The Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center, a health care institution affiliated with the University of South Carolina Medical School and several other colleges in the South Carolina region, has announced the deployment of RFID solutions in its operating room facilities. The solutions, used for tracking high value equipment and supplies, integrate Mercury5 UHF RFID […]

Element ID Inc., a designer of RFID readers and specialty automation systems, has introduced two new RFID readers. The HF1 and HF1-B readers are designed to monitor item level data in automated systems, and offer multiple modes of operation to enable configuration to meet an array of application requirements. The readers, which do not require […]

Austria’s RF-iT Solutions, a provider of RFID-enabled software and services, has launched version 3.4 of its RFID/AutoID middleware solution You-R Open. This version of the scalable software platform, which is most commonly used in the textile, pharmaceutical, and automotive industries, offers several enhancements to make it more user-friendly. Version 3.4 of You-R Open supports Microsoft […]

The French technology and lifestyle magazine Amusement is offering an RFID-enabled bonus for purchasers of its latest issue. Each copy of the new issue, Amusement’s fourth, has an RFID tag embedded in a page which can be scanned to access exclusive online content. Amusement’s RFID enhancement is the result of a collaboration between tech company […]

Queralt LLC, a Connecticut-based provider of RFID-enabled commercial applications, has received a Small Business Innovation Research Grant through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The grant is based on an innovative RFID-based system Queralt has developed which integrates elements of behavioral learning, enabling the system to “learn” a tracked asset or person’s habits over […]

For the second year, L.A. Marathon officials will deploy an RFID solution to track the running times of its competitors. More than 20,000 competitors at this year’s marathon, scheduled for May 25, will be issued RFID-enabled timing tags to be attached to their shoes. The time-tracking solution is provided by ChronoTrack Systems Inc. The company’s […]

RFID solutions developer Impinj has announced the release of its packaged Monza 3 chips. The chips offer durability in harsh industrial applications and environments; the design of packaged chips enable a highly reliable soldered antenna connection that provide long performance lives. The packaged Monza 3 chips are designed to fit well in electronics industry applications. […]