NFC Forum teams with Integri to develop test tools; Metalcraft unveils destructible RFID windshield tag; TagMaster intros cloning functionality for easier reader installations; Sirit announces new AVI reader, renews contract with California toll authority; Fujitsu unveils UHF tags for roll cages, document management; Australia’s Riverina Regional Library adopts RFID.
RFID Journal announced today that it has purchased RFID Update, a popular Web site and daily e-mail newsletter devoted to radio frequency identification.
An ABI Research study finds the garment industry’s purchasing of item-level RFID solutions will triple in the next five years, with footwear lagging behind.
With Bluetooth speakers serving as active RFID tags, the application notifies users when their suitcases arrive at an airport’s baggage-claim area.
After years of studies, trials and pilots, many European companies and organizations have determined how and where to best deploy RFID. Now, from Belgium to Finland, Germany, Switzerland, Portugal and the United Kingdom, they’re putting the technology to work in a myriad of industries to solve real-world problems.
RFID-skilled individuals and their employers need to take proactive steps to keep the industry’s most accomplished professionals in the talent pool.
After developing an RFID-enabled cane, Central Michigan University students hope to use what they’ve learned to create a robot that can read EPC Gen 2 tags to guide the blind.
According to the company, the new tags offer increased durability and read range—up to 35 meters.
The global economy appears to have turned the corner, but no one expects sales to pick up quickly, so companies need to focus on cutting costs and enhancing efficiencies.
Southeastern University researchers developed a system that uses RFID-tagged toys to teach American Sign Language to deaf preschoolers.
The TagAge Web site, created by Hansaprint and UPM Raflatac, lets businesses and consumers design and order their own printed and encoded NFC-enabled labels, cards and posters.
CSL unveils UHF interrogator with integrated antenna; NFC mobile payments forecast to exceed $30 billion by 2012; Inside Contactless, ConnecThings partner to develop NFC platform; FileTrail awarded GSA contract for RFID file-tracking systems; Sumikin Bussan to distribute Impinj RFID products in Japan; AgoraBee adds active RFID tags to its portfolio.