Another World Cup’s embracing RFID. The Port of Bridgetown in Barbados is making way to use the new technology for the Cricket World Cup 2007. The Caribbean nation, which is hosting the tournament, is working with enterprise RFID provider AXCESS International to install an integrated RFID and sensor system to enhance security. AXCESS Awarded $2 […]

Embedded RFID provider SkyeTek, Inc. is expanding its presence in Europe. The vendor just annouced new relationships with three VARS serving the United Kingdom and Ireland: TDC, AVE, and IAData. The European RFID market has been thriving in business applications such as transport and logistics, access control, medicine and supply chain management,” stated Rob Balgley, […]

The notorious VeriChip is reportedly lobbying the Defense Department to implant RFID tags in soldiers as a replacement for dog tags, according to news reports. The main benefit? RFID tag can hold much more information on the soldier than a dog tag can. An under-the-skin RFID tag would also be much more difficult to dislodge, […]

The race is on to see if this hot new technology will be an alternative, or a complement, to RFID By David Wyld, Contributing Editor What if there was a technology that one-upped RFID? What if there was a way to have continuous identification, but without the extreme size, cost, and limited life of active […]

SATO America today introduced its new GL4e series printer for industrial applications. Why it’s worthy of of attention? Folks at SATO say it comes at a favorable price point, and a number of features – field-upgradeable UHF RFID is just for starters. It uses near-field antenna technology, too, to encode precisely to the position on […]

Is the market for item-level tagging finally going cha-ching? Before you can say “bling bling,” check your Web: there seems to be a lot of refreshed interest in RFID technology for commercial operations. The latest: semiconductor and RFID provider Impinj, Inc., says it raised $19 million in a private funding round led by AllianceBernstein L.P. […]

RFID network infrastructure provider Reva Systems is giving itself a pat on the back for helping Sony Europe “to successfully move from pilot to production.” The magical antidote? Reva’s Tag Acquisition Processor (TAP) products, which combine item-level RFID tagging and digital video. The bottom line: better shipping efficiency, a reducting in shrinkage, and more. One […]

The Port of Oakland has purchased 1,700 WhereTag(TM) active RFID transmitters and is contracting with WhereNet and eModal to distribute the tags to drayage companies that serve the OICT, which is operated by Stevedoring Services of America Terminals (SSAT). WhereNet has completed installation of RFID readers at OICT and drivers using that terminal are already […]

FileTrail, Inc., released an RFID Tracking kit that includes the stuff to help small- to medium-size law firms manage their records. The RFID File Tracking Kit combines FileTrail’s browser-based software with Gen 2 RFID technology, providing what the company calls a “comprehensive, out of the box solution.” It includes the RFID hardware, RFID tags, software, […]

You want to deploy RFID. But it costs too darn much. We in the biz hear those kinda complaints constantly. So it’s no surprise Printronix is trying to change that, by higlighting a $3,695 pricetag as a big selling point for its new SL4M UHF RFID Printer and Encoder. The price, says Printronix, is ideal […]