Executive Editor Chris Corum discusses a number of easy do-it-yourself NFC applications, the current state of handsets and tags, and the NFC Innovation Award winners with Innovision’s Julia Charnock. Download MP3. Please contact [email protected] with any comments or suggestions. Click to view older podcasts.   

RFID industry movers AeroScout, Inc., which makes unified asset-visibility products, and Reva Systems, an RFID network infrastructure provider, today announced a partnership to deliver a combined “Active RFID and Passive RFID solution” for enterprises. Through the partnership, Reva Systems provides a “gateway” for passive RFID data to AeroScout’s new MobileView 4.0 application. This, in turn, […]

Singapore’s S. Iswaran, Minister for Trade, announced the launch of the new National RFID Innovation Platform, a multi-agency initiative to encourage the public and private sectors in Singapore to embark on innovative projects using RFID as a key enabling technology. To spur RFID adoption further, Mr. Iswaran announced that a sum of US$4.5 million has […]

If the groundhog sees his shadow, there’s hope for Spring in six weeks. Likewise, if the transition into using the new border passes continues to roll along somoothly, come Springtime, using the RFID-infused U.S. Passports will be a breeze. Thousands of motorists had to present proof of citizenship Thursday for land-based border crossings. And NPR […]

It’s quite possible 18 million recreational boaters may need to register and place RFID tags on their vessels in the name of national security. Washington Technology reports a stakeholders group convened by the Homeland Security Department proposed these new identification and security schemes in a report presented during the DHS National Small Vessel Security Summit. […]

Advanced ID Corporation, a leading developer of RFID technology for livestock tracking, pet recovery and supply chain applications focusing on the tire management industry, today announced that together with Patch Rubber Company it has launched the industry’s first “Guaranteed Life of Tire” program. Advanced ID Launches “Guaranteed Life of Tire” and Fastcheck Programs at Major […]

The California State Senate voted to make it a crime to skim information stored on RFID tags, InformationWeek reports. The Senate voted 36 to 3 to pass the bill, introduced by State Sen. Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto). The bill, SB 31, goes to the California State Assembly.