Orizin Technologies Pvt. Ltd., a Bangalore-based RFID hardware maker, has announced a New Year’s gift of sorts to prospective business partners. The Indian firm is offering an economically priced integrated RFID demo kit for solutions providers and resellers interested in a long-term business relationship with Orizin. The demo kit, with products from Orizin’s Dominion series, […]

WS Packaging Group Inc. and ASK, have formed ASK-intTag, a joint venture that will manufacture and market contactless cards and tickets for U.S. and Canadian markets. The new company will be the print silver-based inlays on paper, the composition of which is highly resistant to forgery. ASK-intTag will produce a range of products for markets […]

Dutch firm Ambient Systems has launched its Product Series 3000, billing the solution as a “third generation” RFID innovation. The new system offers three functions simultaneously: the ability to check a tagged item’s condition, track it through a series of fixed checkpoints and trace its progression through a system all in real time. The new […]

A partnership between two Benelux firms has produced a rectifier with plastic diodes for UHF RFID antennas. The two companies, Belgium’s IMEC and TNO from the Netherlands, worked under the auspices of the Holst Centre to produce the rectifier, which the team hails as the world’s first. The rectifier is a critical component of devices […]

MysticMD Inc. has been awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Science Foundation. The $98,622 grant will fund the development of a screen printable conductive ink for RFID antenna applications. MysticMd is an advanced materials company which develops nanocoatings and nanofilms used to improve the function of a variety […]

California-based RFID solutions provider Intelleflex has introduced a new personnel tag to its European product line. The BAT-7300-EU is designed for personnel tracking applications in a variety of settings, from offices to large commercial or industrial settings. The new tag offers a thin badge profile and a durable design, along with long-range operation with a […]

Australian technology and poker enthusiast Andrew Milner has brought a little bit of the World Poker Tour into his rec room, with the help of RFID. Milner spent three months and around $7000 (Australian) creating his own RFID-enabled poker table. The table is equipped with wireless RFID readers, and games are played with a deck […]