Japan’s Tagged World Project has developed an in-home RFID system designed to determine the “living willingness” of the elderly. The system involves tagging various objects around an elderly person’s dwelling that are read via an RFID reader sewn into the occupant’s slippers. Every time the elderly person interacts with the tagged objects (for instance, every […]

Tokyo-based Fujitsu announced availability of their flexible UHF RFID tag for garment management. The tag is intended for use in uniforms worn by employees at plants that manufacture products such as medical supplies or semiconductors, where uniforms must be sterilized at extremely high temperatures. Although RFID tags for garment management have been widely adopted by […]

By Zack Martin, Editor, Avisian Publications Apple Inc. is taking facial recognition biometrics to the masses by including the technology in the latest version of iPhoto, the computer company’s photo management software. iPhoto is one of a suite of products in iLife, which includes movie, audio and Web design tools. Apple sent me a copy […]

Carnaval de México, designer of textiles and children’s fashion in Mexico, has deployed one of the country’s first item-level RFID tagging solutions for apparel. The RFID solution, designed by Digilogics SA. De CV. and UPM Raflatac, is one of the largest item-level deployments for apparel in the Americas, tracking and tracing more than one million […]

South Korea’s National Tax Service (NTS) will use RFID tags to sniff out counterfeit liquor bottles in 1,045 bars and 150 liquor wholesalers Seoul’s Gangnam district, according to The Chosun Ilbo. Some popular targets for counterfeiters include Diageo Korea’s 12- and 17-year-old Windsor whiskey, Pernod Ricard Korea’s 12- and 17-year-old Imperial whiskey, and Lotte Chilsung […]

CONNECTHINGS, INSIDE Contactless and SAGEM Wireless announced they have formed a consortium to develop the Smart Muse Mobile NFC Tour guide and deploy two pilot demonstrations in the old center of the City of Nice and at the Teen Gallery at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Smart Muse will enable visitors to easily access location- […]

The Philippines’ Land Transportation Office (LTO) will postpone its plan to outfit every registered automobile in the Philippines with an RFID tag, according to a report on businessmirror.com. The cause of the delay is the Department of Transportation and Communications, which is currently reviewing the LTO’s plan under intense scrutiny, according to Land Transportation Franchising […]

Helveta, a British company that provides RFID tracking solutions for the timber and food production industries, has just completed a project in Malaysia using RFID and its CI World software platform to monitor timber production in Malaysia’s Terengganu province. The project involved forest officers taking inventory of the designated 129,143 hectare plot and tagging all […]

This year’s open house at Intel Labs Seattle featured a number of exciting new RFID projects in development, including a solar powered RFID chip, and “WISP,” a specially enhanced RFID tag. WISP (Wireless Identification and Sensing Platform) tags are unique in that they are powered by both UHF RFID readers and built-in solar cells. The […]

Home lighting products manufacturer Artilux NMF has announced improved internal logistics since using an RFID tracking solution from UPM Raflatac Artilux NMF is a joint venture that incorporates the Swedish company Artilux AB and the Lithuanian company SC Neaustini. Artilux NMF produces over six million luminaries annually, resulting in shipments of about 25 000 pallets […]