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Using RFID's report on RFID, Auto-ID, wireless, NFC and contactless smart cards for the week ending April 1st, 2008...
NEWS: Retail item-level RFID tags help cut 25% of costs
UPM Raflatac reports that it is supplying UHF EPC Gen2 tags to Future Communications Company (FCC) in the State of Kuwait. FCC is the main distributor of Nokia phones and accessories in Kuwait and runs more than 30 retail stores.
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BRIEFING: CPI to use Micropass 4003 for PayPass
CPI Card Group, a manufacturer of plastic cards, has received approval from MasterCard to produce PayPass cards using the new MicroPass 4003 intelligent payment platform from INSIDE Contactless. These new contactless payment cards meet the MasterCard Mag Stripe Technical Specification version 3.2 ...
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NEWS: RFID powers the 'intelligent wine bottle'
eProvenance, a new company using advanced technologies to help guarantee the quality of wines, has unveiled an 'Intelligent Bottle' and wine temperature tracking system to provide an e-pedigree from wine producers through to store shelves.
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BRIEFING: TagStar announces HF tag-on-metal solution
TagStar has announced a new tag-on-metal solution (called 'TOM') for 13.56MHz (HF) RFID inlays, to be launched at the EuroID trade fair in Cologne (May 13th to 16th). Compared to existing technologies for reading RFID transponders on metallic surfaces, the company says that TOM offers "substantial ...
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FEATURE: RFID in a nutshell - a primer on tracking technology
Toby Rush of Rush Tracking Systems explains in a nutshell what RFID technology is, what it can do, what it is used for, and how to start using it. - In today's technology-saturated world, computers provide businesses with the power to manage and synthesize vast amounts of information. But for half ...
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NEWS: Metalcraft's new long-range tag for metal & liquids
Metalcraft has announced pricing and availability of its RFID Hard Tag designed to provide longer read ranges for asset tracking applications that require resistance to heavy impacts or submersion in water.
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BRIEFING: Mikoh helps to protect Pelican's cargo cases
Mikoh has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Pelican Products to apply its SecureContainer closure technology to Pelican's cargo cases. The partnership includes the manufacturing of SecureContainer closure devices for new Pelican cases, as well as the development of an aftermarket ...
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NEWS: RFID to help keep track of kids on school buses
In the US, Zonar Systems reports that it is now offering RFID technology to the school bus industry to help parents and guardians know with greater certainty where their children are, with its ZPass system that identifies when and where a child boards or leaves a school bus.
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BRIEFING: Metalcraft & ADASA team up on mobile RFID tagging
Metalcraft has signed a partnership deal with ADASA to provide durable RFID labels for ADASA's PAD3500 mobile RFID encoding device. The PAD3500 is a portable RFID encoding device, designed to let users encode and apply tags within existing business practices. The device's SmartCartridge allows for ...
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NEWS: RFID ready for motorsports timing and scoring
Alien Technology and motorsports management and consulting firm Hardcard Systems have announced the completion of the first round of field testing using RFID technology for motorsports timing and scoring.
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BRIEFING: KSW to unveil high-performance transport tags
KSW Microtec says that it will be displaying its latest high performance RFID inlays for the transportation industry at the Intertraffic exhibition in Amsterdam (1st to 4th April 2008). The company's HF and UHF passive inlays, designed for a wide range of ticketing applications and secure vehicle ...
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