Unisys Corp. has won a task order worth as much as $62.2 million over five years from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency to deploy readers and other technologies to support the use of RFID tags on new identification cards at the U.S. borders, Washington Technology reports. Unisys of Blue Bell, Pa., will install […]

RFID provider Vue Technology this week announced that New Balance, the global athletic company, has successfully implemented an item-level RFID solution to track footwear from the distribution center to the corporate factory store. Using Vue Technology’s TrueVUE Platform combined with tags from Avery Dennison Retail Information Services, and handheld and fixed RFID readers and antennas […]

Hong Kong International Airport is being called the world’s airport to fully utilize RFID, China’s CCTV International reports. To date, the technology helps ensure the efficient flow of passengers and cargo. Just check out the pictures!   

We’re hearing reports from RFID Update that Sam’s Club suppliers may face RFID fines from Wal-Mart. Apparently, Sam’s Club sent some suppliers a letter dated January 7, 2008, requiring EPC RFID tags be applied to distribution center shipments by January 31, 2008, RFID Update confirmed from multiple sources. The letter also outlines fines ranging from […]

Digital Angel, majority owner of well-known RFID chip maker VeriChip Corp., has acquired a new company that’ll help it boost its livestock contracts. Geissler Technologies Corporation, a developer of next-generation electronic ID and imaging technology for animals, will be incorporated into Digital Angel’s existing animal-applications business. “Our acquisition of Geissler Technologies and its innovative portfolio […]

RFID4U, the education hub behind a slew of RFID 101-like courses, announced it is expanding its offerings through 2008. The company is offering more self-paced e-Learning RFID courses, including one based on its signature “classroom” CompTIA RFID certification program. Bigger companies (with more people to train) can opt for vendor-based RFID product lessons. RFID4U Introduces […]

Calling it “unprecidented,” Intermec today announced it’s new IP30 add-on RFID reader: a cost-effective, compact, globally-certified solution for adding mobile RFID read/write capability to the latest generation of Intermec mobile computers including the CN3, CN3e, CK61, and upcoming CK61ex. According to a press release, Intermec’s IP30 provides “the most versatile handheld RFID system available today” […]