GuardRFID, provider of RFID-based technologies for real time tracking in the health care industry, announced that it has joined the DASH7 Alliance, a coalition of organizations promoting the advanced development of the ISO 18000-7 (DASH7) standard for wireless sensor networks. As a developer of active RFID technology and solutions for real time locating systems and […]

XERAFY, provider of EPC Gen2 RFID read-on-metal solutions, announced a strategic partnership with foreign material exclusion provider, Access Solutions LLC. From the partnership Access Solutions’ FME S.T.A.R.trac SM will integrate XERAFY’s EPC Gen2 RFID-on-metal ROM tags, enhancing accountability and maintenance methods by enabling power generation and aviation organizations to track objects with real-time visibility data […]

Gaming Partners International Corp. (GPI), a provider of RFID-enabled casino currency and table game equipment, announced that it has received purchase orders from the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas to supply gaming tables and casino chips. Set to open later this year, the Cosmopolitan will receive more than 460,000 gaming chips from two of GPI’s lines […]

Two chips on a card is nothing new, but three plus an optical stripe? By Autumn C. Giusti, Contributing Editor, AVISIAN Publications Sometimes the best way to improve on an idea is to incorporate the tried and true. That’s what Mountain View, Calif.-based LaserCard Corp. discovered with some of its deployments, combining its optical storage […]

HID Global announced it has extended its business to the North American market with RFID tags that support a range of applications and the appointment of David Chose to establish and manage a sales organization focused specifically on the U.S. and Canada. Chose, has more than 10 years of sales and system implementation experience in […]

SimplexGrinnell and GuardRFID have executed a distribution agreement that formally provides SimplexGrinnell access to GuardRFID’s products and solutions. This new relationship will allow SimplexGrinnell to expand offerings to its health care customers. It will enable them to offer features such as GuardRFID’s TotGaurd system, and the wander prevention and asset locating systems to more healthcare […]

GAO RFID has released a new 13.56MHz contactless disc tag designed for asset tracking, anti-counterfeiting applications, factory automation systems, item identification and security systems. The clear, thin tag features a max contactless read/write distance of 12 cm, is ISO 14443 compliant and comes equipped a 1k Mifare chip. The new tag, model 113415, also features […]