Earlier this month, the Minnesota Department of Corrections announced that it is installing an inmate-tracking system in one of the states minimum/medium-security correctional facilities. The tracking system is based on active RFID tag technology that provides alerts if something abnormal is going on, such as a fight among the inmates. In this type of a […]

Contactless cards from ASK have been used for years in Lyon, France to rent bikes from public access stations around town. But now the system is spreading to other markets including Aix en Provence, Paris and Seville, Spain. In Paris, more than 20,000 bikes will be available at more than 1400 stations. Both traditional and […]

Diamond rings will now radiate their “unique” beauty because of a minuscule RFID chip embedded placed in it thanks to Hitachi Research Labs in Japan who devised the smallest RFID tag ever, just 0.05 millimeter by 0.05 millimeter, tinier than a grain of sand. The so-called “powder chip” is even thin enough that it can […]

RFID equipment manufacturer Sirit Inc. confirmed its three-year, $10.6 million contract from Transportation Corridor Agencies (“TCA”) in Southern California. Under the agreement, Sirit will supply its Title 21-based RFID transponders with shipments to begin as early as next month. Sirit Confirms $10.6 Million Renewal of RFID Tag Tollway Contract 6/18/07 – Sirit Inc. (TSX: SI) […]

Unisys, which began working with the DoD on RFID technology 13 years ago to maintain and enhance an in-transit visibility system for supplies using RFID, this week won a contract for several million with the U.S. Department of Defense. Unisys currently tracks around 125,000 shipments of supplies each week, including ammunition, food/rations and water, medical […]

AeroScout, Inc., which makes Wi-Fi-based Active RFID products, and Deutsche Industrie Video System GmbH (DIVIS), a provider of video surveillance technology for logistics, announced an integrated Active RFID deployment for customer Pfefferkorn Spedition GmbH this week. AeroScout and DIVIS Deploy Wi-Fi Active RFID Tracking Solution for Leading German Shipping Company AeroScout, Inc., the leading provider […]

AeroScout, Inc., a provider of Wi-Fi-based Active RFID solutions, and Deutsche Industrie Video System GmbH (DIVIS), a maker of video-surveillance technology for logistics, recently announced its one-of-a-kind integrated Active RFID deployment for customer Pfefferkorn Spedition GmbH. Pfefferkorn management can now easily identify and locate packages, reducing the financial impact of shipment loss, damage or theft […]

Huntsman Advanced Materials announced the creation of two Araldite adhesives for RFID tags designed by TAGSYS, a supplier of item-level RFID tags and readers. Araldite® XD 4477-1 and Araldite® XB5304 were created by Huntsman’s adhesive experts to specifically bond together the plastic components of TAGSYS’ small and rigid Ario™ SL tags and give each chip […]

Magellan Technology recently appointed CES (Creative Electronics and Software Inc), a dedicated US based electronics turn key manufacturer and distribution facility, to manufacture Magellan’s full line of Phase Jitter Modulation (PJM) RFID reader products in the United States. The demand for Magellan’s unique range of RFID products from US customers has now reached a level […]

By Jerry Banks and Les G. Thompson, co-authors of RFID Applied In the previous article, “The principles of RFID: Active Tags,” we discussed a classification of RFID tag called the active tag. Even though the active tag has many applications, it does not get as much press as its sister, the passive tag. It isn’t […]