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Library to Deploy Ultra-Long-Life RFID Tags for Historical Collection To manage its rare legal documents, the Max Planck Institute for European History of Law plans to use tags promising a 40-year lifespan.

Art Dealer Finds Beauty in RFID Tracking System The French Art Network is employing active RFID tags to track its art inventory in near-real time, while also deterring internal theft.

RFID Journal Launches New Online Buyer's Guide to RFID Resources New Buyer's Guide enhanced listings and a Request for Quote tool will enable readers to quickly contact vendors.

RFID Helps Endwave Track Work-in-Progress The company is utilizing EPC Gen 2 tags to monitor the production of communications hardware for the aerospace and defense sectors.

Checkpoint Systems Acquires RFID Software Company OATSystems The deal is designed to make Checkpoint a one-stop shop for retailers that want to use radio frequency identification to prevent theft and reduce stock-outs.

RFID Improves Safety, Efficiency of Brisbane Tunnel Construction As workers bore twin 4.8-kilometer tunnels, a system of active tags and readers allows the project's contractor to know the location of each its 1,700 employees, as well as its construction vehicles.

Omron Adds Secure RFID Protocol to EPC Gen 2 Reader The company says the interrogator is the first on the market to include support for the data-protecting protocol, developed in Japan and expected to be available on tags made with Hitachi's µ-chip Hibiki.

Aspen Signs With Skidata, RTP for Integrated RFID/POS System The operator of four Colorado ski resorts will install RFID-enabled chairlift access gates linked to a new point-of-sale system in time for its 2008-09 ski season.

Alta Opts for RFID Lift Tickets The ski area finds the RFID-based system for lift tickets and chairlift access gates requires fewer employees to operate—and its customers enjoy the convenience.

RFID Device Lets Patients Administer Their Own Pain Meds A clinical trial at the Halifax Health Medical Center shows the device helps patients better control pain, while also saving nurses time.