MIKOH Corporation has announced the completion of an order from an unnamed U.S. government agency for the company’s SecureContainer closure devices designed for ruggedized cases produced by Pelican Products Inc. The order is the company’s second from the anonymous government agency. The initial order was announced in July of 2007, for a trial shipment of […]

During the Al-Nafrah stage of the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, huge volumes of pilgrims must be transported to a series of holy sites. A shuttle bus system, using buses from 13 different transit companies and driven by seasonal employees, handles the transportation. Organizers are looking to an RFID system to help manage the […]

California-based Kovio Inc. has unveiled a silicon ink-based RFID tag and an accompanying RFID platform. The first products based on the patented technology are printed silicon HF integrated circuits (PICs) with 128 bits of printed read-only memory, which will serve as the foundation for a low-cost HF RFID tag family. Kovio’s new product was announced […]

ClearCount Medical Solutions, producers of patient safety applications for operating rooms and other health care situations, has completed a round of Series A financing worth $4.1 million. The cash influx will allow ClearCount to expand sales and marketing efforts for its current product line, as well as funding further research and development. ClearCount’s flagship product […]

Advanced ID, a provider of RFID solutions in supply chain management and livestock and pet tracking, predicts its acquisition of a Chinese RFID producer will lead to previously unexpected revenues in the fourth quarter this year. Advanced ID recently acquired Shenzhen DDCT Technology Co. Ltd in China. The Chinese developer of RFID readers and modules […]

India-based Essen unveiled a new integrated RFID antenna-reader that brings along its own power supply, the Xtenna packs an antenna, reader and a power supply into one package. Essen touts the new device’s usefulness in isolated locations and over long distances, since it uses Power-over-Ethernet for transmission and converts sensitive analog RF signals to digital […]

Reacting to recent reports that RFID technology can cause potentially dangerous interference in medical settings, technology industry association AIM Global has announced a new initiative to create test protocols. The association hopes to create a format to help health care providers determine what effects various RFID devices could have on other equipment and establish a […]