(RFIDWorld.ca) The Thiruvananthapuram Corporation in Kerala, India has recently gotten sponsored from the government to fund an RFID initiative connecting the company to all nearby households in the city. To connect the corporation with each household in the area, an RFID tag will be attached near the front door of each household so that visitors [...]

(RFIDWorld.ca) Similar to the Oyster cards used on the London transport network, the Nintendo Wii U tablet controller will soon be featuring close proximity radio communication technology known as Near Field Communication (NFC). Nintendo President, Satoru Iwata, stated that the NFC technology that will be used for the Nintendo Wii U controller is the same [...]

(RFIDWorld.ca) RFID Canada, technology provider and Canadian distributor for Agrident GmbH is introducing a new RFID Stick Reader Module – the AWR100/200. The new RFID Stick Reader is a lightweight, high performance, rugged handheld reader that works under extreme conditions and includes the following features: A rugged IP67 protected casing with high temperature stability and [...]

(RFIDWorld.ca) Avery Dennison and Xtreme RFID have collaborated to create the durable RFID-based Xtreme Metal Tag. Avery Dennison’s AD-843 is encased in plastic using a custom injection molding process developed by Xtreme RFID. The finished tag is 5.75L x 2.4W x 0.31H inches. Mike Lewis, Business Unit Manager of Xtreme RFID said he was very [...]

(RFIDWorld.ca) According to a new study from the VICS Item-Level RFID Initiative (VILRI), a group of advocates for the use of EPC-enabled RFID in the retail supply line, 2012 is predicted to be a “tipping point” year for RFID technology. The study is titled, “RFID Nears a Tipping Point,” and reveals that 80 percent of [...]

  (RFIDWorld.ca) RFID Canada, technology provider and Canadian distributor for FEIG ELECTRONIC is introducing a new shielded HF RFID antenna – the SPAD. The new shielded HF RFID antenna is a screened antenna which greatly reduces radiation area. Therefore unintended capture of transponders or RFID tags is reduced significantly. This new RF shielded antenna by [...]

Summary of RFID Application: Italy celebrated its 150th anniversary as a republic (nation) in 2011 in the form of an interactive exhibition in Turn Italy between March and November 2011. The visitors to the exhibition used RFID as a tool to “navigate” the exhibition, pick and choose the topics of interest they wanted to focus on in [...]

(RFIDWorld.ca) Zebra Technologies Corporation and Checkpoint Systems recently announced that they have signed a licensing agreement. The pact brings together Zebra’s active locations solutions with Checkpoint Systems passive radio-frequency identification, auto identification and sensor capabilities. The purpose of the tie is to give retail customers a clearer visibility to their products and assets throughout any [...]

(RFIDWorld.ca) Treehouse Labs, headquartered in Austin, Texas is taking part in a pilot project creating helmets with RFID tags placed inside the helmets to detect the impact on the helmet when worn by football players to alert coaches and medical staff of potential concussions the player may experience.   The RFID tags are embedded on [...]

(RFIDWorld.ca) Hitachi recently announced the order of a Passive Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Equipment Tracking Solution from the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF). This is the first RFID technology order made by the SCDF to use to support its current defence technologies. The RFID solution will be used to track equipment such as fire extinguishers [...]