What if there was a way to embed data directly into food? That’s the idea behind the NutriSmart Technology System, a food tracking system that revolves around edible RFID tags, reports Engadget. Developed by Hannes Harms, a design engineering student at the Royal College of Art in London, the NutriSmart prototype embeds RFID tags directly […]

Using RFID technology, a group of researchers were able to conduct a study to determine the homing abilities of the honey bee, according to PLoS ONE Journal. Each bee was equipped with a RFID tag – a Microsensys mic3-TAG 64-D – on the thorax carrying a unique 64-bit number, allowing the researchers to individually track […]

EarthSearch Communications has signed a letter of intent with ZST Digital Networks, China-based provider to local logistics and transportation companies, to offer its LogiBoxx integrated GPS and RFID solution in the Greater China market. The letter of intent grants ZSTN exclusive distribution rights to EarthSearch technology, which offers various industry applications including oil tank and […]

IC-TAG Solutions, Inc. announced its latest in RFID offerings to the health care industry including new RFID wristbands and new RFID labels for tracking patients and blood bank bags. The company’s RFID wristbands, called IC-BANDs, are designed for one-time use with a self-adhesive closure that ensures the band stays firmly on the patient’s wrist. The […]

Trimble announced the availability of a number of new capabilities for its ThingMagic Mercury6e (M6e), Mercury5e (M5e), and Mercury5e-Compact (M5e-C) embedded ultra-high frequency RFID reader modules. Available through a firmware upgrade, the added functionality gives an enhanced set of tools for improved performance, custom command support for advanced tag features, and anti-counterfeiting and data retrieval […]

Ascendent ID announced its SensorTag family of RFID products designed to accommodate a variety of applications and markets including cold chain, pharmaceutical, shipping container security and aerospace. A variety of sensor tags are available including temperature, humidity, capacitance, flex (resistance), light, contact (open/closed), and specific vapor. The tags sample at user-defined intervals to provide an […]

Xterprise announced that it has released a enhancement to its Clarity Source Tagging (ST) product that supports apparel and footwear suppliers that are fulfilling RFID item-level orders for retail supply chains. The RFID box and order auditing enhancement performs an inspection of case level contents. It validates the contents down to the required item level […]

Museums and art galleries across Europe are revamping their surveillance and anti-theft systems to protect valuable works of art with active RFID-based object security solutions from Albis Technologies. With RFID technology, the Albis system monitors each object or display, protecting them from not only criminal activity and theft, but also by ensuring their prolonged existence. […]

InvoTech announced the launch of its GIMS ultra-high frequency RFID uniform and inventory control system. Designed for hotels, casinos and theme parks, the system provides greater accountability of linens and uniforms by automatically tracking thousands of items per minute – tracking shipped and received linens and uniforms from laundries, and monitors inventory levels a property’s […]

DAILY RFID has unveiled another set of RFID solutions: this time a RFID time and attendance system and a RFID key tag designed for secure personal identification and access control applications. The RFID time attendance system consists of a high frequency integrated gate reader, the DL8220, along with 13.56 MHz cards or key fobs and […]