Omni-ID used the 3rd Annual Auto-ID & Sensing Solution Expo held at MIT on Wednesday to unveil its new visual RFID tagging system, which is targeted to manufacturers who utilize Kanban or just-in-time production systems. The Omni-ID ProVIEW visual tagging system, which features active tags that start at about $20 apiece for high volumes, eliminates [...]

When Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass was chosen by the Department of Defense’s Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives program to oversee a project to destroy the chemical weapons stockpile at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky, the government emphasized the safety measures that needed to be in place. Bechtel Parsons is turning to RFID to meet [...]

It’s been more than 10 years since the Auto-ID Center was founded at MIT. The Center served as a launch pad for RFID innovation, and was the birthplace of companies like ThingMagic, OAT Systems and others. With co-founders Sanjay Sarma and David Brock set to take the stage at Wednesday’s Auto-ID & Sensing Solutions Expo [...]

With all the emphasis on RFID in retail, it’s easy to forget that the retail RFID movement began as a supply chain initiative. That famous “Walmart mandate” from 2003 was an indication that the giant retailer saw big gains to be had in its supply chain and distribution center operations. It took a few years [...]

Black Elk Energy specializes in buying under producing oil and gas wells, primarily in the Gulf of Mexico, and applying capital and technology to make them profitable. Black Elk is also a proponent of deploying technology within its internal operations, including an RFID-based document tracking system that allows it to locate documents quicker. The system [...]

Black Elk Energy specializes in buying oil and gas wells, primarily in the Gulf of Mexico, that are under-producing and applying capital and technology to make them profitable. By the end of 2011, the company was valued at nearly $950 million. The company also deploys technology within its internal operations, including an RFID-based document tracking [...]

Omni-ID has unveiled a new family of UltraThin low profile, flexible on-metal RFID tags and inlays. The product announcement follows wide market adoption of Omni-ID’s first two products in the category — the Flex(R)LP and Flex(R)AI. Omni-ID has deployed tens of thousands of the tags at a Fortune 100 electronics manufacturer since the end of [...]

A government mandate requiring solar panels to carry RFID tags in India will result in up to 20 million RFID tags being consumed by solar panel manufacturers in that country by next year. The mandatory requirements of India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) call for each solar cell and photovoltaic (PV) module to [...]

Many founders of the MIT Auto-ID Center, the birth place of established RFID firms like ThingMagic, OAT Systems and more, have faded into the background as the industry has matured. Three of founding members — Kevin Ashton, Dr. David Brock and Dr. Sanjay Sarma — will be reunited during a panel discussion at the 3rd [...]

Red one. Green one. White one. The trendy punch buggy game is still a hit when people spot a VW Beetle on the road. But keeping track of the cars just got much easier at the Volkswagen plant in Bratislava, the largest city in Slovakia. The automaker recently rolled out RFID sensor technology from Identec [...]