By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor After a long flight, you arrive extremely tired at your hotel to find a line of people queued up at the front desk. Then you remember that you are an NFC user … you bypass the front desk and go straight to your room because you already know your room […]

What’s happening with reader manufacturer Intermec in Asia? Whatever it is, it’s getting some serious attention – and awards. Turns out the company got more than a pat on the back from Frost & Sullivan for its market strategy leadership in the Asia Pacific market for 2005-2006. Intermec Receives Frost & Sullivan Award for Asia […]

Chipless tags represent the promising evolution of item-level RFID, though their total contribution to the RFID market is not yet significant. So says Dublin-based Research and Markets, which recently put out a report hailing chipless advantages, including the ability to sustain working characteristics in the harsh environmental conditions (and in the presence of interference) where […]

It’s less than one ounce, about two square inches, thin, and flexible. And it’s a flexible RFID sensor tag capable of processing up to 64,000 readings per trip. Intelligent Devices Inc. just pulled the coveres from its Log-ic Temperarture Tracker at the 4th Annual Cold Chain Distribution for Pharmaceuticals Forum (a global gathering for discussions […]

Pharmceutical industry provider SYSTECH’s dabbling (or shall we say testing?) in RFID this month – specifically, it’s working with partners to evaluate various types of HF and UHF RFID technology. The most recent RFID trials, part of an ongoing industry initiative called “On Track” developed by industry leaders like health info services provider McKesson, involve […]

RFID Tribe joins a growing field of RFID educators in offering hands-on courses and instruction to pros who need to learn the basics. RFID Tribe examined RFID education programs and found some common elements that make up exceptional and effective programs. “RFID education programs vary widely; some exceptional, some inferior. What seems to set RFID […]

By Marisa Torrieri, Contributing Editor You can tag cows, you can tag drugs, and you can tag palates. So long as you have picked a good reader, you’re all set, right? Not true, unless you’ve selected the ideal frequency for your particular application. For developers in the RFID space, differences between UHF, HF, and other […]

By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor Tired of the misinformation being pushed by the media, privacy groups and others regarding smart card technology–in many cases getting it confused with RFID–five organizations have decided to pool their resources in an attempt to set the record straight. The simple mission of the Secure ID Coalition, which includes some […]

“The market potential for the technology in airline baggage handling alone that tracks luggage from check in to pickup is enormous,” said Steve Bazsuly, FSBO Media Holdings chairman. “The tag security system does not prevent the unauthorized removal of a tag but it does prevent the removed tag from going unnoticed.” Such is the impetus […]

The window is closing on HSPD-12/FIPS 201 compliant ID cards that federal agencies must begin issuing by October 27. Plenty has been written about the type of card, the biometrics that must be on the card, how big the chip should be … and there is an approved product list from the General Services Administration […]