UK’s Royal Mail to Improve with £2m RFID Spend
The UK’s postal service, Royal Mail, will be moving forward with a £2m RFID initiative to improve the flow of goods through its system.
MasterCard PayPass Beefs Up NFL Lineup
The global credit card company will offer PayPass, its RFID-enabled contactless payment system, to fans at the Seattle Seahawks and Baltimore Ravens stadiums this fall.
AIM Global Drafts RFID Cow-Tracking Standard
The automatic identification and mobility trade association AIM Global has drafted a standard for the RFID tagging of cattle.
Visa Launches RFID Contactless Payment Card
After two years of development, Visa has finally launched its contactless payment credit card.
Marks & Spencer RFID Expansion Tackles Privacy Issue
U.K. retailer Marks & Spencer is expanding the current item-level RFID tagging trial taking place at nine of its stores to include 44 more locations.
RFID System Keeps Track of Evidence
With an RFID-based evidence-tracking system already being tested by law officials, Pro Squared says it will launch an expanded version by early 2006.
RFID Could Save Airlines $650M in Lost Bag Improvements
RFID tagging could reduce the error rate of mishandled luggage by more than two-thirds, yielding industry-wide savings of a staggering $650 million-plus.
Rotary Screen Used to Print UHF Antennas
A team of European companies says it has used rotary screen technology to print antennas that it used to make fully functioning UHF RFID tags.
Avery Dennison Commits $35M to RFID
Label making giant Avery Dennison is forging ahead with an aggressive $35 million commitment to RFID development in 2005 alone.
Report: RFID to Drive Contactless Payments in 2005
A new report from ABI Research entitled RFID Contactless Payments predicts that 2005 will be a transition year in the area of contactless payments.