Cathexis Innovations Inc., a Canadian RFID provider, is generating buzz for its new mobile Bluetooth-enabled RFID reader. The pen-sized reader increases mobility and use for close-proximity RFID applications, Healthcare IT reports. IDBlue reportedly can read RFID tags without ever being linked to a computing device. Bluetooth technology helps to track and identify specific items, such […]

The four, primary established RFID applications (access control, animal ID, automobile immobilization, and electronic toll collection) are the biggest sources of revenue. But according to new market data released by ABI Research, important changes in the revenue mix for RFID applications will be well underway by 2012. As research director Michael Liard puts it, “these […]

Legislators in California have shown their support of RFID. But apparently, their support stops short of implants. California’s senate passed a bill last week that would protect people from having RFID tags forcibly implanted beneath their skin, Wired blogger Kim Zetter reported this morning. If Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signs it, California state will become the […]

Lots of news on the healthcare-RFID front this morning … First, UPM Raflatac, a manufacturer of RFID tags and inlays, is supplying UHF EPC Generation 2 tags to Spain-based healthcare distributor MBA Grupo. Through its network, MBA distributes medical products related to orthopaedic surgery, neurosurgery, cardiovascular surgery and anaesthesia. The RFID project is led by […]

Pittsburgh company Mobile Aspects will provide an RFID-enabled inventory management system for DMC Harper University Hospital. Thsi system will store, track, and manage the utilization of high cost devices and supplies supporting cardiology services. RFID Healthcare: DMC Harper University Hospital To Install RFID Technology From Mobile Aspects 8/29/2007 Mobile Aspects announced recently that the DMC […]

Social services in the city of Breda in The Netherlands are paying for services and these service delivery sessions are being tracked using contactless cards and NFC-equipped mobile phones. Citizens requiring social care services receive contactless card with credits for obtaining services. When a caregiver visits the patient, the caregiver’s NFC phone is tapped on […]

“Intelligentz’s RFID solution has integrated naturally with our other vendors as well as our client’s existing asset, personnel and identity tape tracking management systems,” said Michael Moore, Media Recovery’s National Technology Sales Manager. The soundbyte is in reference to the Austin, Texas, company’s reseller agreement with Media Recovery, announced this morning. Intelligentz RFID solution is […]

TMCNet reports that Baltimore-based Barcoding, Inc., which designs supply chain solutions for businesses and government agencies, was tasked with finding a way to track industrial shipments of 20-foot stainless steel pipes. Read mroe about it here.   

Social services in the city of Breda in The Netherlands are paying for services and these service delivery sessions are being tracked using contactless cards and NFC-equipped mobile phones. Citizens requiring social care services receive contactless card with credits for obtaining services. When a caregiver visits the patient, the caregiver’s NFC phone is tapped on […]

BenQ’s upcoming T80 phone will feature near field communication technology provided by NXP, one of NFC’s founders. The T80 will be one of the first handsets to store NFC applications–such as mobile wallet and transport ticketing–in the phone’s secure digital memory card. Consumers will benefit because they’ll be able to remove and reuse the SD […]