In an effort to curtail the growing number of non-native reptiles in the wild, the state will require owners to implant low-frequency tags in their animals.
Although the provider of human-implantable RFID chips scaled back the size of its IPO, demand for the company's stock seemed fairly strong, with more than 2 million shares trading hands.
Because VeriChip's tag is easily copied, a technologist group claims it is a poor choice for authenticating the bearer's identity. But VeriChip says its tags should be combined with other authenticators.
Paxar offering Headstart RFID Compliance Kits; Ohio bill would ban employee-mandated RFID implants; Intelleflex secures $15.5 million in funding; Savi Networks Partnering With Embarcadero Systems Corp.