A new in-depth study into the RFID market shows a remarkable shift of industry focus from European RFID vendors. Until 12 months ago, most vendors were targeting the open supply chain applications in the retail industry, hoping to capitalise on the potential high volume of RFID tags and readers in these applications. Since then, many […]

< ? $key="7890"; ?> After a long summer, RFID moves into academia, hospitals and our mobile phones. RFID News talks to AXCESS International about Sun, Microsoft and their active tags, dives into Near Field Communication (NFC) in an exclusive introduction to their standards organization, kicks some ideas around with Adidas and their “Smartball,” and enters […]

By Geoff MacGillivray, Semiconductor Insights The use of RFID and contactless smart card technology is exploding and devices (e.g. tags, tokens, cards) all require embedded memory arrays that suit the needs of the application. All of these devices require non-volatile memory, memory capable of retaining information in the absence of power and some of these […]

By Heather Klein and John O’Malley, Giesecke & Devrient Imagine a scenario where Joe Smith is leaving his house in the morning to head to work, grabbing his mobile phone as he heads out the door. Joe starts down the street, calling the office to check messages, and ducks into the local coffee shop. While […]

At the recent ASIS security conference, displayed alongside the line of ID card printers in one company’s booth was a big metal locker with a reader and computer attached. It was not what one expects to see amid sleek, footprint-conscious card printers. But according to representatives of the printer manufacturer showcasing it, this box could […]

Designed to link electronic devices, Near Field Communication technology could end up turning the cell phone into a “Swiss Army Knife.” Some of the first projects out of the gate link NFC-capable phones to contactless payment and ticketing solutions while others allow users to download music from a poster advertising a hit band. Sebastian Nystrom, […]

A search for technology that would enable users to find their lost hearing aids piqued a University of Pittsburgh professor’s interest in RFID, but the beneficiaries are not hearing aid customers, but small businesses. He’s still looking for the hearing aid solution, but in the meantime, small businesses, which normally couldn’t afford RFID research and […]

A Massachusetts company has created an active RFID product for hospitals that can track patients and equipment. Bypassing normal RFID uses, Radianse, Inc. is into its second year of production, averaging about one new hospital a month. As its founder and chief technology officer, Mike Dempsey, says: “We don’t do supply chain, we don’t do […]

Allan Griebenow is the President and CEO of AXCESS International. Your company’s decision to license Java was covered by a number of news sources as Sun’s entry into active RFID. Is this the case? We have been working with the people at the Sun RFID Innovations Center for some time prior to this release regarding […]

“ADT Security Services Inc. has been contracted by the US-based generic drug maker Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals to provide an integrated RFID solution for the tracking of prescription drug products from the point of manufacture to the retail store. The initial RFID solution provided by ADT for Mallinckrodt is a pilot project that involves tagging bottles of […]