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South Dakota Senator Seeks to Block RFID Tagging Rule

South Dakota Senator Seeks to Block RFID Tagging Rule

  USDA announced new regulations for cattle tagging that requires an electronic (EID) ear tag. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) calls proposed RFID mandate a “federal government overreach” U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) recently introduced legislation to prevent the federal...

IoT Sniffs for Smoke to Prevent Wildfires

IoT Sniffs for Smoke to Prevent Wildfires

  Dryad’s fire detection system now leverages HF RFID chips to enable shippers to set the LoRa frequency on the device according to where the device is used. The sensors are now in place across North America, Europe, Asia and South America to detect smoke before...

RFID Helps Laundry Serve London’s Five Star Hotels

RFID Helps Laundry Serve London’s Five Star Hotels

  The HID Global Acuity solution enables Royal Jersey Laundry to better manage the thousands of fine linens that must be segregated, cleaned, pressed and returned to area hotels. With RFID readers at the laundry itself and in some hotels; the full supply chain of...

Fast Growing Tageos Opens U.S. RFID Production

Fast Growing Tageos Opens U.S. RFID Production

The new production facility is located in Fletcher, N.C. By the end of 2024, the facility will have the capability to produce more than four billion units per year Set in an industrial park in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, Tageos’ newly opened RFID plant...

MasterCard Settles NFC Lawsuit with Payvox

MasterCard Settles NFC Lawsuit with Payvox

  Details of the agreement were not disclosed MasterCard was one of eight companies sued by Payvox Payvox has reached an agreement in one of their lawsuits over patent infringement related to their use of NFC technology. According to a filing on May 10, “the...