WaterWheel, the rock band's charitable arm, is using Truecount's RFID EPC UHF solution to make inventory counts efficient and accurate for merchandise it gives away to donors as thank-you gifts.

Texas Instruments debuts half-duplex 134.2 kHz mini-transponders; Visonic Technologies intros hybrid tag for RTLS and access control; Nintendo to add NFC to Wii U controller; Blue Bite deploys national NFC-enabled marketing campaign for HotelTonight; Mexico's federal tolling authority installs RFID; Blue Spark Technologies opens new production facility for printed batteries.

Corporate Art Force, which provides art procurement and installation services to U.S. and Canadian companies, is using EPC UHF tags and readers to track paintings and sculptures that its clients display at their worksites.

At their jointly operated DataCenter 2020, the companies have installed passive EPC UHF tags on servers, as well as readers on racks and doorways.

The program, consisting of webinars, discussion groups and support tools, is intended to help U.S. consumer goods suppliers and retailers pilot and deploy EPC-based UHF Gen 2 item-level RFID technology.

Proximiant expects its RFID-enabled solution to be used by 1,000 stores by late spring, allowing a retailer's customers to download receipts and discount offers on their mobile phones, thereby eliminating the need for paper receipts and coupons.

The Florida hospital is expanding its existing AeroScout Wi-Fi-based RFID system to track patients entering and leaving its ORs, and to display data about each patient's status on a reader board.

Trasluz's manufacturing plants apply EPC tags to all products, enabling the company's warehouse to track their arrival and departure, and its franchise-operated stores to employ RFID for inventory tracking, at the point of sale and for security.

The survey, conducted by Accenture on behalf of the VICS Item Level RFID Initiative, finds that if tag prices continue to drop and adoption momentum remains steady, most retailers will be using RFID technology within five years.

Challande employs AgoraBee's ChisFleet solution to track the locations of metal trash containers that may be dispersed to dozens or hundreds of customers throughout Switzerland.

VeriTeQ to Offer Implantable RFID Microchip for Traceability of Breast Implants
RTT News
(RTTNews) - VeriTeQ Acquisition Corporation Friday said it will offer its FDA-cleared VeriChip microchip, a rice grain-sized, passive RFID microchip, for the identification of breast implants and other medical devices.

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CSNews Online
The 'Convenience' Behind Mobility and Kiosks
CSNews Online
C-stores are adopting mobile printing technology, radio frequency identification (RFID) technology and self-service kiosks because of the increased return-on-investment (ROI) they provide, such as reduced operational costs, redistributed resources to ...

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America: A gold star on your driver's license is not an upgrade
Examiner.com
Justin Amash (R-MI) urged Secretary Napolitano to reverse the new REAL ID law mandating US states to implant radio frequency identification (RFID) chips into state driver's licenses. In States that are not “substantially compliant” by the deadline, ...

RFID and AIDC News: Is the Tipping Point Really, Truly Here for Item Level ...
Supply Chain Digest
Early on in the timeline of RFID adoption in the consumer goods to retail supply chain, circa 2004-05, there was much discussion about when the efforts in the sector (led by Walmart in the US, Tesco in the UK, and others) would reach the magical ...

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RFID News Roundup
RFID Journal
Texas Instruments has announced that it has developed a tiny 12-millimeter-long (0.5-inch-long) half-duplex RFID mini-transponder enabling customers to embed tags into smaller objects across a range of applications. The TRPGR30TGC and TRPGP40TGC models ...

RFID Journal Names Spectrum Marketing & Communications Preferred Partner for ...
PR Web (press release)
RFID Journal has designated Spectrum Marketing & Communications as the Preferred Marketing and Communications Partner for RFID Journal LIVE! 2012, its tenth annual North American event, which will be held on Apr. 3-5, 2012, in Orlando, Fla.

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HID Global Opens New Market Opportunities with Expanded Portfolio of RFID ...
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
(EON: Enhanced Online News)--HID Global, trusted leader in solutions for the delivery of secure identity, today highlights the expansion of its radio frequency identification (RFID) solutions portfolio, opening new market opportunities across a variety ...

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Texas Instruments unveils world's smallest half duplex (HDX) RFID mini ...
Sacramento Bee
31, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Raising the standard in half duplex (HDX) transponder technology, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today announced the world's smallest half-duplex radio frequency identification (RFID) mini-transponders ...

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RFID News Roundup
RFID Journal
World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 deploys 20000 NFC posters, stickers; CAEN RFID launches new UHF long-range reader with embedded PC and GPRS; Identec Solutions' technology to safeguard personnel at Swedish nuclear-waste facility; ...

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RFID Journal LIVE! 2012 to Feature Two New Item-Level Retail and Apparel Workshops
RFID Journal
The tenth annual conference and exhibition will educate attendees on how to deploy RFID to track individual items within the retail and apparel industries. NEW YORK, Jan. 24, 2012—RFID Journal announced today that two new item-level retail and apparel ...