Reader technology continues to move forward. Add-on applications for mobile devices like the Android phone allow retail employees to scan items accurately with a lightweight mobile device. Retailers are generally looking to deploy lighter and more user friendly readers that are easier for store associates to use for conducting cycle counting and inventory. This short [...]

Last week’s RFID Live show highlighted many new uses cases that continue to develop for RFID technology. Some of the keynote highlights included BP, which has added $150 million to its bottom line by deploying 37 RFID projects throughout the company. In addition, retailer American Apparel revealed that it is now nearly fully deployed at [...]

Global supply chains continue to benefit from better visibility and improved inventory accuracy as a result of deploying RFID technology. With that in mind, NXP has announced the launch of its UCODE 7 UHF IC, which the company says sets a new industry standard for performance, versatility and speed for RFID supply chain applications. Collaborating [...]

New product developments are coming out fast and furious prior to the RFID show scheduled for later this month in Orlando. Today we look at announcements from Impinj, Smartrac and Xerafy. Impinj will showcase its GrandPrix platform along with several new products during RFID Live in Orlando, while Smartrac will unveil new ID card technologies next [...]

RR Donnelley has entered the RFID and NFC market, announcing this week that the company’s production facilities can now provide customers with unique printed NFC and RFID tags. The tags can be embedded in an extensive range of products that RR Donnelley produces, including retail displays, product packaging, shipping labels, direct mail pieces, catalogs, magazines [...]

Networking giant Cisco is chasing the Internet of Things in a big way. Last week Cisco announced that it is leading the charge in developing the Internet of Things World Forum, an event designed to accelerate the development of the Internet of Things market. The Forum will be held in Barcelona, Spain in October. Cisco [...]

Last year two of the three founding fathers of the MIT Auto-ID Lab shared the stage at the MIT Auto-ID & Sensing Solutions Expo to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the facility. During the discussion, Dr. David Brock and Dr. Sanjay Sarma discussed the original genesis of The Internet of Things and the MIT Auto-ID [...]

Honeywell continues keep quiet about its bid to acquire Intermec. Honeywell offered $603 million for Intermec back in December. The merger is currently in the regulatory approval stage and is expected to close by the end of Q2. There has been much speculation about the direction that Honeywell will take with the Intermec. Will it [...]

ODIN RFID, 10-year-old provider of RFID solutions for government, healthcare and IT asset tracking, has been acquired by remote asset tracking provider Quake Global of San Diego, Calif. Terms of the purchase were not released. The deal closed on Dec. 31. RFID 24-7 has confirmed that the ODIN RFID brand will remain, and that ODIN [...]

Google’s chief Internet evangelist is evidently an RFID nut. Speaking at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Google vice president Vint Cerf made mention of having RFID tags on all of the wine bottles in his wine cellar. Furthermore, he told CNET of his desire to go a step further and place sensors [...]