solution for a Continental Tire factory in France. Traditionally, manually locating the large carriers used for material transport was challenging and inefficient, resulting in wasted time and materials. With the AeroScout solution, Continental Tire employees can check where a carrier is […]

Alabama hospitals and medical centers are taking the initiative to improve health quality compliance in a statewide deployment of Proventix’s RFID-enabled hand hygiene monitoring technology. The Putting Power Into Healthcare Initiative (PPHI) is an employer-funded partnership with Alabama Power, Proventix and participating Alabama hospitals. The initiative focuses on increasing health quality compliance in hospitals and […]

ASAP Systems released the beta version of it cloud-based asset tracking software solution: Passport Asset. The cloud-based asset tracking solution will enable customers can manage their inventory anywhere they have an internet connection on any type of device, whether it is a tablet, smart phone or a mobile barcode or RFID scanner. Passport Assets also […]

UPM RFID introduced two inlays featuring the NXP UCODE G2iL chip: the UPM Stamp near field ultra-high frequency inlay and UPM Jewel ultra-high frequency inlay. The UPM Stamp and UPM Jewel are suitable for space-constrained products such as electronic devices or small form-factor fashion and jewelry items. The tags are both EPC Gen2 and ISO […]

GS1 US announced a new program for apparel retailers, manufacturers and distributors as they roll out large-scale implementations of RFID systems for inventory management. The GS1 US “Item Level Readiness Program” offers education, training, tools and community facilitation needed to support industry-wide adoption and use of the technology and standards. The roll outs employ GS1 […]