SecureRF Corporation has announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has extended its grant funding research to develop secure RFID tags for the pharmaceutical industry. The NSF Small Business Innovation Research grant has funded research by SecureRF to create security protocols for UHF passive tags that will protect prescription drugs. The company is partnering with […]

The Jones Apparel Group has announced the launch of a pilot program testing the use of item-level RFID tracking in a number of its Nine West retail stores. The test will evaluate the benefits item-level tracking brings to the shoe retailer in the areas of enhanced productivity, customer service and inventory accuracy. The company has […]

Kiland Business Management Systems, a software developer, has selected AAID Security Solutions, a manufacturer and distributor of long-range RFID products, to provide them with AAID’s Ultra Long Range Radio Frequency Identification tags and readers for creating real-time inventory awareness and identifying assets. Once implemented, the RFID tagged inventory will be detected by the passive readers […]

AIM Global, a trade association and authority on automatic identification and mobility, has announced the availability of new guidelines for verification and qualification of design for RFID chips and transponders in tires. The guidelines were put together by the RFID Experts Group and are expected to help the entire industry in developing new RFID technology […]

ThingMagic, a developer of RFID technologies, has announced a variety of different RFID kits available for purchase from their Web site. The kits, called M5e-Compact, Mercury5e, and Mercury4, are designed to meet the non-traditional RFID needs of customers in a low-cost and user-friendly solution. Each kit consists of RFID reader software and hardware for testing […]

Bluehill ID AG, a Swiss-based company specializing in RFID and other automatic identification technologies, has announced the successful completion of its acquisitions of Multicard AG and TagStar Systems GmbH. Multicard, also based in Switzerland, is an ID technology focusing on the programming and issuance of ID cards. In early 2008, Multicard completed its own acquisition […]

DAILY RFID has announced the launch of their new RFID Jewelry Tag, designed to enable automatic jewelry tracking in retail, wholesale, or secured storage applications. The new tags enable entire trays of tagged jewelry to be simultaneously scanned into an RFID-enabled system, eliminating the need for individual scanning and increasing staff efficiency. The tags are […]