TAGSYS and NXP Semiconductors announced a new RFID tag to be used with NXP’s new ICODE SLI-L IC that is designed specifically for use in the library market, the Folio 370L Tag Family. The increase in performance and additional features result in improved read rates and security for library patrons as well as enhanced privacy […]

A multi-city NFC trial launched this week in Memphis, Tennessee and Jackson, Mississippi thanks to Cellular South. About 75 of the wireless operator’s customers will use a Kyocera phone to make payments at 50-plus merchant locations and vending machines. The trial will run through August 2007 “with an anticipated widespread consumer roll-out of WirelessWallet in […]

Old school price tags requirements create redundant expense for retailers and higher prices for consumers By David Wyld, Contributing Editor This morning, you can take a time travel adventure without leaving your desk. We can go “back to the future,” to the grocery store of our Baby Boomer youth. There, you can pick-up a can […]

A multi-city NFC trial launched this week in Memphis, Tennessee and Jackson, Mississippi thanks to Cellular South. About 75 of the wireless operator’s customers will use a Kyocera phone to make payments at 50-plus merchant locations and vending machines. The trial will run through August 2007 “with an anticipated widespread consumer roll-out of WirelessWallet in […]

We here at RFIDNews hear about new RFID products constantly (like, at least twice a day). So we decided to ask Impinj’s Mendy Ouzillou, product line director of RFID reader products, a couple of questions about the company’s new GrandPrix RFID kit: Q: Why are kits like GrandPrix so necessary? Are companies perplexed about how […]

Palo Alto, Calif.-based Blue Vector Systems unveiled a new Pharmaceutical Edition of its flagship RFID platform this morning. For those who aren’t madly following the evolution of electronic pedigree, track-and-trace systems, this platform will allow drug manufacturers, distributors, and retailers to track the shipment of potent medications (especially black market targets) from creation to distribution. […]

Sybase iAnywhere today announced that ThyssenKrupp Steel, supposedly the first steel producer in the world to use RFID technology, has selected RFID Anywhere(TM) for slab identification. The software infrastructure will be used in ThyssenKrupp Steel’s new steel mill in the Bay of Sepetiba, Brazil, as well as at the European sea harbor and local harbor […]

Calling it an enabler for VARs, system integrators and test labs, Seattle-based RFID tag and reader manufacturer Impinj announced the availability of its new GrandPrix Evaluation kit this morning. The company’s new $3,250 product includes features to help companies analyze the effectiveness of their RFID systems. Impinj Announces GrandPrix(TM) “Dock Door to Front Door” RFID […]

TradeMotion, a division of Intelligentz Automotive Corporation in Austin, Texas, opened an office in Niles, Michigan – closer to General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler. “We felt it was important to have a research and development office closer to these manufacturers as we continue to expand our products with Original Equipment Manufacturer’s and their franchised dealers,” […]

Understanding why NFC is more than contactless, Bluetooth, or RFID … Certainly among the hottest of topics in the ID world today is Near Field Communication (NFC), an exciting and relatively new technology. While it has become a household term in most identification-centric circles, a significant gap in understanding of its technical operations and capabilities remains. […]