Instrumentation and Control News - RFID

National Envelope Corp. Markets RF-Blocking Security Sleeve

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:47:22 +0200

The Smart Card Guard sleeves contain a thin layer of metallic material preventing the penetration of radio frequency signals directed toward the envelope, thereby making the RFID inlay unreadable. The company says the Smart Card Guard material has undergone extensive testing by InfoGard Laboratories, located in San Luis Obispo, Calif.

Vendors Partner on RFID Center for Apparel

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:47:22 +0200

At the facility, companies interested in deploying RFID technology to enhance supply chain management, fight counterfeiting or improve in-store retail operations, or for other applications, can watch demonstrations of numerous RFID solutions. These include source tagging, automated goods receipt, an RFID-based sorting system, replenishment and store inventory management and point-of-sale analytics and security.

NIST completes RFID security guidelines

Sun, 03 Jun 2007 23:15:08 +0200

The National Institute of Standards and Technology released this week its guidelines describing the various risks to data security and personal privacy that RFID deployments may pose...

San Antonio Library School Deploying 3M RFID Tracking System

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 05:52:16 +0200

The installation will include 3M's SelfCheck systems, enabling patrons to check out, return and renew RFID-tagged loaned media, as well as to pay fines and other fees, without the aid of library staff. The library serves a growing population of more than 1.25 million citizens and will become one of the largest municipal library systems in the United States to utilize RFID technology to facilitate faster and more efficient circulation and inventory procedures...

Impinj Adds Chinese RFID technology Firm to VAR Network

Thu, 31 May 2007 05:52:16 +0200

Impinj hopes its relationship with Yeon Technologies will support the growth of Chinese RFID product manufacturers and distributors, while helping ramp up RFID end-user adoption in Taiwan. Production quantities of the Speedway reader are available today from Yeon Technologies and Impinj's other VAR and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) partners worldwide.

EM Microelectronic Announces New LF Tag Chips

Wed, 30 May 2007 05:52:16 +0200

The EM4205 and EM4305 chips comply with the ISO 11784 and 11785 RFID standards, developed for transponders that meet livestock tracking requirements. The ICs can be encoded to meet to the EN14803 waste management standard, EM Microelectronic reports, and they can also be used in tags for physical access control.

Mikoh Announces First Smart&Secure Manufacturing Partner

Tue, 29 May 2007 05:52:16 +0200

Mikoh has also revealed its first contract manufacturer that will help the company bring the tags to market. The security solutions provider is teaming up with Twinlinx, a French chip maker, to manufacture 13.56 MHz chips compliant with the ISO 15693 and 14443 air-interface standards.

ISO acknowledges South Korea's mobile RFID technology

Wed, 23 May 2007 05:52:16 +0200

With the ISO-standardized RFID technology, South Korea will be able to protect its domestic mobile RFID market, which is expected to reach $752 million in 2010,

Afilias Offers Free Discovery Services for RFID Pilots in India

Mon, 21 May 2007 05:52:16 +0200

Afilias Discovery Services provide a unique standards-based solution that companies can implement to link their supply chain partners to historical information concerning the life cycle of RFID tags, while still keeping competitive data secure

Survey Suggests RFID Could Aid Clinical Trials

Sun, 20 May 2007 05:52:16 +0200

"The expense to pharmaceutical companies is in changing processes as much as it is in RFID equipment and tags. The single drug doses used in trials are very expensive to develop, so the cost of RFID is relatively small."

RFID tracks hospital's devices

Sun, 20 May 2007 05:52:16 +0200

RFID might not yet be a life-or-death technology but System improves heart facility's care

Assa Abloy ITG introduces Smart Card Reader with Fingerprint Recognition

Tue, 15 May 2007 05:37:52 +0200

Using modern stripe sensor technology, the OMNIKEY CardMan 7121 allows threefold authentication via card, pin and fingerprint. It is compatible to a broad range of fingerprint recognition and access control systems and can easily be integrated into existing and new biometric access security solutions.

Texas Radio Frequency Center Pushes the Wireless Frontier

Sat, 12 May 2007 05:37:52 +0200

The multi-disciplinary, multi-university research program is headquartered at the University of Texas at Arlington 's College of Engineering . The Texas Center focuses on bringing emerging communication capabilities, sensing, telemetry and intelligence to objects and devices.

AXCESS and Tyco Fire & Security Integrate Event-Driven RFID Solutions Into Access Control Systems

Fri, 11 May 2007 05:37:52 +0200

The RFID solution uses long range semi-active credential, asset and vehicle RFID tags to automatically track and monitor personnel and assets as they move throughout a facility, literally hands-free, without requiring employees to interact with the system.

AirGATE Prepares for Deployment of RFID Phone System

Thu, 10 May 2007 05:37:52 +0200

AirGATE will provide RFID enabled wristbands and will integrate its RFID scanner within the SECURUS telephone systems. The scanner reads the inmate identification from the inmate wristband when a phone call is made.