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revulsion (Free subscription) | 22 hours ago
If you live in a state bordering Canada or Mexico, you may soon be given an opportunity to carry a very high tech item: a remotely readable driver’s license. Designed to identify U.S. citizens as they approach the nation’s borders, the cards are being promoted by the Department of Homeland Security as a way to save time and simplify border crossings. But if you care about your safety and privacy as...
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gearfuse (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
If any of our francophone readers happen to be in France soon, be sure to let us know how your trip was. More specifically, we want to know if French transit company SNCF has expanded it’s trial RFID program. Passengers will receive a USB drive with an RFID chip inside it. You can add money [...]
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Market Wire (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
RENO, NV (MARKET WIRE) A new report from Aberdeen shows RFID applications are going beyond "tag and ship." Advanced ID Corporation (OTCBB: AIDO) is one of those companies building an innovative brand in RFID applications in pet ID and now tires.
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The Black Kettle (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Katherine Albrecht, Scientific American: * Radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags are embedded in a growing number of personal items and identity documents. * Because the tags were designed to be powerful tracking devices and they typically incorporate little security, people wearing or carrying them are vulnerable to surreptitious surveillance and profiling. * Worldwide, legislators have...
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RFID Weblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Now it's the turn of your 'no brainer' car tyres to get some brains. Pirelli is in the processing of releasing intelligent tyres fitted with microchips which will supply relevant information regarding condition of roads and tyres to the driven thereby enhancing the safety of the passengers in the vehicle. It will offer information with respect to the tyre pressure and temperature along with the load...
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Market Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
VAUGHAN, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) PeakWorks Inc. has joined the Field ID Safety Network to provide full safety traceability on their entire line of fall protection equipment. PeakWorks Inc. will equip all fall protection equipment with RFID tags and will use N4 Systems' Field ID, the world's leading automated inspection and real-time safety compliance management software, to provide safety traceability...
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Market Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
BOSTON, MA (MARKET WIRE) A recent survey of more than 200 IT and business decision-makers found them planning to expand deployments of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technologies beyond traditional applications. When asked what they are tagging or planning to tag with RFID technologies, IT assets were cited by the highest percentage of respondents (43%), ahead of more traditional manufacturing...
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Today's Review (Free subscription) | yesterday
Aluratek announced the latest version of its tornado one-touch external hard drive that features a RFID security key and onboard data encryption. The drives can be had with storage capacity of up to 1TB with the lowest capacity 160GB. The drives come in two different sizes — 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch. Connectivity is via USB 2.0 [...]
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RFID (Free subscription) | yesterday
Logistics provider DHL will provide pallet tagging and tracking services to METRO Group to support the retailer's RFID rollout to 89 METRO Cash & Carry wholesale stores in France. The firms announced 1.3 million pallets will be tagged annually to facilitate shipment tracking and order verification.
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RFID Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
Waukesha Hospital switched to RF Technologies' SafePlace system to ensure identify bracelets can't be removed, and to identify which patient sounded the alarm.
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Sudhir Hasbe (Free subscription) | yesterday
Brad Jones has written an article on whether RFID is still Important. Please take a look and let us know what you think. RFID was all the rage in 2004 until about 2006. With Wal-Mart pushing, RFID was constantly making headlines. Even Microsoft jumped deeply into RFID. In the 2005 TechEd Microsoft unwrapped their RFID infrastructure built on SQL Server and .NET. It is now 2008 and the buzz on RFID...
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Php Array (Free subscription) | yesterday
The term RFID (radio frequency identification) describes a wireless identification technology that uses radio waves to communicate data. Data is encoded in a chip, which is integrated with an antenna and packaged into a finished "tag." RFID tags may be passive (requiring close proximity to a reader, and usually applied to track supplies), or active, in which the RFID tag contains a small battery to...
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IT-Analysis.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
In an article in the RFID Journal on August 26th 2008, Mary Catherine O'Connor reported that nearly two years after it issued a RFI to Active RFID equipment vendors
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RFID Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
TagStone will be the Cornerstone Sponsor for RFID Journal LIVE! Middle East, to be held Jan. 5-7, 2009, at the Intercontinental Hotel in Dubai.
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CrunchGear (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
Aluratek announced this week their Tornado plus line of external hard drives which feature RFID security key data encryption. Available in two different sizes, (2.5”/3.5”) the USB 2.0 drives come in capacities from 160GB to 1TB. By swiping the RFID key by the hard drive, data is encrypted and kept locked up until a second swipe [...]
