Checkpoint Systems, a manufacturer and marketer of identification, tracking, security and merchandising products for the retail industry and its supply chain, today announced it will provide RFID portals for 200 Real hypermarkets of METRO Group in Germany in 2008. This follows the successful deployment in 2007 of the portals at more than 100 Real hypermarkets. […]

China boasts not just the world’s largest contactless smart card-enabled government ID card initiative, but a wide range of other wireless application projects in transportation ticketing, animal tagging, anti-counterfeiting, real-time location systems, asset tracking, e-ticketing, and contactless payments. According to a new study from ABI Research, the country’s total market revenue in 2008 will reach […]

NFC technology is sound, the interface is good, the partnerships have been formed, but … Will consumers use it? By Ryan Kline, Contributing Editor The widely talked about London launch of contactless payment devices is only a little over half of a year in, but London is making news again with its Near Field Communications […]

“Software as a service” model takes off By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor Colleges and universities aren’t that different from corporations. Educational institutions are under the same pressure to keep costs down, and anything that can be done to help institutions save money piques their interest. That’s one of the big selling points of a relatively […]

Research and Markets has announced the addition of “RFID for Animals, Food and Farming 2008-2018” to their offering. Of the many uses for RFID, the food supply chain is set to rise dramatically to $5.8 billion spent on the systems plus the tags in 2017, becoming more important than any other application of RFID. In […]

Item-level RFID entrepreneur TAGSYS announced that Portuguese fashion retailer, Throttleman, has received the ‘Best Enterprise Solution’ award from the EHI Retail Institute. EHI, the 500-member global retail trade association, presented the award to Throttleman for its successful deployment of a supply chain solution built upon TAGSYS’ UHF RFID tunnel. Integrating an RFID infrastructure has enabled […]

iDTRONIC, a supplier of RFID hardware, today presented the new HF RFID Antenna Gate EzMultiX at CeBIT 2008 in Hanover. This high-performance antenna and multiplex Longe Range Reader is particularly well suited for integration into modern Access Control Applications. iDTRONIC’s EzMultiX ISO 15693 LR antenna set is a high-performance solution especially designed for modern RFID […]

The European Commission is drafting new laws to govern the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, Supply Chain Review reports (via Reuters). Draft guidelines call for RFID tags to be “deactivated at the point of sale to protect the privacy of purchasers.” We’re keeping tabs on this one so stay tuned!   

Awarepoint has released what it calls the healthcare industry’s first-to-market active RFID Real-time Location System (RTLS) asset tag with two qualities: It’s sterilizable via steam autoclave and common liquid sterilization methods without removing it from equipment. The Awarepoint T2S asset tag is tested to endure standard autoclave cycles at temperatures up to 135 degrees, as […]

Hacking of RFID smart cards was the biggest deal of 2006. Now that new electronic passports and a slew of other RFID-based government and commercial projects in the works in the United States, hacking is making headlines again. CNET News reports on Adam Laurie’s “hacking” an American Express card at the conference, and the significance: […]