By David C. Wyld, Southeastern Louisiana University The “five finger discount” has become an all-too accepted part of the American lexicon. In recent years, we’ve seen celebrities, politicians, sports stars caught in the act of shoplifting items of little real value, but with embarrassing and grainy store surveillance footage showing-up on the cable networks and […]

Visonic Technologies (VT), an Israel-based provider of active RFID and RTLS solutions for safety and security applications, has announced the launch of its Elpas 2 system. Elpas 2 offers a fixed infrastructure topology, providing connectivity over wired or wireless networks to enable enterprise-wide detection and processing of RF and IR signals. The Elpas 2 system […]

FleetMind Solutions Inc., a provider of fleet management systems, has announced plans to integrate technology from RFID hardware provider Alien Technology into its products. The new RFID-enabled solution from FleetMind will offer real-time and fully automated service verification for waste and recycling firms. The new solution will enable users to have immediate visibility of customer […]

A new global consortium has been organized to promote the use of RFID and other Auto-ID technologies in the construction industry. The RFID in Construction Consortium plans to offer educational programs which will assist construction firms in choosing the right RFID solutions to streamline and improve their business operations, with an eye toward cost savings […]

As part of a government effort to protect endangered species, three Manchurian tigers at the King Palace Zoo in China’s central Henan province recently received RFID implants. Each tag is encoded with the tiger’s vital statistics, including name, age, gender, species, birth place, blood type and DNA information, to assist in the tracking and care […]

China-based RFID hardware provider Daily RFID has announced the availability of a new 13.56MHz multi-tag RFID reader. The DL810 was custom-designed for use in library applications, and offers several features to simply the check-in and check-out processes of library items The DL810 uses an advanced anti-collision algorithm, enabling stacks of library items to be scanned […]

Hi-G-Tek, a provider of RFID tracking solutions, was selected as a winner of the American Security Challenge, an honor accompanied by a $2 million prize from a venture capital firm. The competition is open to small technology companies with products that may offer solutions to homeland security issues. The American Security Challenge is administered by […]