UPM Raflatac to launch security RFID tags; Pramari unveils update to open-source RFID software; EPCglobal ratifies version 1.5 of Tag Data Standard; North Dakota unveils voluntary RFID cattle-tracking program; ABI Research forecasts higher-frequency RFID- and RTLS-enabled asset-management system revenues to hit $845 million in 2014; RadarFind intros temperature sensor.
Visitors to the company’s ski mountains this season can use their RFID-enabled lift tickets to connect with each other via social-media tools, and also track their ski or snowboard metrics over the Internet.
The program enables vendors of UHF passive RFID tags and readers to purchase licenses through a patent pool, reducing the time and cost associated with negotiating individual patent agreements, and potentially enabling them to introduce new products sooner.
The agency’s San Dimas Technology Development Center headed up a test burn in California that demonstrated how a system using RFID temperature sensors could support an early and rapid response to wildfires, thereby saving lives and reducing damage.
The bill, now awaiting the signature of the state’s governor, would codify how transit agencies should handle data collected from FasTrak transponders.
Another study unearths a potential security problem with RFID that could expose people to a nonexistent threat.
Another so-called expert talks about how RFID “could” be a threat to privacy, rather than whether it is likely to be a threat.