15 Oct, 2007UPM Raflatac’s Library RFID Tags Now Come with ‘Lifetime Guarantee’
UPM Raflatac, a developer and supplier of high-volume production HF and UHF RFID tags and inlays, today announced a warranty program for RFID tags sold into library book-tagging applications. The warranty, which the company also refers to as a “guarantee,” covers the lifetime of a book in standard environmental conditions. The lifetime of a book […]
14 Oct, 2007No Employer-mandated Implants in California … For Now
While RFID fiends are scoping out tag and reader specs, the state of California appears to (once again) be frowning down upon RFID technology. But the reason why isn’t so far-fetched. A bill by longtime RFID critic and state Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, was signed into law by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Friday to prevent […]
11 Oct, 2007LA Times Reports on RFID Airport Baggage Market
One big clue that RFID baggage-tagging is about to blow up? The Los Angeles Times is covering it. In an the mainstream media’s article, we came accross some meaty data: For one, the Department of Transportation statistics showed that nearly eight of every 1,000 passengers in the U.S. arrived at their destination without the luggage […]
10 Oct, 2007Good Baggage
If the luggage-tagging trend’s apparentely here to stay, as indicated by news of more and more airports signing up for pilots with companies that provide RFID technology. Pay attention to Siemens, UPM Raflatac and IBM. Those companies are among those getting the most press in this area.
05 Oct, 2007Fashion retailer Dillard’s Pilots RFID
Dillard’s, Inc., one of the nation’s largest fashion apparel and home furnishing retailers, began an an item-level RFID tagging pilot in its stores this month. The pilot consists of certain styles of merchandise being marked with RFID-enabled tags (designed to be removed at the time of purchase). No link will be made between the garment […]
04 Oct, 2007Asia’s first SIM-based NFC trial begins soon
Gemalto is partnering with Taiwan’s Far EasTone Telecommunications Ltd. to start Asia’s first mobile contactless SIM-based NFC (Near Field Communications) trial. The trial, which starts in November, is part of the GSM Association’s ‘Pay-Buy Mobile’ initiative which seeks to define a common global approach to using NFC technology to link mobile devices with payment and […]
04 Oct, 2007Asia’s first SIM-based NFC trial begins soon
Gemalto is partnering with Taiwan’s Far EasTone Telecommunications Ltd. to start Asia’s first mobile contactless SIM-based NFC (Near Field Communications) trial. The trial, which starts in November, is part of the GSM Association’s ‘Pay-Buy Mobile’ initiative which seeks to define a common global approach to using NFC technology to link mobile devices with payment and […]
04 Oct, 2007Orion’s Latest Release
Omron RFID today announced that the Scorpion, the latest addition to its UHF EPC Gen2 family of RFID inlays, will be on display at EPC Connection 2007 (Booth 101)(1). The Scorpion, designed to seize the growing section of the RFID tag market that demands long read range in a compact form factor, is scheduled for […]
03 Oct, 2007RSI ID Relases New Tamper-Proof Tags
RSI ID Technologies’ announced this morning its new tamper-evident RFID tags feature special components and properties, which provide the tags with their unique characteristics. The manufacturer of RFID antennas, inlays and tags, says this “first tag in the class” is a destructible RFID tag that upon visual inspection looks and is programmed the same as […]
02 Oct, 2007Alien’s Tags Are Getting Smaller
The latest Alien tags are the size of postage stamps – Squiggle-SQ Item-level (ALN-9529) and Squiggle-SH Case Tags (all EPC Gen 2 RFID). The two new form factors for case and item-level tracking in the consumer packaged goods, retail, transportation, government and defense industries, “represent the maturation of the market, with smaller, higher performance tags […]
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