By Marisa Torrieri, Contributing Editor, AVISIAN Publications RFID will help restaurants kick their service up a notch, restaurant industry technology experts said in May, during the National Restaurant Association’s annual convention at McCormick Place convention center in Chicago. Industry watchers seem confident that demand for better customer service will drive the public’s acceptance of tags […]

By Victoria Forlini, Contributing Editor, RFIDOperations Sometimes, being second means actually being first. Being a second tier Wal-Mart supplier means there has been time to watch the first group and learn from the 2005 compliance deadline while preparing for the January 2006 deadline. The result, says Patrick Sweeney, the president and CEO of ODIN Technologies, […]

“The RFID (radio frequency identification) system that tracks and identifies vehicles used to transport aircraft fuel at John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport in New York is now being used on hundreds of food-service and employee transportation vehicles at the air traffic hub. To ease runway and facilities access, trucks with airport access are equipped […]

By Will Smith, Contributing Editor, RFIPOperations The average time spent searching for files in Georgia’s DeKalb County Juvenile Court is estimated at 10 hours a week. It is this enormously inefficient and expensive process that the court hopes to avoid by installing an RFID system to tag, track and better organize its 12,000-file mess. The […]

By Stephen Barlas, Contributing Editor, RFIDOperations Warren Buffett is reputed to be one of the smartest investors in the United States. So maybe it’s no surprise that Shaw Industries, America’s leading carpet manufacturer and a subsidiary of Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., is the first company in its industry to invest in RFID technology. The company […]

Awards could mean $200 million in contracts By Peter A. Buxbaum, Contributing Editor, RFIDOperations WASHINGTON D.C.—Five vendors won approval to supply the U.S. military with passive tags as part of a larger program that could be worth $200 million in government contracts over the next several years. This is the first of five groups of […]

French company ASK introduced a new 424 kbps contactless high speed reader at the recent CardTech/SecurTech show in Las Vegas. The SafeID reader is designed for secure ID documents, such as passports and visas. High speed reader for ID documents offers the same performance in ISO14443 type A and B Las Vegas – ASK announces […]

Flexsmart, Indala’s latest offering of contactless readers that includes support for both DESFire and MIFARE ISO 14443A, was unveiled recently at the ISC show in Las Vegas. Features include full sector/file programmability, encryption key management, and outputs such as Wiegand and ABA Track 2. Leading Access Control Manufacturer Offers Easy-to-Use, Attractive Contactless Smart Card Reader […]

House considers active tags for Congressmen and staff By Peter A. Buxbaum, Contributing Editor, RFIDOperations This article originally appeared in a 2005 issue of RFIDOperations. WASHINGTON D.C.—The State Department is moving ahead with plans to add RFID chips to American passports. As the sophistication of intrepid forgers grows, especially in today’s heightened homeland security atmosphere, […]

I.D. Systems has been awarded a grant from the TSA to integrate RFID-based baggage tracking capability into the company’s Wireless Asset Net(TM) vehicle security and tracking system. I.D. Systems will develop and prototype a mobile, automated baggage tracking system in which “intelligent” containers and vehicles identify and locate items tagged with EPC-compliant RFID tags, and […]