Tweet Precision Dynamics Corporation (PDC) announced the successful implementation of its Smart Band® RFID Wristband System at the RBC Royal Bank Bluesfest in Ottawa, Canada from July 4 through July 15. The wristband system prevented counterfeiting and unauthorized resale, while empowering guests to link to Facebook, further promoting the event. The Bluesfest’s 300,000 guests wore [...]

Tweet New Jersey’s Bamboozle festival became the latest festival to adopt next generation RFID (Radio frequency ID) technology. It offered up to 90,000 guests an entry experience many of them had never encountered before. They entered into the festival with a contactless entry method using RFID technology. Each guest arriving to the festival over a [...]

Tweet (RFIDWorld.ca) Using help from Intellitix, an RFID technology provider for live events, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival gained an additional online audience of 30 million when over 30,000 fans registered for “Live Click” around the festival site. The system was in place during the two weekends when the event took place. The [...]

Tweet Continuing its rich history of innovation, Canada’s largest blues festival—ranked by Billboard Magazine as one of North America’s top-ten most successful music events—the RBC Royal Bank Bluesfest, has today announced that it will be adopting cutting edge RFID (radio-frequency identification) cashless payment and access control technology. During the July 4-15 event in Ottawa, more [...]

Tweet (RFIDWorld.ca) On this Superbowl XLV Sunday, the Budlight Hotel in Dallas will feature an RFID Application on Facebook which will allow Superbowl viewers to share their experiences simply by swiping their RFID-enabled wristbands at kiosks.   The new temporary service will allow Facebook users with the wristbands who are guest to sync their accounts with RFID-enabled tokens.  The whole process will be very simple [...]

Tweet (RFIDWorld.ca) A 13.56 MHz RFID waterproof wristband tag has been added by GAO RFID to its collection of products.  GAOs products are made to manage attendance in swimming pools, saunas, washing centers, as well as outdoor water recreation centers. The tag is compliant with the ISO 156693 standard and provides a read range of [...]

Tweet (RFIDWorld.ca) Hardin County Jail in Eldora has implemented RFID wristbands to monitor daily interactions between guards and prisoners in the jail.  Clincher RFID wristbands—non-transferable Ids that provide point-of-contact verification—are being used to track and document interactions at the jail in Iowa. Powered by Guardian Mobile software, mobile computers will be used by an officer [...]