Rhode Island Governor Donald Carcieri has vetoed a bill banning the use of RFID to track students in his states’ schools, according to School Bus Transportation News. He said decisions to use the technology should be left to school districts and parents. The bill was inspired by a pilot program at the Middletown Public School […]

Industry association AIM Global has named Clive Hohberger as its new chairman of the board of directors. Hohberger was vice president of technology development for Zebra Technologies Corp. Hohberger is a charter member of the AIDC 100 industry honorary society and winner of the 1999 AIM Global Richard E. Dilling Award for lifetime contribution to […]

Intermec Inc. has announced it will create an “easy scan” ski pass system for several ski resorts owned by Vail Resorts. The system will use RFID technology to give skiers and snowboarders holding 2008-2009 season passes the option to keep their passes inside their jacket and be automatically scanned by a Vail Resorts employee in […]

RFID provider Sirit Inc. has signed a strategic supply agreement with 3M’s Brazilian subsidiary for Sirit’s RFID reader and tag technology to support transportation-related projects in the Brazilian market. The agreement builds upon the Global Cooperative Marketing Agreement signed earlier this year between 3M’s Traffic Safety Systems Division and Sirit. 3M Brazil is a leading […]

The Regional Transport Authority of Hyderabad, India, has announced plans to monitor its driving test tracks with an RFID-enabled system designed to automate testing for driver licenses. The new system will be tested in a pilot program at one of the RTA’s three test tracks. The Nagole track will be equipped with a set of […]

Europe-based Sokymat Automotive has launched two new additions to its line of industrial application RFID tags. The new Slim Tag is intended to enable warehouse logistic management, and the Waste Bin Tag is, as the name suggests, aimed at waste management applications. The Slim Tag is designed for managing logistics in large warehouse environments, including […]

Fishery researchers in Thailand plan to adopt an RFID-enabled system to track the broodstock – the fish kept isolated for breeding purposes – of several fish species key to the country’s export business. With the system, researchers can track the development of the broodstock and supervise crossbreeding programs to improve the species. Researchers at the […]