RFID solutions provider TAGSYS today announced two deployments in the apparel and retailing space. The first is for Portuguese fashion house Throttleman, the second for jeans giant Levi Strauss. The deployments bode well for the growing adoption of Gen2 RFID for item-level tagging in the apparel and retail industries.
An RFID-enabled mobile asset-management system can help increase fuel efficiency and decrease carbon emissions.
The trade group Chemical Industry Data Exchange has teamed up with EPCglobal to develop an RFID business model and foster RFID standards that benefit chemical manufacturers.
Users place passive HF tags on items and use a handheld device to record and play back identifying audio messages.
Pan Am Games security based on RFID badges; tag market nears $1 billion; Ekahau, VeriChip collaborate on real-time location systems; Dollywood visitors paying with Sunny Money.
Advanced ID has enhanced its solutions for authenticating and managing tires with a new RFID reader module from SkyeTek that supports industry standards and is optimized for the range and conditions common in tire-tracking applications.
Frank Moss, the U.S. State Department’s former deputy assistant secretary for passport services, says the electronic passport is not a panacea, but does provide a number of real and potential benefits.
Semiconductor giant Intel, engineering conglomerate Siemens, and the Malaysian government have announced the roll-out of an RFID blood bank management system in the country. Three medical institutions are already trialling the system, but the aim is to eventually equip more than 300 others across Malaysia.
Drug distributor AmerisourceBergen says it plans to test the software’s electronic-pedigree capabilities as part of its current RFID pilot.
RFID solutions provider ODIN technologies announced its award of a patent for what the company calls S.M.A.R.T. container technology. The goal of S.M.A.R.T., or Secure Material Accounted in Real Time, is to enhance the automation and accuracy of visbility into containerized assets.