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Intel working on RFID-based ‘kill switch’ for laptops | ZDNet

Dubbed the Wireless Credential Exchange, the company’s SoC devices would work in tandem with Monza RFID chips to render them inoperable if lost or stolen.

Connected Devices and the Internet of Things Knocking at Your Door | Xconomy

If someone builds a better doorknob, will the world beat a path to their door? Well, at least the competition will drop by for a look. That was the case at

PTCVoice: Will The Internet Of Things Revolutionize The Aircraft Industry? – Forbes

By Drew Robb What a difference a century makes. When Thomas Edison was tinkering with electric light bulbs, he could have had no idea how fast things would progress technologically. But from those relatively humble, yet revolutionary, beginnings the company he founded, General Electric (GE), is now harnessing the Internet of […]

Entigral announces reseller agreement with ID Integration | Entigral Systems

June 16, 2014 ‒ Raleigh, NC ‒ Entigral, a leader in asset and inventory tracking software using RFID, is pleased to announce a strategic partnership and reseller agreement with ID Integration, Inc., a systems integrator of marking, scanning and tracking systems based in Mukilteo, Washington. ID Integration will be reselling Entigral’s leading sensor automation software platform, TraxWare®, into the aerospace, government, and manufacturing segments. Under this agreement, ID Integration will resel…

Introducing RFID Antenna Cables and New Distributor, Atlas RFID Store — ABR Industries

ABR Industries is proud to announce a new high-quality line of LMR® type cables specifically designed for the RFID industry. Our family of LMR® type cables are used in a number of applications: connecting radios to antennas, as Wi-Fi antenna cable, GPS antenna cable, RFID antenna cable and more.

Confidex – New Confidex Survivor™ redefines the traditional size-performance trade-off of passive UHF tags

TAMPERE Finland, June 18, 2014 – Confidex launches today the all new Confidex Survivor™ and Survivor B™, two new UHF RFID hard tags that optimize and redefine the traditional size-performance trade-off of passive UHF tags. Confidex Survivor™ is an all-surface-tag for applications where maximal read range and durability in extreme environments are the key requirements. Since its launch in 2006, Survivor has been the premier reference tag in the domain of high performance and heavy-duty C1G2 hard tags. It has been trusted by customers in the most demanding industrial and logistics applications, for example to manage or track roll cages, containers, and field equipment in harsh, open environments.

RFID in Energy, Mining & Construction Agenda to Feature Case Studies from Leading End Users – Press Release – Digital Journal

The event, to be held on Aug. 12-13, will be co-located with the Lean Construction Conference, and will focus on helping companies in these sectors employ RFID to improve their business operations.

RFID News For June

MagicBands Bring Convenience, New Services to Walt Disney World – RFID Journal

This spring in Orlando, Fla., Walt Disney World began providing a dual-frequency (13.56 MHz and 2.4 GHz) RFID wristband known as the MagicBand to all of its resort guests after they book a Walt Disney World hotel reservation. Guests not staying at a Disney hotel can purchase an RFID-enabled ticket at the gate, which provides access through entrances and other features also accessible via the MagicBand.

RFID Journal Virtual Event: RFID in Aerospace and Aviation 2014 – RFID Journal Events

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Why everyone will be wearing that RFID bracelet at the U.S. Open in Pinehurst – Triangle Business Journal

For credit card company American Express (NYSE: AXP), the U.S. Open in Pinehurst is a pilot program for what execs are telling me could be the new interactive technology status quo.

Telemetry

Every spring, hundreds of thousands of people descend on the city of Austin, TX, to partake in a cornucopia of music, technology, and film. Tech entrepreneurs mingle with filmmakers, while musicians belt out powerful vocals to the crowds that make their way through the chaotic traffic of downtown Austin. It’s cross-pollination at its best and it’s called SXSW. You have to be there to truly understand it. This year the SXSW team and Austin City emergency services team used Telemetry’s real ti…

RFID News Of The Week May 6th

Airbus to RFID-Tag and Track All Parts Made In-House – RFID Journal

Global aircraft company Airbus has moved forward with multiple radio frequency identification projects aimed at increasing the visibility of its parts worldwide, as well as tools and containers, both internally and externally. Last week, the firm announced the use of hybrid RFID Integrated Nameplates to supplement its standard, non-RFID nameplates. When attached to a part, the RFID version provides identifying information not only in text and bar-code form, but also by means of its passive EPC G…

What Does Disney Do With ALL The Fingerprint Data It Collects Daily From All Park Visitors? | New Hampshire – The Live Free or Die State

As soon as I heard that my ‘FastPass‘ to Disney contained an RFID tag I knew, given that I know the technology, that Disney would be keeping very close tabs of me while I was in Orlando.

But, I was NOT prepared, because I had never heard about it, that we would have to provide FINGERPRINT data in order to enter the parks! I was gobsmacked!

As a Green Holder I had abrogated my privacy rights decades ago. The Feds have fresh fingerprints of all 10 of my digits and closeups of my right ear — the ear supposedly even more unique than fingerprints. So I don’t have a problem with folks taking my fingerprints. They already have them. Ditto for the kids. We have had them voluntarily fingerprinted as part of a safeguard the kids ID program. I think it was run by the police. Deanna (like I) has also been fingerprinted because she has volunteered in the school system. So, they have all our fingerprints.

Smart Guns: Dude, You Hacked My Gun | The Daily Caller

By Mark Keefe, American Rifleman Worried about having your credit card hacked? How about if a criminal, a hacker or even a government agency could turn your gun on or off anytime they wanted? While

Could RFID in Airports Help Keep Stolen Passports off Flight 370

I have been sitting here for a few days mulling over this post. To write it or not to write it but I have to flush it out and put it out in a public forum for debate. I don’t have the answer and hopefully we can come up with one together. With all due respect for family members that are currently lost on Malaysia Airline Flight #370, I hope they find closure or some answers soon.

I would like to discuss if RFID tags at the airport and could they have helped prevent what some are reporting that 2 of the passports were stolen. Could RFID tags help prevent the 2 stolen passports from ever being used. Here in the USA the first RFID passports was in 2005.

RFID has been in passports since the late 1990’s. Kind of ironic that the first RFID issued passport was actually issued in Malaysia way back in 1998.

RFID passports arrive for Americans – CNET News

By Anne Broache Staff Writer, CNET News

We already have RFID on the luggage tags and in the passport itself. There has to be a way for the passengers to go through a scanner where the passport would pass through and connect with the database at Interpool. I can already hear the security pundits talking about their rights and stuff but since we are going through a security line we might as well be as secure as possible.

Somewhere along the line these two passports were checked with human eyes and I think that isn’t enough. The price of RFID has declined so much since 1998 that installing a few RFID machines to walk through is pennies on the dollar compared to what it use to be.

In my home airport of JFK passengers have to wait in line and show ID before going through the machines that check us for weapons or fluid. It makes sense to install something in between this or adjust the X-ray machines to read RFID. Maybe they already do?

I hope we hear some good news regarding the missing plane soon.

DEVELOPING: Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Still Missing at NYCAviation

Malaysia Airlines has lost contact with a 777-200 flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, carrying 239 people.

Can RFID Save on In Store Order Fulfillment

I was just reading an interesting article on RFID and the way that retail stores can use it for order fulfillment. Using Gen 2 RFID tags stores like Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s can make their retail stores into local shipping departments and save money on shipping.

Of course asking Macy’s suppliers to start using RFID tags on items can and will be a challenge that I can see. It does make a lot of sense for the stores to start implementing this practice on a global scale. It solves the problem of items being out of stock on store shelves and would cut down on a lot of the items that lets just say get shoplifted by store employees.

Of course this isn’t going to come cheap as companies will have to buy handheld scanners to have throughout their stores and their warehouses and teach employees how to use it properly.

The article on Software advice brought up a few good points but I can’t say I agree with having to hire new personal that will make higher wages because they are being trained on RFID handheld devices. I think it will just come into being the normal working conditions and become part of the workflow. If RFID will save them having to restock items the employes will be all for it, Or filling up shelves that already have a ton of the product and putting it side by side with excessive inventory. No worker likes doing that type of work.
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