Rfidium, a joint effort of WaveZero and Mu-Gahat Enterprises, has launched a custom RFID antenna inlay design and production service. The new service offers the ability to test individual tag variations to ensure that a theoretical design performs as planned in a real-world environment. The company’s in-house staff of design engineers works with customers to […]

The 16th-century Bansho-ji temple in Nagouya, Japan, has created a 21-century system to help parishioners honor their dead. A new high-tech vault in the temple uses an RFID-enabled system helps relatives locate their loved one’s cremated remains. When a relative visits the “Crystal Hall” on the third floor of the temple, they will scan an […]

RedPrarie has announced the release of its E2e Supply Chain Execution suite, which incorporates both RFID and automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) technologies in hopes of simplifying and unifying the supply chain process. For the new release, RedPrairie has integrated the asset management capabilities of its stand-alone mobile resource management application into its E2e […]

While the U.S. State Department and Washington States are already issuing the Passport card, some Canadian provinces are getting ready to issue the new ID cards as well, according to a report from the Regina Leader-Post. Resident of Saskatchewan will be able to apply for new Passport cards and enhanced driver licenses next April, just […]

Wavelink Corporation and Datalogic Mobile have announced a strategic alliance. The partnership brings together leading companies in the hardware and software sectors of the mobile device industry with the goal of creating new cost-effective solutions for mobile device users. Datalogic Mobile is part of Datalogic, a manufacturer of bar code readers, data collection mobile computers […]

The programming for the RFID Europe 2008 will offer insight into a number of big RFID projects from the industry players responsible for them, as well as some major breakthrough announcements. Insiders will speak about the London Oyster card project, the National Health Service’s various tracking projects, major textile and apparel solutions and retail efforts […]

Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS) has created a new interactive tool to promote its pool of all-plastic pallets with embedded RFID tags. The new calculator, on iGPS’s Web site, enables companies to predict the reduction in fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions resulting from a switch to all-plastic pallets from typical multi-use wood pallets. The […]