Copenhagen-based RFIDsec this week announced a pro-privacy solution whereby retail RFID tags can be disabled upon check-out without being completely “killed”, which is the traditional, irreversible way of disabling a tag. By instead switching a tag to “silent mode”, it can still be used by the retailer in case the consumer returns the tagged product.
At Treasure Island, RFID-enabled bottle spouts track the amount of liquor bartenders pour.
The smart-card systems provider designed its new products to facilitate the development of ICAO-compliant electronic passports and related applications.
Health Industry Insights’ Eric Newmark explains in this guest contribution how a cancer research facility in France is reaping substantial return on investment through its RFID tagging of high-value biospecimens. The technology could end up saving the facility $3 million on a tag spend of just $32,000.
Kestrel Networks has developed a technology it says could be RFID’s killer app in the retail supply chain.
The company’s RFID system is designed to prevent unauthorized activation of tags attached to consumer products.
The energy company seeks to determine how the technology might help it manage its chemical inventory, increase stock visibility and reinforce safe-handling business rules.
The Canadian retailer is piloting an RFID-enabled system in its Toronto store that provides details about a garment whenever a shopper picks it up.
At the company’s technology conference last week in New York, Bear Stearns released a report on the state of the RFID industry. Included in the report was a list of private financings to occur over the last year in the RFID industry. In total, more than $175 million was invested. This article displays the list.
The study involved the hypertension medication Diovan in specially adapted RFID-enabled blister packs.