PRESS RELEASE: Broadcom’s Trusted Authentication Initiative Helps Enable Rapid Growth of Security Technologies in Physical Access, Logical Access and Contactless Payments IRVINE, Calif., June 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ:BRCM) , a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today introduced the world’s first secure processor with integrated radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, […]

We don’t know whether this will help thwart late returns, but Cambridge, Mass.-based TAGSYS is tagging books at China’s Shenzhen Library. Within days, nearly 2 million RFID tags will be integrated and installed on books, CDs, VHS tapes, and even patrons’ cards. “Through the deployment of the TAGSYS RFID system we have realized our vision […]

It’s not just the towering ship and pirate skit that makes Las Vegas’s Treasure Island hotel an innovative concept. Turns out, the casino-hotel’s pushing the tech boundaries in another area, reports RFID Journal. June 22, 2006—Treasure Island (TI), recently installed a system that uses RFID to track the amount and type of liquor its bartenders […]

Health pros are getting hi-tech to protect every aspect of their patients’ lives. As such, VeriChip will be touting its RFID-based infant protection solutions at the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses Convention trade show in Baltimore, this weekend and early next week. Among the goodies at the VeriChip booth this year: demonstrations […]

Manufacturers, distributors and others with eyes on what’s Thai, head’s up: Frost & Sullivan’s Automation & Electronics practice in Asia and Middle East will host an analyst briefing teleconference on Thailand’s RFID Market, on June 30, 2006, at 11:00 hrs (GMT+08:00hrs) Singapore time. The briefing will give a detailed analysis of the RFID market in […]

OMNIKEY is ready for mass distribution of its new CardMan USB mobile smart card reader that can connect to desktop PCs or laptops. Its slim form facilitates easy volume distribution in an envelope with credit cards, e-ID cards and application software. Some typical uses include digital signature and secure online banking or online transactions. High-speed […]

Golf balls, race cars, runners, pigeons all tagged in the name of the game By David C. Wyld, Contributing Editor The wide world of sports is no doubt one of the sexiest applications for RFID on the horizon, and innovative companies across the globe are rushing into sports applications for the technology. We are seeing […]

Gone are the days of kiosks and other self-service contraptions as giant, intimidating machines. RFID and other emerging technologies have launched a new wave of possibilities for self-service solutions, industry experts in the field say. Examples, reports Mike Webster, in a new column published to the Self Service & Kiosk Association’s Web site, include: Enhanced […]

VendingData™ Corp., a Las Vegas-based developer, manufacturer and distributor of innovative products for the gaming industry (including ChipWasherTM and high-frequency RFID Casino Chips) is ready to play down south. The Mississippi Gaming Commission issued the company a manufacturer’s and distributor’s license to market and distribute in the State of Mississippi (where dockside casino gambling was […]

Chances are, you’re enjoying the near-goals and feverish international excitement of the World Cup. But chances aren’t that you’re sneaking your way into those games, thanks to the radio-frequency technology that’s got cattle farmers, product manufacturers (and now World Cup organizers) buzzing. Behind the goal posts, Philips has partnered with the FIFA World Cup to […]