The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, in collaboration with major implantable pacemaker and ICD manufacturers, demonstrated the effects of RF emissions from RFID readers on implantable cardiac devices.
For the third time in the past four years, the state’s house of representatives wants to require businesses to notify consumers if items have RFID tags, and to provide restrictions regarding how those tags are used.
SAG announces HF transponder for on-metal tracking applications; GS1 Hong Kong expands test of EPCIS-based RFID platform; Albertan government adjusts RFID requirements for cattle; Mexico installs RFID-enabled electronic vehicle registration system; Wellcore intros ZigBee-based monitoring and alerting system for seniors; Inside Contactless and TazTag partner on NFC apps.
The agricultural department says an EPC Gen 2 RFID tag from Eriginate can serve as an alternative to low-frequency RFID tags for use with its National Animal Identification System.
At its eighth annual conference, RFID Journal is partnering with Lygase to offer exhibitors an unprecedented level of information about attendees visiting their booths, thus maximizing their ROI.
Pittsburgh men’s clothing boutique Charles Spiegel is trialing the group’s Smart.Mirror system, which includes EPC Gen 2 RFID tags and readers and a touch-screen LCD monitor.
The FreezerPro system enables researchers to pinpoint the locations of frozen human tissue, viruses and other materials stored within vials or plates packed in boxes.