Domino ISG, a global AIDC integrator, now has a program to bring Sam’s Club suppliers up to speed with mandates requiring RFID-compliant shipments by January 31, 2008, the company announced this morning (Details below). As of October 2009, Sam’s Club will require item-level tagging to the DeSoto, Texas, distribution center with additional item-level tagging required […]

ThingMagic today announced a partnership with DEWALT and Ford Motor Company to equip 2009 Ford F-150, F-Series Super Duty pickups and E-Series vans with an embedded RFID asset-tracking system. Ford Work Solutions Tool Link by DEWALT uses a specifically designed RFID reader system powered by ThingMagic’s Mercury5e embedded module and a pair of antennas, in […]

Executive Editor Chris Corum discusses a number of easy do-it-yourself NFC applications, the current state of handsets and tags, and the NFC Innovation Award winners with Innovision’s Julia Charnock. Download MP3. Please contact [email protected] with any comments or suggestions. Click to view older podcasts.   

RFID industry movers AeroScout, Inc., which makes unified asset-visibility products, and Reva Systems, an RFID network infrastructure provider, today announced a partnership to deliver a combined “Active RFID and Passive RFID solution” for enterprises. Through the partnership, Reva Systems provides a “gateway” for passive RFID data to AeroScout’s new MobileView 4.0 application. This, in turn, […]

Singapore’s S. Iswaran, Minister for Trade, announced the launch of the new National RFID Innovation Platform, a multi-agency initiative to encourage the public and private sectors in Singapore to embark on innovative projects using RFID as a key enabling technology. To spur RFID adoption further, Mr. Iswaran announced that a sum of US$4.5 million has […]

Crown Computing has developed a new monitoring system using Near Field Communication technology that allows caregivers to notify their company as to which patient they are with. This new home-care monitoring system will allow supervisors in control centers to know, in real time, that caregivers are arriving on time at each of their planned visits. […]

Several Zebra TLP 3844-Z compact thermal printers will play a critical role in the emergency identification and site access control systems being provided at the 2008 Super Bowl game, scheduled for February 3rd at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Glendale Fire Department has contracted with RockWest Technology Group to implement Salamander Technologies’ […]

It’s quite possible 18 million recreational boaters may need to register and place RFID tags on their vessels in the name of national security. Washington Technology reports a stakeholders group convened by the Homeland Security Department proposed these new identification and security schemes in a report presented during the DHS National Small Vessel Security Summit. […]

Datacard Group’s technology will be used to issue secure ID credentials to Glendale, Arizona first responders in preparation for Super Bowl XLII. According to Steve Benitez, vice president of sales for RockWest Technology Group, the Datacard authorized dealer deploying the system, “The combination of Datacard ID systems and Salamander’s tracking application was the perfect solution […]

Transportation Security Administration creates Qualified Products List to approve products By Jennifer Slattery, Contributing Editor The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was directed by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to develop standards for use of biometric technology in airport access control systems. The goal of this effort is to establish procedures for […]