By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor NFC may still be an industry buzzword despite numerous pilots and at least one commercial implementation in Germany. But, according to NFC pundits from NXP and Nokia, that’s the plan. Get the industry involved and John Q. Public will follow. “NXP (formerly Philips Semiconductors) has achieved significant industry awareness about […]

By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor NFC may still be an industry buzzword despite numerous pilots and at least one commercial implementation in Germany. But, according to NFC pundits from NXP and Nokia, that’s the plan. Get the industry involved and John Q. Public will follow. “NXP (formerly Philips Semiconductors) has achieved significant industry awareness about […]

Impinj, which makes UHF RFID chips, said its pharmaceutical manufacturing demo proved new doesn’t mean slow. In pharmaceutical manufacturing and fill-line demonstrations at the RFID Health Care Industry Adoption Summit, a near-field UHF Gen 2 RFID “solution” made of Impinj’s Speedway™ reader and O-I’s item-level embedded RFID tags (powered by Impinj’s Monza™ chips) achieved 100 […]

TAGSYS’ new ARIO™ 370-DL line of item-level, RFID-infused tags for the textile laundry market, is available, the company announced this morning. The new tag reportedly withstands an average of 400-500 cycles and can be used for more than a single garment throughout the tag’s operating lifespan. The typical lifespan for a garment is less than […]

Ekahau Inc., a provider of Wi-Fi-based real-time location systems (RTLS), today introduced the Ekahau Positioning Engine (EPE) 4.0, a major upgrade of Ekahau’s server software that features faster and more accurate location tracking capabilities than its predecessor. It’s a solution, say some, that is ideal for RFID applications. “Our strong partner relationship has resulted in […]

Scooter maker Razor USA picked ODIN Technologies to carry out its RFID compliance schemes just in time for the Christmas holiday. ODIN will create a specially tailored “compliance solution” for the company. Home of the popular Razor kick scooter, Razor USA has other scooters like the E100, E200, E300 and E500S (electric scooters). Its line […]

Atlanta-based Vector Networks, known for its asset-managment products that protect laptops and other IT resources – just announced its first offering in the RFID arena. Where’s the beef in the beefing up? Vector Asset Locator (VAL) uses RFID technology to physically locate and track assets such as laptop computers, adding an additional level of security […]

Assa Abloy, a leader in ID management and RFID components, has merged five of its companies into a new organization called Assa Abloy Identification Technologies (ITG). Its cards, tags, reader modules and complete readers production will allow the new company to better handle the needs of system integrators in areas such as public transport, government […]

“Advanced ID looks forward to serving not only the supply chain business, but also the tire industry and the animal identification industry in India.” That’s the word from Dan Finch, president and CEO of Advanced ID Corporation, which just received an order for 100 of its UHF RFID readers in India. “We are already seeing […]

INSIDE Contactless’s new microread, what the company calls “breakthrough technology,” will facilitate the sending and receiving of NFC data between two devices. microread-enabled mobile devices are able to complete transactions with other mobile phones, or with millions of contactless reader terminals already installed worldwide. It also supports NFC standards, which allows it to behave as […]