More than 419 million NFC chipsets will ship in 2012, according to a new study from ABI Research. However, similar to revenue in most semiconductor markets, NFC revenue is offset by declining unit ASPs. By 2012, ABI Research forecasts that the NFC chipset ASP will decline to $0.97, for a total market revenue of $406 […]

Ron Farmer, Executive Director, Heartland Payment Systems Micropayments Division The campus card will truly become a student-centric tool as the places students want to go and the form factors they want to use become the norm. Students conduct transactions on and off campus, and card programs are recognizing this fact. Students also live by their […]

Experience NFC technology personally at the NFC Zone at CES 2008, January 7-10 in Las Vegas. See live demonstrations of NFC technology enabling a variety of mobile payments, including using a phone as a payment or travel card. Watch mobile proximity purchases made easily using an NFC-enabled device. Experience the ease of transmitting digital pictures […]

Okay, we admit it: the words “tagging” and “seeds” caught our attention, prompting us to pull up one very interesting news story. Checkbiotech and RFID Journal are reporting that Monsanto, a multinational provider of bioengineered agricultural products, is planning to launch a technology trial in which it will evaluate the use of passive RFID tags […]

Not ready to commit to new technology? Real-time location system (RTLS) provider Parco Merged Media Corp.’s new RFID solution providing RFID tags, readers and installation training services are available for customers to rent, RFID Journal reports. According the Journal‘s article profiling Parco, the leasing offer will be sold through resellers and directly to customers, and […]

RFID provider VeriChip Corporation today announced that the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Xmark, is moving along with installing an infant protection system in the state of Ohio. Now, Xmark’s infant protection systems are now installed in more than half of all birthing facilities, according to reports.

Families of those with Alzheimer’s or dementia may be relieved to learn that RFID and GPS technology is being studied as a way to track those who suffer from the disease. Wired blogger Charlie Sorrel reports: “The UK Alzheimer’s Society wants to tag bewildered old folk so they can wander the streets safely. It says […]

RFID Journal reports that a number of fresh food providers are beginning to use plastic RFID-enabled pallets made by Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS) rather than wooden pallets without RFID tags. Thus far, RFID has helped iGPS better manage the flow of its pallets, through more accurate and timely shipping and receiving records, while end […]

Sonoco and IPICO Inc. today announced an agreement to co-develop and commercialize RFID technology for the paper-making industry. The agreement will enable the development of an RFID tracking solution for Sonoco’s paper making tube and core customers. “We have looked at a number of RFID tag technologies and feel that IPICO’s technology is best suited […]

The NFC Forum, a non-profit industry association that advances the use of Near Field Communication technology, is looking for innovative NFC solutions in their competition named Touching the Future: NFC Forum Global Competition. In the competition, developers in a commercial track vie for the honor of having their solutions named “The Best NFC Service of […]