The Vermont State Department of Motor Vehicles has had to recall the more than 4,000 enhanced driver licenses that were developed to assist in Identification when crossing over the Canadian/American border, according to a Daily Mail article. The problem, which reportedly did not create any large delays for travelers, was noticed when border agents were […]

In an effort to lower logistics costs, Thailand’s National Innovation Agency (NIA) has released a report advocating nation-wide adoption of RFID logistics tracking systems for managing transportation and the shrimp industry. For monitoring metropolitan transportation, the NIA has singled out B-Move, an RFID system co-developed by Southeast Asia Technology and Burapha University’s Logistics Department. Under […]

AeroScout announced that York Hospital in Pennsylvania has implemented AeroScout’s Wi-Fi-based RFID asset tracking solution in emergency, biomedical engineering and transportation departments. The solution deployed at York Hospital, a 580-bed WellSpan community teaching hospital, consists of AeroScout’s MobileView software and Wi-Fi tags. These tags are attached to mobile hospital assets, including gurneys, infusion pumps, feeding […]

The Southern Sydney Regional Organization of Councils (SSROC) is working to outfit eight libraries in New South Wales, Australia with RFID tracking systems, a move that would require the purchase of 1.5 million tags. The SSROC believes that implementing an RFID system complete with security gates at entrances and exits will significantly reduce incidences of […]

VIP’s at Microsoft’s Advertising Week in New York City are being issued special RFID bracelets that allow Microsoft to trace their steps and see what’s generating the most interest at the conference. Throughout the event area Microsoft has set up RFID sensitive kiosks that record who is visiting what station and how frequently. Microsoft uses […]

The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) has selected TransCore to implement an electronic RFID-based payment system for use in Interstate 15 Express Lanes. TransCore’s system will use Encompass 6 multiprotocol RFID readers and new RFID-based eZGo Anywhere HOT/HOV transponders. The contract is valued at approximately $16 million, which includes a 9-year maintenance option. Installation is […]

Fresh on the heels of St. Mary’s Medical Center, the KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) in Singapore has begun tagging swabs and gauzes with RFID microchips to ensure that none are left inside a patient post-surgery. Under the system, all dressings brought into surgery are affixed with RFID tags. Before sewing a patient up, […]