RFID


New Product Of The Year Award Winners Announced

Security Products magazine, the only integrated product magazine reaching the entire security market, announced the winners of its 2010 New Product of the Year Award at the publication’s premiere Virtual Event today.

RFID System To Track, Manage Assets For Marine Corps In Afghanistan

Lockheed Martin's Savi Technology has received a Marine Corps order for 50 Portable Deployment Kits (PDKs) to locate, track and manage RFID-tagged supplies anywhere, anytime in support of expeditionary force surges in Afghanistan.

The Measure of Success

Freshmen and sophomores at Northern Arizona University will soon have extra incentive to go to their classes. Starting with the Flagstaff campus this fall, as a tactic to encourage class attendance, the school will install an RFID system that scans student ID cards in 100- and 200-level classrooms that hold 50 or more students. The system will produce an attendance report for the professor.

RFID-Powered Hang Tangs Provide Wireless Access Control At Parking Facilities

Toledo Ticket Company and TransCore have jointly developed an RFID-based hang tag for wireless access control at entry and exit points of parking facilities.

SAFLOK Installs RFID Lock System, Wireless Communications Technology At Michigan Property

Global electronic hotel lock provider, SAFLOK, has completed its installation at The Townsend Hotel in Michigan.

Report: RFID Market To Reach $5.35 Billion In 2010

Despite the economic doldrums which required downward adjustments to ABI Research’s RFID forecasts for 2009 and 2010, the outlook is good for steady growth through the next five years, according to new market data just released by the firm.

RFID

Think Outside the Door

When you think RFID in security, you automatically think access control. Access control badges are ubiquitous in enterprise environments for use at entrances and exits in virtually all industries. But there is more to RFID in security applications than going through doors.

Dallmeier, initPRO Solution Combines RFID Data With Video Surveillance

The registration of a filled supermarket trolley directly at the checkout via RFID transponders, without customers having to place all items on the conveyor belt, is, at the moment, still a long way off. The idea of integrating RFID data into video images however has now become a reality for the first time.



Retirement Community Uses RFID Locks To Secure Facility

Kaba Multihousing and Institutional, an electronic lock supplier for the multi-family residential market, has successfully completed the pilot installation of its new RezShield system at The Gardens, a retirement community in Madison, Wis.

Researchers Develop Anti-Counterfeiting 'Fingerprint' Technology For RFID Tags

Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed a unique and robust method to prevent cloning of passive radio frequency identification tags

Tests Show RFID Accuracy Rate Of 99.9 Percent In Baggage Tracking

The airline industry now has another well documented use for RFID -- baggage tracking.

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At the Checkout

Like all retailers, Sainsbury's Supermarkets has realized the need for heightened in-store security to combat shrink. This popular chain's brand is built upon a rich 140-year history of providing customers with healthy, safe, fresh and tasty food, as well as clothing, general merchandise and pharmacy items. Quality and fair prices go hand-in-hand with a responsible approach to business.

Rutgers University Launches RFID Research Center

The Rutgers Center for Innovative Ventures of Emerging Technologies (CIVET), together with RFID TagSource, recently announced the launch of the new Rutgers University RFID Research Center. The center is located on the Rutgers Busch Campus in Piscataway, N.J.

RFID Wristbands Provide Access Control At California Aquatics Center

Guests at Splash! La Mirada Regional Aquatics Center in La Mirada, Calif. are buzzing about one of the waterpark's state-of-the-art attractions. Turns out that it isn't a water ride but a dynamic locker system that provides convenient keyless access, electronically activated by guests' RFID wristbands.

Department Of State Uses RFID Asset Tracking Solution

The Department of State is tagging 10,000 mission critical IT assets with passive RFID to save money, increase security and reduce administrative burden.

New Jersey Medical Center Uses RFID To Protect Infants

RF Technologies has partnered with Ocean Medical Center of Brick, N.J., to help protect infant patients with the recent installation of Safe Place Infant and Pediatric Security Solution.

Hospital Alliance Selects AeroScout As Exclusive Vendor For RFID Asset Tracking, Management Solutions

Premier Purchasing Partners L.P., the group purchasing unit of the Premier healthcare alliance has selected AeroScout’s healthcare visibility solutions as the exclusive Wi-Fi-based RFID solutions for Premier’s member hospitals.

Kentucky Health Department Purchases RFID Chips For Disaster Preparedness, Emergency Management Needs

VeriChip Corp., a provider of RFID systems for healthcare and patient-related needs, announced recently that it has sold the VeriTrace system, including 1,000 RFID microchips, for disaster preparedness and emergency management needs to Kentucky’s Green River District Health Department.

Michigan Colleges, RFID Companies Partner To Train Workforce

St. Clair County Community College and Mott Community College in Michigan have announced the development of RFID technology labs and curriculum with Dynamic Computer Corp. and Stratum Global.

RFID Access Control System Protects Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular Command Center

A unique coalition of public, non-profit and commercial organizations partnered to provide an electronic access control system for the Unified Command Center operating at the 2009 Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular. The credentialing system electronically monitored the entry and exit of command center personnel using RFID devices attached to badges worn by authorized individuals. Additional sensors, working in unison with the RFID technology, monitored authorized and attempted unauthorized passage. Indicator lights provided visual confirmation of authorized entry and warning of attempted unauthorized entry.

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