Disney has just released the new Mickey’s Mouse-ke-TAG play set ($24.95) featuring RFID-enabled plastic figurines of Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy. RFID microchips embedded in the figurines interact with a reader installed in the gang’s hand held clubhouse, allowing children to play “tag” with their favorite Disney characters. In a game of […]

VentureAxis and RFID n Print Pty. Ltd are joining forces to form Talisman, a new business focused on providing RFID-enabled solutions for secure access and sales promotions to amusement parks and attractions worldwide. Talisman’s system will use RFID-enabled wristbands to grant guests entrance to the park. The bands will feature detachable coupons that users can […]

The International Air Transport Association (IATA), a global organization of 230 airlines, has chosen three RFID tag providers that meet the operational requirements of an airline baggage tagging proposal. The three tag providers are UPM Raflatac, Alien Technology and Avery Dennison. IATA put each tag through processes typical to the airline industry including baggage sorting, […]

Motorola has announced that it will embed RFID tags in all future handheld computer models. The passive UHF RFID tags, which will be implanted in the computers’ handles, will enable a company to track each device’s location in storage rooms and distribution centers, ensuring that none go missing. The first hand held computers under the […]

RFID manufacturer SMARTRAC N.V. has won a one-year contract to supply 30 million RFID labels to a large system integrator. Due to an arrangement of confidentiality, the name of the contractor and the specific details of the contract are undisclosed. Based in Amsterdam, SMARTRAC produces RFID products for library and media management, public transportation, access […]

Rhode Island Governor Donald Carcieri has recently vetoed a bill that would have banned tracking public school students by tagging their backpacks with RFID chips. In defense of his veto Governor Carcieri offered that the tags could help save lives in events such as natural disasters and terrorist attacks. They could even be useful for […]

Trapeze Networks added new wireless condition monitoring capabilities for its ActiveAsset asset tracking and management application. In addition to tracking and managing medical equipment, personnel and patients, ActiveAsset can now monitor temperature fluctuations of medical refrigeration and freezer units. The addition uses Newbury Wi-Fi asset tags to automatically measure temperatures of perishable items and other […]