Awarepoint Corp. has announced the selection of its Real-Time Locating System (RTLS) by the Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center in San Diego, Calif. This is the third UCSD hospital facility to deploy the Awarepoint system; the Moores Center joins the UCSD system’s Thornton and Hillcrest campuses in deployment of the system, creating an […]

Dates: October 27-28, 2009 Location: Fayetteville, Arkansas URL: http://www.cscmp.org/events/rfid/index.asp Description: Hear Representatives from Bloomingdale’s, Macy’s and Other Major Companies Discuss Their RFID Implementation, Results, and Updates. The conversation continues about Item-Level RFID…RFID’s feasibility, utilization, and ROI. Continued research has been taken to the next level with real-world testing of RFID in apparel/retail stores. There have […]

RFID device provider UPM Raflatac and Finnish apparel company NP Collection are the recipients of the 2009 Golden Tag awards, presented by trade association RFID Nordic and Swedish trade publication Packmarknaden. The awards, which denote a particularly effective deployment of RFID technology to improve logistics and trade, are in recognition of NP Collection’s successful 2008 […]

U.S. Bank explores future of identity and payment cards with high tech pilots With today’s tech-happy consumers, providing them with the latest gadget or innovative service could lead to a happier bank customer. Banking today is about more than just parking your money in a brick and mortar facility or even with an online system. […]

Coca-Cola will try out a new RFID-enabled self-service beverage dispenser this summer which, if successful, would create a speedy and cost-efficient format for the soft drink giant to test market new products. The Coke Freestyle, to be tested in fast food restaurants in Georgia, California, and Utah, offers customers up to 100 beverage choices and […]

3M has introduced a new respirator that uses RFID technology to ensure that the safety equipment is functioning at its proper levels. The new respirator, which is distributed by 3M’s Occupational Health and Environmental Safety division, is equipped with RFID tags and accompanying software that enables employers to monitor the device’s cleaning, maintenance and inspection […]

FileTrail Inc., a provider of browser-based records management software and RFID-enabled solutions, has announced a new partnership with BookFactory, a producer of custom laboratory and engineering notebooks for scientific applications. The result of the collaboration is an RFID-enabled scientific notebook. The new notebooks will be embedded with RFID tags, enabling the monitoring of their location […]

A report released this week predicted that the market for RFID technology in China will reach just under $1.1 billion this year, a 20% increase over its size in 2008. The report was a collaboration between three RFID-oriented organizations in China, China RFID Alliance, the State Leading Group Office of Golden Card Project Coordination, and […]

By David C. Wyld, Southeastern Louisiana University The “five finger discount” has become an all-too accepted part of the American lexicon. In recent years, we’ve seen celebrities, politicians, sports stars caught in the act of shoplifting items of little real value, but with embarrassing and grainy store surveillance footage showing-up on the cable networks and […]

PingPing, a brand by Belgacom for mobile and micro payments, and touchatag, an Alcatel-Lucent venture, have teamed to define a business model that combines PingPing’s payment system for mobile phones and touchatag’s contactless services, such as interactive advertising, loyalty programs and coupon services. By this fall of this year, Belgian consumers will be able to […]