26 Apr, 2012Ottawa Bluesfest adopts RFID cashless payment and access control technology
The RBC Royal Bank Bluesfest, an annual outdoor music festival that takes place each July in downtown Ottawa, Canada, is adopting RFID technology to innovate with access control and cashless payment systems. More than a quarter-of-a-million music fans will be able to use their RFID “Bluesband” wristband to pay for food, drink and other goods […]
25 Apr, 2012HID Global embeds chips with a surface area less than 0.3 mm square
HID Global has developed a new a manufacturing process that enables use of some of the world’s smallest integrated low-frequency (LF) chips ever produced for contactless ID applications. The company’s direct bonding technology can mount an antenna to a micro-sized chip surface less than 0.3 millimeters square – smaller then the pinpoint of a needle. […]
23 Apr, 2012Buffalo libraries deploy RFID self-checkout system
The Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, New York has started using a self-checkout system that makes use of RFID technology, according to a local news report. In the past, if patrons wanted to check out a book or CD, they had to wait for a librarian to do it for them. With the RFID […]
20 Apr, 2012India deploys RFID-based toll plaza at Chandimandir
India recently opened its first RFID-based electronic toll collection (ETC) plaza at Chandimandir in Haryana’s Panchkula district. The technology enables road users to make toll payments without stopping at the plaza and, in turn, reduce traffic congestion and commuting time. With the new electronic system, toll statements can also be obtained online so that users […]
17 Apr, 2012HID receives additional Green Card order
HID Global has received a follow-on order for the manufacture and supply of U.S. government Permanent Resident Cards, also known as “Green Cards,” issued to all legal foreign residents of the United States under the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) border security program. More than three million multi-technology HID Global eID cards have been […]
17 Apr, 2012RFID expected to reach $70 billion over the next five years
A new study reveals the market for RFID transponders, readers, software and services will generate more than $70.5 billion from 2012 to the end of 2017. The latest study from ABI Research, “RFID Market by Application and Vertical Sector,” provides an overview and summary of the impact that the latest product launches, new entrants and […]
16 Apr, 2012RFID tracks historic collection at University of Alabama
Silent Partner Technologies (SPT) has been selected by the University of Alabama to provide an RFID asset tracking system to protect the university’s historic costume collection. The University of Alabama collection includes nearly 9,000 items of clothing, dolls and doll furnishings. It includes thousands of special occasion garments and military uniforms, some of which were […]
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