The Nox system integrates RFID readers with surveillance cameras to automatically create video records when monitored items are moved. The system was originally developed for the FBI and is now available commercially.
Lockheed Martin asked suppliers to its Joint Strike Fighter aircraft program to apply RFID labels to shipments by the end of 2008 and suggested RFID tagging requirements could be expanded to other suppliers. The Joint Strike Fighter features cutting-edge stealth and avionics technologies that also features innovation in the procurement process.
A company named eProvenance is employing a combination of semi-active and passive RFID tags, as well as specialized ink, to track and authenticate bottles “from château to consumer.”
To help avert errors, the system uses EPC Gen 2 tags to not only identify patients and bags of blood, but also the staff members who draw samples and administer transfusions.
RFID chip and reader manufacturer Impinj today announced version 3 of Monza, the RFID chip that powers the majority of Gen2 tags deployed in the market today. RFID Update spoke with Dimitri Desmons, Impinj’s vice president of RFID marketing, about the new product and its enhanced performance.
The new Monza 3, the chipmaker says, offers a read range as much as 40 percent longer than that of other EPC Gen 2 RFID chips.
The new law makes it a felony to scan an RFID tag belonging to another person without that individual’s consent, and use that data for an illegal purpose. The bill’s sponsor plans to introduce additional RFID legislation.
Research firm IDTechEx has published highlights from the annual IDTechEx RFID Smart Labels USA conference held last month in Boston. This article recaps.
Using electronic seals from Mikoh, the company is selling models that can be sealed with RFID closures—as well as RFID retrofitting kits for previously purchased cases.
A new law in the State of Washington makes it a felony to skim personal information encoded in RFID tags. The law applies to Washington’s new RFID-enabled Enhanced Driver Licenses, federal PASS Cards used in the state, and also to access control cards, loyalty cards, and any other RFID card or document that holds personal information.