Leche Pascual Plans to Use RFID to Pack and Track Food Products
The Spanish producer of dairy products and other packaged foods hopes data from the RFID tags will optimize production, improve food safety and reduce shipping errors.
Symbol Unveils Switch to Bridge RFID and WiFi
Symbol Technologies today announced the release of the RFS7000 RF Switch, which it is calling the industry’s first RF switch. It represents a key component of the Wireless Next Generation architecture, or Wi-NG, which the company announced in May would be a new strategic direction in its furtherance of enterprise mobility.
WJ Achieves a UHF Milestone
The key to bringing down the cost and reducing the size of RFID interrogators is to shrink the electronic components on a printed circuit board down to a chipset. Now, WJ Communications has done it.
Europe Warming Up to EPC Gen 2 UHF RFID
At RFID Journal LIVE! Europe, attendees applauded EPCglobal Gen 2 technology but acknowledged the effort still required to foster adoption.
Digital Angel Developing an Implantable Glucose-Sensing RFID Tag
The company was awarded a patent for an RFID-enabled sensor tag it hopes will one day help diabetics more closely monitor their blood-sugar levels.
RFID Pushes Fashion Forward
A real-time location system, coupled with a cell-phone application, enables logistics provider Jöbstl to deliver clothing to Charles Vögele stores on time, resulting in reduced inventory and enhanced customer service.
RTLS Provider Ekahau Secures $16m to Fund Growth
RTLS Ekahau today announced $16 million in additional funding, $12 million of which represents a Series B round of venture capital, and $4 million of which is loans and government grants. Ekahau is one of the leading providers of WiFi-based RTLS solutions, which allow locationing functionality to be installed over existing WiFi networks.
RF-IDing Americans Overseas
After spending a little time in Europe, I’ve concluded the idea that terrorists are going to use the RFID transponder in passports to identify and kill Americans is more than a little ludicrous.
RF-IDing Americans Overseas
After spending a little time in Europe, I’ve concluded the idea that terrorists are going to use the RFID transponder in passports to identify and kill Americans is more than a little ludicrous.
Germany’s BKA Uses RFID to Test Criminal-ID Software
The project’s purpose is to determine if facial-recognition software can be used to pick out known criminals from a crowd moving through a train station.