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RFID and Fingerprint Scanner Team Up for Olympic Security Hundreds of athletes, coaches and media representatives are sporting passive high-frequency RFID cards used to screen visitors to the German House.

Melbourne City Council Tracks Its Car Fleet The council estimates that once fully deployed and integrated with its employee ID system, the EPC Gen 2 RFID vehicle-tracking system will reduce labor by at least 40 staff hours per month, resulting in an annual financial savings of up to $40,000.

Retailers See RFID's Potential to Fight Shrinkage Store operators are beginning to explore new applications for radio frequency identification, including using it as a tool for preventing product theft—or for reducing its impact.

Turkish Retailer Uses Hybrid EAS-RFID Tags to Stop Theft, Improve Inventory Management LC Waikiki plans to roll out the system—which combines EPC Gen 2 RFID and acousto-magnetic electronic article surveillance technology—at 50 stores within the next six months.

Outdoor Clothing and Equipment Retailer Tests RFID-EAS Tags At one of Northland's stores in Graz, Austria, items are fitted with EPC Gen 2 tags that allow the company not only to manage its inventory but also to know if goods are leaving the store without being purchased.

RFID Helps Car Wash Customers Cruise Through Lines In Bakersfield, Calif., Cruz Thru Express uses RFID system in its stores to recognize prepaid members and provide automatic washes.

Researchers Work on Using RFID to Calculate an Item's Carbon Footprint The Bits to Energy Lab has developed a prototype system utilizing data collected via RFID to calculate an individual item's carbon footprint and display it on an RFID-enabled mobile phone.

At William Ashley, RFID Name Tags Improve Service The Canadian retailer is using Ubisense's real-time location system to speed the process of bringing the goods to customers, and of summoning sales help.

Precyse Technologies' RFID System Uses Beacons to Extend Reach The company's iLocate technology enables companies to track assets in remote sites, by deploying multiple beacons that allow an RFID reader to communicate with battery-powered tags thousands of feet away.

Consumer Jitters Aside, U.K. Merchants Ready for Contactless Payments Surveys find that U.K. retailers may lead the European Union in planning deployments of RFID-enabled payment technology, despite consumer fears regarding contactless payments.