Las Vegas Police have apprehended the suspect in the December 2010 robbery at the Bellagio Resort & Casino resulting in stolen chips whose face value totaled nearly $1.5 million, according to Singularity Hub. The chips with denominations of $100 to $25,000 were reportedly embedded with RFID tags which after being stolen allowed the Bellagio to […]

The Sayville Library Board recently convened to discuss current and future projects including the implementation of a new RFID system that will not only improve inventory management but enhance customer service, reports the Sayville Patch. An approximate $120,000 operation, it will be carried out in a series of two phases where teams will tag all […]

Zebra announced availability in the Asia Pacific for its RFID printer/encoder for high-volume item-level tagging: the R110Xi4. The RXi4 offers Zebra’s patent-pending Adaptive Encoding technology, which can detect RFID inlay position within the label and automatically configure the printer/encoder without having to manually calibrate for the inlay, thus ensuring tag accuracy and saving time and […]

The 2011 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition will feature an RFID and RTLS showcase giving attendees a first-hand review and the opportunity to discover the many applications of RFID and RTLS technologies, and how it can deliver real-time data from the patient’s room or bedside to the clinician’s smart mobile device. Co-hosted by HIMSS and […]

At this year’s CeBIT 2011 in Hannover, Germany, Murata will be exhibiting its innovative RFID solutions featuring live demonstrations of the company’s MAGICSTRAP ultra-high frequency tag module. MAGICSTRAP can be installed as a standard surface-mount technology component and make efficient use of the printed circuit board’s ground plane as an antenna, literally turning the product […]

According to research firm Havoscope Black Markets, counterfeiting pharmaceutical drugs is the number one black market activity globally, costing the industry $200 billion annually. Argentinean pharmaceutical company Laboratorios Gador, who supplies medications to nearly 2.5 million patients each month through its distribution network, recently completed an RFID system pilot to evaluate the technology’s ability to […]

HID Global announced the appointment of Jason Walden in an effort to drive the company’s Identification Solutions RFID Industry and Logistics business in the UK, Ireland, Benelux and Scandinavia. Walden will be responsible for extending HID’s growth in RFID tagging into the rapidly growing market for solutions that support asset-tracking, process automation, medical processes and […]