RFID to help Medical Company for Authentication

Iris Diagnostic is looking at the use of RFID to check the authenticity of the reagents being used in its urinalysis machines. The purpose is to prevent the usage of any counterfeit reagent. The company will integrate its iQ200 Automated Urinalysis System with the RFID system. The reason for checking counterfeit reagents becomes important is […]



Cancer Drug to be tagged at Point of Manufacture

Cephalon is a manufacturer of pain and oncology drugs. The company observed that the Gen 2 tags and readers being used at the trials have shown significant results. The company is looking at beginning the trials at its Salt Lake City manufacturing facility for its cancer treatment drug, Fentora.
For the last two years the company […]

Accessories and Garments to be tagged by Metro

Metro, the German retailer is of the opinion that tagging individual high-value items with UHF RFID tags will provide a significant return on investment. The company said that it was looking at testing the technology to analyze its benefits. Metro is partnering with Impinj, RFID chip and hardware provider.
According to Impinj president Chris Diorio:
These are […]

Plastic or Paper to be used by MasterCard

MasterCard has started research and development in the field of paper contact less payment ticket that can be made use of in transit and other applications. The paper will be an alternative to PayPass credit card. At present the PayPass cards are being used in around 46000 point of sale terminals. The paper being will […]

Open source partnership between University Of Arkansas and Pramari

The leading provider of open source RFID solutions, Pramari and the a leader in the education and research of RFID, The University of Arkansashvae recently announced a partnership to integrate RFID Open Source Products and to create a comprehensive open source offering for RFID.
According to Dr. Craig Thompson, head of RFID software for University of […]

Tourists in Amsterdam Go Contactless

It is good news for tourists in the beautiful city. The tourists can now make use of RFID cards that enable them to have a faster access to transportation across the city. The card will help the tourists to have easy access to museums and other places of attraction.
The card is being issued by The […]

RFID system for the Heart

Third eye has come up with a Security Alert Tracking System that can be used by convenience stores, banks and casinos to keep a track of their employees. The tag keeps track of the heartbeat of employee. The security system is informed if the heartbeat of the employee starts to race. The increased heartbeat can […]

Air Force, Medical Equipments and RFID

RFID trials will soon be started at the Wright Patterson Medical Center. The purpose of the trial is to keep track of medical equipments that are made use of within the Air Force-run hospital. The pilot run being undertaken is a joint venture between Alien Technology’s RFID Solutions Center and Verisign.
Verisign is providing integration and […]

SAP takes on RFID

SAP, the provider of business software has recently announced the new business innovations with RFID. The company will be providing solutions to solve problems across businesses.
According to Krish Mantripragada, global head of RFID and Auto-ID Solutions, SAP:
SAP continues to play an industry-leading role in driving the successive waves of innovation with emerging technologies that demonstrate […]

Scottish Hospital makes use of RFID to track equipments

The Royal Alexander Hospital has just completed a four month trial wherein it wanted to see the benefits of RFID. The purpose of the trial is to determine whether it will be able to keep a track of its mobile equipments like blood pressure monitors and infusion pumps. The use of RFID will help to […]