Indonesia’s Special Forces Unit Adopts RFID
An RFID-enabled identity card enables soldiers to purchase items, and might soon be expanded to enable access to their medical history.
London Paper Issues RFID Card to Increase Reader Loyalty
The Evening Standard hopes its Eros card will boost newspaper sales.
Microsoft’s RFID Offering a “Watershed Moment”
Microsoft’s recently released BizTalk Server 2006 R2 includes an eagerly anticipated component that tightly integrates RFID functionality, marking a forceful foray into the RFID market by the software giant. While roughly a year overdue, BizTalk RFID does not disappoint, according to a number of sources familiar with the offering.
San Bernardino’s State-of-the-Art Library Incorporates RFID
While constructing its new facility, the San Bernardino County Library is integrating RFID into its circulation and security systems, including the anti-theft locking boxes used for DVDs.
NXP Boosts EPC Gen 2 Tag Memory, Performance
The semiconductor maker’s two new RFID chips require less power to operate and work across the entire UHF RFID frequency range, from 840 to 960 MHz. One chip offers 512 bits of user memory.
AT&T Debuts Managed RTLS for Health-Care Organizations
The service includes the installation, management, maintenance and hosting of an RFID-based real-time location system that companies can use to track assets, patients and staff.
Latest EPCglobal Networking Standard to Be Demonstrated at EPC Connection 2007
EPCglobal and leading technology providers will showcase EPCIS applications at the fourth annual EPCglobal North America conference and exhibition, to be held Oct. 2-4 in Chicago.
Wireless Sensor Adoption Expected to Grow Tenfold
According to a survey of industrial companies, 40 percent of respondents plan to deploy wireless solutions to monitor machine health.
Targeted Education in Canada
Valuable preconference seminars will be offered in conjunction with RFID Journal LIVE! Canada.
European RFID Reader Benchmark Report Available
This sponsored column from Sirit looks at the effectiveness of the Sirit INfinity 510 worldwide Gen 2 reader as determined by the ODIN technologies European RFID Reader Benchmark. Sirit will be offering a webinar on the same topic this Thursday, August 16. Attendees will receive a free copy of the ODIN reader benchmark report.