Xerafy introduced the Pico Plus series of passive ultra-high frequency RFID tags designed for asset tracking and inventory management the in the IT, industrial, and supply chain markets. The new series includes the PicoX II Plus, Pico-iN Plus and Pico-On Plus. The PicoX II Plus and its case-less version, Pico-On Plus, are on-metal tags that […]

Inteligistics has chosen Digi International and the Digi Wireless Gateways, XBee ZigBee Modules and iDigi Device Cloud to wirelessly enable its asset tracking system. The system will be used by the U.S. Navy to track the contents of tens of thousands of shipping containers across the world as well as by the global logistics industry. […]

UPM RFID has been ranked at the top spot of ABI Research’s latest Vendor Matrix, receiving the highest ratings in both innovation and implementation. Avery Dennison took second place, while Alien Technology placed third. Smartrac Technology Ltd and LS Industrial Systems (LSIS) rounded out the top five. ABI’s Vendor Matrix is an analytical tool designed […]

Part of a research project by the School of Agriculture at Newcastle University in the UK is employing RFID technology to study changes in animal feeding behavior which may indicate the early signs of disease. The tracking system uses RFID chips fitted into the ear tag of each animal and short-range antenna mounted to their […]

Cubic Global Tracking Solutions is providing the U.S. Army with its new wireless mesh network technology to enhance logistics operations and asset visibility for military equipment being taken out of Iraq. As part of the Army Mobility Asset Tracking System (AMATS), Cubic delivered 2,000 mesh network asset tags at Camp Arifjan Wash Rack, located near […]

Zebra Technologies has chosen QNX Software Systems and its QNX Neutrino Realtime Operating System as the standard software platform for Zebra’s portfolio of prints. The first Zebra product line set to feature the QNX Neutrino RTOS is the new QLn mobile print series designed for the retail and health care industries. It features a variety […]

Ascendent ID unveiled its RFID-based material tracking system for the mining industry, designed to automate previously labor intensive and error prone transactions. Trucks carrying ore and other mining materials are equipped with long-range, rewritable RFID tags. Information such as the date, time, product, loaders number and site location are all automatically written to the tag […]