Maxim intros new RFID key fobs, cards; Intelligent InSites to integrate Proxense’s RFID technology; Albis Technologies rolls out TrainTracer deployments; Omnitrol announces new middleware version with Google’s JavaScript V8; Arcontia unveils new smart-card controller board.
The consumer goods manufacturer is using a solution that includes EPC tags and readers to track the arrival, loading and departure of trucks transporting the company’s goods throughout Colombia.
The company plans to RFID-enable its Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s stores in 2012, and will tag garments most often replenished—accounting for about 30 percent of the retailer’s sales.
After testing the use of EPC Gen 2 passive RFID tags to track tools as they enter and leave containers and vehicles, the central Norwegian construction company is installing the solution across its entire operations.
Technology from iTrack and Time Domain will enable a theater operator to track a 60-foot ship and other properties, to ensure that no prop moves off course or collides with other objects.
Government’s role is to keep the playing field level for business, and to provide support where appropriate.
The nation’s transport agency has deployed Identec Solutions’ RFID tags in conjunction with sensors, to ensure that workers are not exposed to excessive levels of toxic gases
NFC-enabled phones will offer consumers the opportunity to enhance their privacy by empowering them with their own secure ID devices.
The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine will use RFID technology to monitor volunteers’ hand-washing and other health-related behaviors.
Dundee Precious Metals tracks safety with Wi-Fi RFID; Zebra Technologies, IBS team up on RFID-enabled safety and logistics planning; TagMaster announces major port installation in the Persian Gulf; Omni-ID secures $8 million in additional funding and announces new CEO, partner; Google Wallet rollouts begin.
The space agency is using active RFID sensor tags to transmit data to a reader and a PC, where the information can be reviewed in order to determine the sound and vibration levels generated by a rocket launch.
Groupe Casino has teamed with the Institut de la Vision to try out an NFC-based solution from Think&Go so that customers with vision impairments can access data about the products they are considering purchasing.