(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) 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) ADR recently introduced a new RFID system to manage and report workforce hours and activities on construction sites. Using RFID tags, the management system will allow for the monitoring of workforce activity at large construction sites. The RFID system monitor uses proprietary technology architecture to support real time monitoring of workforce activity and movement [...]

At age 89, radio frequency identification (RFID) wireless technology inventor, Charles (aka Charlie) Walton has passed away. RFID technology is now commonly used to provide secure access, keep inventory counts, for tracking purposes as well as for limited data exchange. Although many people have heard of RFID and use it, most are not aware of [...]

(RFID World Canada) KMA Global Solutions International, a Mississauga, Canada company focused on source tagging is pleased to announce its continued investment of Intellectual Property for new ventures. KMAG the holder of the patented process of applying RFID tags along with a security label in one application (The Dual Tag) has adapted this process to [...]

(RFID World Canada) GAO RFID Inc. has recently introduced a mobile RFID reader that has the ability to multi-function. It can read and encode RFID tags as well as capture 1D and 2D bar codes and images. The device increases efficiency, when used in manufacturing plants, in warehouses, on a loading dock, on sales floors [...]

(RFIDWorld.ca) GAO RFID Inc. has launched its compact passive UHF RFID single chip tag designed for a variety of indoor and outdoor applications. This passive UHF RFID tag performs reliably in tough environments around liquids, metals and other RF unfriendly conditions. A new antenna design ensures accurate reads and writes to RFID tags on vehicles, [...]

At a medical conference in India, Vicinity RFID Solutions Pvt. India, has created a tracking solution using UPM UHF Gen 2 RFID tags. This solution has been created to be utilized for event tracking and in this case will be used at a medical conference. ThingMagic Astra Readers, will be provided by Fedders Lloyd Corporation [...]

GAO RFID Inc. is offering its passive UHF Prox RFID tag to companies for tracking and management purposes of small assets. Small assets include objects such as routers, servers, disk drives and other hardware tools. The tags have especially been made to track metal objects but are very effective near other materials as well. The [...]

SimpleNFC and UPM RFID have teamed up to sell products on a newly launched website. They are offering a huge selection of NFC tools for building NFC solutions from which a variety of markets can benefit. SimpleNFC.com features and NFC Starter Kit, NFC tags from UPM RFID and many other tools to enable NFC solutions. [...]