Checkpoint Systems Inc., a New Jersey-based provider of security and tracking devices for the retail sector, announced Monday that it will purchase RFID software maker OatSystems. The two companies did not disclose the financial terms of the deal, beyond that it is an all-cash transaction which is expected to be closed within the next two […]

Released in early June, the Homeland Security Presidential Directive 24 (HSPD-24) mandates that U.S. government agencies use a standardized approach in the “collection, storage, use, analysis, and sharing of biometric and associated biographic and contextual information of individuals.” The stated goal is to better enable cross-agency sharing of biometric data to identify known and suspected […]

Destron Fearing, a unit of Digital Angel, an advanced technology company in the field of animal identification and emergency identification solutions, has been awarded $885,000 in contracts with the Portland, OR-based Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), a federal agency under the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the National Marine Fisheries Service and the U.S. Army Corps […]

NXP Semiconductors announced that the Max Planck Institute for European History of Law Library has chosen the Longlife RFID labels from Bibliotheca RFID Library Systems. The new system is based on the ICODE SLI-SY chip. This latest ICODE product offers a 40-year data lifespan to produce a solution that offers long-term data integrity. The German […]

Merial revealed a combination RFID tag and tissue collection device for use with the IGENITY profile for cattle ranchers. Producers can now collect a tissue sample needed for the comprehensive IGENITY profile and apply an RFID tag in one simple and efficient step. RFID tags are becoming an essential, and in some states a mandatory, […]

IPICO Inc. and McMaster RFID Applications Laboratory have been awarded a $1.2 million (Canadian dollars) grant to create an RFID system that would capture and analyze data related to traffic use and capacity, without a corresponding increase in investment in road infrastructure. The technology also could be used to help manage traffic, reducing road delays […]

AAID Security Solutions, an manufacturer and distributor of Ultra Long Range RFID Readers, Tags, Accessories and announced a partnership with Merlin 360 in the UK as a distributor for its Ultrasonic real time location services tags, readers and software for North and South America. Merlin 360 provides electronic personnel security, asset tracking, monitoring and control […]