The U.S. Department of Defense has just placed an order for $6.6 million in active RFID technology from Savi, a Lockheed Martin company. The order comes under the Defense Department’s RFID III procurement contract, a multiple award, indefinite-delivery-indefinite-quantity contract with a total value of $429.4 million. The RFID tags, which are affixed to cargo containers […]

Genesis Health System has implemented AeroScout’s Wi-Fi RTLS for hospital-wide asset tracking and management at Genesis Medical Center in Davenport, Iowa. The solution uses Genesis Health System’s existing wireless network and consists of AeroScout Wi-Fi Tags, AeroScout Exciters and AeroScout MobileView software to track and manage about 700 items throughout the medical center, including infusion […]

METRO Group, one of Europe’s largest retailers, is working with Checkpoint Systems to deliver an RFID-based Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) solution. EAS enables retailers to not only know when a theft has occurred but also what specific merchandise was stolen, granting them a more accurate picture of inventory levels. According to Checkpoint, EAS systems represent […]

The National Bank of Kuwait and Visa Inc. have partnered with Zain a telecommunications operator across the Middle East and Africa to launch a Near Field Communication mobile payment trial in the GCC, using NFC enabled Nokia 6212 devices. The six-month pilot will take place from October 2009 to April 2010. The trial will enable […]

The Southeast Alabama Medical Center (SAMC) in Dothan, Ala. has chosen to expand its Ekahau Real Time Location System (RTLS) to include campus-wide monitoring of its refrigerators and freezers. SAMC deployed Ekahau’s RTLS campuswide earlier this year to track critical clinical assets, such as infusion pumps and patient monitors over its Wi-Fi network. SAMC expanded […]

Alien Technology has released its new compact ALR-9900-EMA reader, designed to outperform its 866MHz predecessors in half the footprint, according to Alien. The new reader supports near-field and far-field coupling, and includes an Alien Reader Protocol (ARP) engine for autonomous mode of operation as well as full support for Alien’s Higgs-3 based inlay portfolio, which […]

Munich International Airport has announced that it will adopt AeroScout`s GPS and Wi-Fi RFID solution to track thousands of cargo and passenger baggage dollies as they move about the airport. AeroScout T6 GPS Wi-Fi Tags will be mounted on the airport`s cargo dollies, used by cargo companies to pick up and drop off packages, and […]

Recent Marquette graduate Chris Hallberg has invented an RFID-enabled coffee mug that allows patrons of coffee shops to pay for their drinks without pulling out their wallets. The smug mug is built by sonically welding an RFID tag onto a coffee mug. A smug mug owner can put money on the chip, and a payment […]

The U.S. Department of State has announced that it will tag 10,000 mission critical IT assets using ODIN’s RFID turn-key IT asset tracking solution. The DoS has chosen the UHF Gen 2 passive RFID tracking system to save money, increase security, and reduce administrative burden. According to ODIN, the State Department’s agency-wide adoption of RFID […]

HandGiene Corp. has developed an RFID-enabled Hand Wash Monitoring System designed to ensure employees follow established hand washing protocols. Under the system, each employee is issued an RFID embedded name tag. This tags are read by RFID enabled hand cleanser dispensing units and ancillary RFID readers that monitor employees as they move about the facility, […]