The Information and Telecommunication Technology Center (ITTC) at the University of Kansas has announced its Agility Tag, a new RFID tag that can function well on conducting surfaces with much less buffering than foam attached tags (FAT) currently on the market. Researchers say the Agility Tag is readable from 15 to 20 feet away when […]

European retailer Metro Group has created a pilot program with Avery Dennison RFID to explore the possibilities of “meat-tagging” to track perishable meat in its Future Store showcase facility in Toenisvorst, Germany. The retailer will use the AD-222 inlay from Avery Dennison RFID to tag foam meat packing trays used in the Future Store. The […]

TAGSYS has announced a new RFID product line designed for textile supply and service companies. The new solution set operates up to two times faster than previous generation systems while maintaining accuracy, allowing textile service companies to add or improve service levels to their customers. The product line features an encapsulated tag family – the […]

U.K.-based supply chain provider Intellident has introduced a new “smart shelf” system designed to detect the precise location of RFID-tagged items. The modular smartBlade system can be affixed to existing shelving to create automatic item-level tracking capabilities. Originally designed to track books in libraries, Intellident has added additional features, such as flashing LED displays to […]

GE Healthcare and CenTrak Inc. have introduced a new RFID solution which enables hospitals to create “virtual walls” to help pinpoint the location of mobile medical equipment in large rooms. GE’s Asset Optimization System creates subdivisions within rooms as small as six feet by eight feet, the typical size of small patient bays, often curtained […]

Another day, another RFID pilot program in a British hospital. Yesterday, it was IV pumps in Yorkshire; today it is part of a wireless communications system in a London emergency department. St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, the oldest hospital in England and part of the London NHS Trust, has introduced a new 802.11n WiFi network called the […]

Innovision Research & Technology PLC has worked with Axcess International Inc. to create an RFID IC engine solution marketed under Axcess’s DOT brand. It combines an 8051 core with complex RFID design to offer a multi-frequency solution with a relatively low price tag – currently around $10 per tag. The compact chip features I2C and […]

Officials in Finland are using RFID technology to test the efficiency of a decidedly less state-of-the-art communications system, their postal system. Finn-ID, a developer of auto-identification solutions in the Scandinavian nation, has designed a system using envelopes embedded with Gen 2 RFID tags and Sirit Infinity 510 UHF readers to monitor the speed and accuracy […]

The Polish Ministry of Defense has announced it will adopt an RFID-enabled system created by Lockheed Martin subsidiary Savi to automate tracking and management of military supplies in Afghanistan. This is the second largest NATO-related installation of the Savi Consignment Management Solution (CMS) and the eighth separate defense force deployment of it worldwide. The Savi […]

The Transport Department of Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia, an autonomous region of Italy, has initiated the SEC (Safe and Efficient Cargo) project to supervise the flow of goods around the port city of Trieste. The project, administrated by Italian systems integrator Insiel, uses RFID technology to coordinate the flow of cargo-related traffic around the harbor […]