GAO RFID has announced the release of its “ultra-rugged” UHF EPC Class 1 Gen 2 RFID reader. The reader boasts a read range of 7 meters in open space and up to 11 meters in an indoor confined area and has successfully undergone drop testing from 1.5 meters on 6 sides. The reader also features […]

UK-based Ubisense has announced a new wireless deployment option for its Real Time Locating Systems (RTLS), allowing for greater ease in installation as well as reduced energy costs. With the WiFi upgrade, Ubisense sensors can now operate in a ‘wireless’ mode, where they only need a local power supply to communicate over standard WiFi networks […]

3M has announced the release of its Mini RFID Tracking Pad, a compact, low-profile reader about the size of a mouse pad. The Mini Pad comes with several features new to the 3MTracking Pad line, including user interface lights for a quick confirmation of a successful transaction or event. The device features USB interface, allowing […]

Designer Matt Brown has created a stylish new line of laser-cut RFID-enabled paper radios that, when placed on speakers outfitted with an RFID reader, can broadcast messages programmed into the RFID chip or changed the radio to a pre-determined station. Though the concept flirts with impracticality, Matt Brown hopes that the radios themselves will be […]

The Shanghai World Expo, opening May 1, 2010, will forgo traditional paper tickers in favor of “mobile phone tickets,” which event goers can purchased and carry via cell phones equipped with RFID enabled SIM cards provided by China Mobile. Shanghai will see some 70 million visitors during the World Expo period, many of whom are […]

The Universal Postal Union (UPU) has announced that it will upgrade its 21 country quality efficiency program with new RFID tags provided by Alien. The program involves placement of UHF RFID tags within thousands of test-delivery envelopes which are subsequently circulated throughout various post offices in the 21 participating countries, ranging from Mexico to Malaysia. […]

As part of a nationwide swine traceability system, the Canadian Pork Council has begun to distribute RFID enabled ear tags to Canada’s swine breeding herds. The Council hopes the traceability system will improve disease detection and help prevent outbreaks. The RFID tags will include a unique traceability number as well as room for a barn […]