Eriginate Corporation’s eTattoo tag has been approved by the United States Department of Agriculture for use in cattle management. eTattoo is a panel-style tag that incorporates both visual and electronic identification, enabling management information to be printed on the tag, removing the need for separate visual and RFID tags. The UHF RFID eTattoo tag is […]

IBM is currently developing NFC projects as part of its Smarter Planet strategy, according to siliconindia.com. A team of researchers at Hursley software development lab near Winchester, UK has successfully affixed RFID labels to items such as DVDs that will allow users to launch video trailers using an NFC-enabled device, such as a smart phone. […]

Chinavision, an electronics provider, has released a new facial recognition system that can operate as both a time and attendance tracker as well as a physical access control device, according to a Singularity Hub article. The system, which can authenticate up to 500 people based off their pre-loaded facial images, takes pictures of individuals via […]

A new RFID tag device being developed by SenoRx, a company that is exclusively focused on breast cancer intervention, could soon be the next innovative product in women’s oncological needs. According to CNN, breast cancer is the second most frequently diagnosed cancer among women and SenoRx announced that it was conducting research for a new […]

DAILY RFID has launched a 2.4GHz active RFID reader DL3800, designed to provide long read range up to 100m. With rapid tag processing, the 2.4GHz active RFID reader has the ability to detect multiple tags within a region of 100 meters at the same time. Automatically receiving information from active tags, it may also read […]

GAO RFID presents its passive Gen 2 RFID tag designed as a hang-tag for applications where tag reusability is not required. This RFID tag, model 116402, made for tracking items in rigorous environments such as the industrial electrophoretic painting processes used in the automotive industry. It supports the EPC Class 1 Gen 2 communication protocol, […]

Brazilian company, Ceitec, has announced that its RFID devices are the first to be entirely designed in that country. This accomplishment marks a significant step in expanding the country’s domestic microelectronics industry. Dependence on semiconductor imports is decreased and opportunities become available for some of the country’s top engineers. In Ceitec’s initial field trials of […]

The developers at Codeninja have invented a device which can be aimed at RFID tags, and even USB flash drives, to permanently deactivate and destroy their data. The gun was fabricated using a Nerf N-Strike Recon CS-6, with a 0.6 kilojoule camera flash driving a 50-turn copper spool. Just for laughs and giggles, this RFID […]

The utilization of RFID tags looks to increase over the next few years as many industrial organizations find them useful for asset tracking throughout the supply chain. But what becomes of the tags after they become inoperable, and are no longer needed? How do we dispose of them properly to ensure our landfills are not […]

GAO has released a surplus of products over the past year. So what better way to end the year then to mention not only another product, but instead mention two new products released by GAO. The RFID solution provider has developed a new high frequency embedded reader, as well as a low frequency encapsulated tag. […]