This is only the beginning … The vast majority of our readers know something about personalizing an ID card (some more than they would probably like to admit). In deference to the ubiquity of ID card production, CR80News is beginning a monthly feature called the Card Imaging Corner. Over the next year we will explore […]

< ? $key="0205"; ?> This month RFID News talks with companies at opposite ends of the RFID spectrum: commercial supply chain specialists Manhattan Associates and Phidgets USA, supplier to a burgeoning independent developer market. Market-maker Intermec explains its position in the unfolding second generation EPC specification, DoD suppliers work together to support the American soldier […]

Several European companies are laying groundwork for tracking millions of pieces of clothing from warehouse to retail. Led by DHL Solutions, ASK, and systems integrator NBG-ID, located in France, DHL this year intends to staff two warehouses with RFID readers. DHL’s Stéphanie Dardanne said that implementation “will be made according to the needs of our […]

David C. Wyld is the Mayfield Professor of Management and is the Director of Strategic e-Commerce Initiative at Southeastern Louisiana University. Earlier this month in Washington, DC, over 1000 representatives from the military and the contracting community gathered for the third DOD (Department of Defense) RFID Summit for Industry. The U.S. military is undertaking a […]

The new EPCglobal Inc UHF RFID Generation 2 air interface protocol specification, commonly referred to as “Gen2,” is continuing to spur adoption of RFID. Intermec, which holds more than 140 UHF RFID patents, has applauded the new consensus standard, but maintains that RFID manufacturers who want to offer fully-functional Gen2 RFID systems will need to […]

ASK continues its progress in the provision of low cost RFID labels for library asset management. The company has aligned with Bibliotheca, a European provider of RFID-enabled library solutions, to market a combined system to libraries in the U.S. and Europe. ASK to deliver 4 million RFID smart labels for US and European libraries Bibliotheca […]

The Project Group’s RFID subsidiary, Pro Squared, announced today that it is developing a handheld enabled, RFID based evidence tracking system for use by Federal, State and Local Law Enforcement officials. This system is only available for demonstration to the law enforcement community on a highly restricted basis for confidentiality purposes. The solution is network-based […]

Matt Trossen is President of Phidgets USA Would you call your RFID customers hobbyists, academics, professionals – perhaps all of the above? The correct answer is “all of the above” since we do indeed see orders from all walks of life and industry levels. However, there is a slant towards the hobby and academic crowd. […]

Phidgets USA makes RFID technology available to everyone… from students to hobbyists to basement scientists. Phidgets USA is excited to announce the release of their RFID reader version 2.0, the latest innovative addition to the Phidgets USA product line. Priced at $51.25 the RFID reader is the only of it’s kind delivering RFID technology to […]

CoreStreet’s certificate validation technology has been selected by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) for its Common Access Card (CAC) program. The new technology will significantly expedite the use of the deployed PKI for email and document signing. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PKI PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OFFICE SELECTS CORESTREET DISTRIBUTED OCSP FOR CERTIFICATE VALIDATION IN WORLD’S […]