Dutch active RFID provider Ambient Systems and Information Highway Group (IHG), a Spanish systems integrator, have announced a successful pilot run of their new Cool Chain Monitor system. The pilot was conducted with Bionest, Spain’s largest organic strawberry producer, and involved the use of RFID technology to monitor the temperature of strawberries as they traveled […]

In Win’s new Ammo, a 2.5″ mobile hard drive enclosure made to look like a clip for an automatic rifle, features RFID technology to secure the contents of the hard drive it houses. With the Ammo, users will not need to enter a password to gain access to the hard drive’s contents. Instead the Ammo […]

The NFC Forum and the Mobey Forum, a global financial industry group tasked with facilitating mobile financial services offerings by banks, have agreed to work together to further efforts to enable the delivery of services that will provide secure and interoperable mobile financial transactions. The two organizations share a common interest in fostering the successful […]

RF Code has announced the release of a real-time liquid detection sensor that eliminates the need to wire or cable a data center for liquid leak detection. The RF Code fluid sensor uses thin-film technology combined with real time monitoring technology to detect leaks wherever conductive liquids threaten expensive IT assets. For example, the sensor […]

GAO RFID has just announced the release of its new UHF active RFID tag, specially designed to identify and perform micro-localization of items or persons. The GAOStrip Active Tag is intended for use in applications such as security, manufacturing, asset and vehicle management. According to GAO, the lightweight 25g tag consumes little energy due to […]

SecureRF Corporation just announced that they have been awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop a secure passive RFID tag for the U.S. Pharmaceutical supply chain. Under Phase II, Secure RF will receive a $500,000 grant to develop and demonstrate an RFID tag designed […]

Bloomingdale’s and the University of Arkansas recently conducted a study comparing the accuracy and speed of inventory counts at two Bloomingdale’s stores: one outfitted with item-level RFID tracking equipment, the other limited to using bar codes. The study focused on the same limited product area for both stores (denim jeans). The item-level store was equipped […]

St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart, Ind. has implemented a new system in its operating rooms that use RFID to track and locate surgical sponges during surgery. The RF Surgical Detection System uses a handheld scanning wand hooked up to a compact, self-calibrating console to read micro RFID tags embedded in surgical sponges, towels and […]

Shanghai RFID manufacturer HUAYUAN has announced the release of their new Skateboard tag, designed specifically for the RFID-happy apparel industry. The Skateboard tag, which derives its name from its unique shape, is a Gen 2 EPC compliant passive RFID tag that features a global frequency range of 860-960 Khz. The Skateboard tag is also made […]

iDTRONIC, a supplier of RFID hardware products, introduced two new desktop Readers from its EVO series for multi-tag transponder reading & writing. The low frequency version of the EVO Desktop Reader supports all EM 4102, 4105, 4550, NXP Hitag 1/2/S FDXB transponders. The high-frequency model of the reader is able to read and write all […]