Industry consulting group IDTechEx forecasts an increase in global spending on RFID technology for 2008, up 7.3 % from last year. They predict a $5.29 billion RFID market in 2008, with China and the United States sharing the title for world’s largest RFID investor. China led global spending in 2007, due to their huge $6 […]

So much for heavy pours. Las Vegas casino-goers who hope that a generous tip will lead to an equally generous amount of liquor in their drinks will be disappointed, at least if one major casino operator has its way. MGM Mirage now places RFID chips in the pouring spouts of its bars’ liquor bottles. The […]

Industry analyst ABI Research has published its picks for the top three producers of ultrahigh frequency and high frequency passive RFID inlays. For UHF, Alien Technology comes in first, followed by Avery Dennison and UPM Raflatac. For HF, UPM Raflatac takes the lead, followed by TAGSYS and Texas Instruments. ABI Research makes it picks based […]

Alien Technology has announced its new high-performance H3 Integrated Circuit. With 512 bits of user memory and advanced security features, the H3 complements Alien’s existing H2 product. The new IC is targeted at converters and customers requiring exceptional performance, unique tag identification, and extended memory capabilities required to fully address RFID applications such as: airline […]

The 3M Corporation has entered into a cooperative marketing agreement with RFID tech company Sirit. The agreement with 3M’s Traffic Safety Division will create a global distribution for Sirit’s tag and reader technology in a variety of applications for the Electronic Vehicle Registration and transportation markets. St. Paul, Minn.-based 3M is already a leading supplier […]

Atmel Corp. and Melexis Microelectronic Integrated Systems N.V. have announced their Yuma+ development kit for contactless, highly secure RFID transactions. The Yuma+ kit allows developers of secure RFID systems to work without an in-depth understanding of the complex details of cryptography in order to deploy secure host-client RFID systems that depend on mutual authentication and […]

The Delta View Habilitation Centre, an assisted living residential center located south of Vancouver, British Columbia, has begun using RFID tags to keep track of vital equipment. If tracking equipment is successful, administrators plan to expand the program to help keep an eye on residents suffering from dementia, reports Toronto’s Globe and Mail. Initially, the […]

Heathrow, the UK’s busiest airport, recently began a six-month trial of RFID tags for use in tracking passengers’ baggage. The trial will involve tagging around 50,000 bags each month belonging to passengers traveling or transferring on Emirates Airline between Heathrow and Dubai. The tags will only be coded with the passenger name and destination, though […]

UPM Raflatac, a leading global manufacturer of RFID tags and inlays, has opened its new, $100 million plant in Dixon, Illinois, about 100 miles west of Chicago. The plant will produce pressure sensitive labelstock. The Dixon plant is the second U.S. manufacturing presence for UPM Raflatac, and part of a nearly $270 million worldwide development […]

The wooden pallet – sturdy and reusable; ubiquitous to international shipping – has traditionally posed a challenge to RFID tracking technology. Now Finnish firm Confidex Ltd. says it has found a solution with its Confidex Pino RFID tags. Kevin Donahue, Confidex’s director of business development for North America, said, “The challenge with wood has always […]