Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS) announced that Kettle Brand Chips will begin shipping its products throughout the U.S. on iGPS’ all-plastic pallets with embedded RFID tags. The producer of snack foods including Kettle Brand Potato Chip and Handcrafted Nuts will use iGPS’ RFID-enabled pallets, which are 100% recyclable and 30% lighter than pallets made of […]

PositiveID announced it has entered into an agreement with Siemens related to its Wireless Body platform, an integrated, internal and external, smart health care communication system that has the ability to deliver personalized medical solutions wirelessly. The license agreement grants PositiveID rights to utilize key intellectual property and Siemens’ patent titled “Method and System for […]

GAO RFID announced its ultra-high frequency passive RFID animal tag operating at a frequency range of 860MHz to 960MHz for global use. Suitable for tracking any medium to large sized livestock the RFID tag, model 116034, is widely used in animal monitoring to record information regarding an animal’s feeding, location and vaccination. The animal tracking […]

Located in Dunedin, New Zealand, the Otago Museum has announced plans to install a RFID tracking system to monitor its estimated 2 million collection items at the museum, reports the Otago Daily Times. Artifacts would be equipped with RFID tags enabling them to be automatically tracked as they are transferred from one location to the […]

GAO RFID announced a new active RFID tag, which has an expandable memory of 8,000 bytes for storing user and process information. Designed for collecting real-time data for identification, tracking, tracing and localization, this ultra-high frequency active RFID tag, model 137004, operates at a frequency of 868MHz or 915MHz ISM Band. This RFID tag has […]

GAO announced two new antenna designs with the release of the circular polarized active RFID patch antenna, model 304004, and the ultra-high frequency guardwall antenna, model 32602. The polarized active RFID patch antenna operates at 433MHz and is compliant with the ETS 300 019 standard and is particularly suited for applications such as vehicle yard […]

Digital Angel announced that its Destron Fearing unit has signed a contract extension with Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health to provide syringe and RFID microchip systems and readers. A partner since 1994, Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health markets Destron Fearing companion pet products under the HomeAgain brand. The terms of the contract were not disclosed, except that the extended […]