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.
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Alien Software Adds Context to Tag Reads
A free firmware upgrade will enable owners of Alien fixed readers to determine the direction, distance and speed of an EPC Gen 2 UHF passive tag.
Alien Adds Major Capabilities to Gen2 RFID Readers
Alien Technology introduced software that gives its readers the ability to determine the location, speed, and movement direction of RFID tags. The software also improves the ability to isolate individual tags in dense or fast-moving environments, which can improve airline baggage handling and other sortation applications.
RFID Is Now in Fashion
More apparel, footwear and accessory companies are getting serious about deploying RFID because early adopters have proven the business benefits, and because product improvements have made the technology easier to deploy.
Avery Dennison Ramps Up Its RFID R&D
The inlay manufacturer hired two new engineering execs to build strengths in RFID testing and application development.
GS1 Hong Kong Launches Online Track-and-Trace Platform
The organization says the ezTrack platform will enable the region’s firms to more easily adopt EPC RFID, and to use the technology to gain end-to-end supply chain visibility.
New Zealand’s National Cattle ID Project Gets $23 Million
The funding should help the National Animal Identification and Tracing project meet its goal of having all cattle and deer in the country RFID-tagged and registered by 2011.
Report Reveals RFID Performance on Different Surfaces
Comprehensive test results that show how Gen2 inlays perform when used in different common RFID tag materials are now available from the European EPC Competence Center (EECC). The tests revealed significant performance differences based on vendor, material, and geographic region.
RFID News Roundup
RFID adds extra security to hotel safes; Confidex introduces new UHF RFID label for returnable plastic containers; California RFID bill takes another legislative step; Brooks Automation launches mobile RFID reader; IDTronic unveils new rugged, lightweight handheld RFID terminal.
RFID Puts Montreal Transit on a New Route
Tracking city buses in real time improves service and increases ridership.
Cleaning Up With RFID
InterfaceFlor is embedding RFID tags in its carpet tiles to make them easy and cost-efficient to maintain—and to corner the commercial flooring market.
Profits in Motion
Through its three-stage RFID implementation, Airbus is gaining large-scale visibility into its business and production processes—and realizing jumbo savings.