The company's new thermal printer models are available with built-in chips enabling buyers to configure the devices through the box before they are powered on, using an RFID reader and Intermec software.

The company's I.T.S. solution is designed to help users monitor the locations of people and assets indoors, via nodes that read Wi-Fi transmissions from smartphones, laptops and RFID tags.

EPC tags embedded in safety helmets identify each individual, by means of readers installed in caves, along rivers and at the tops of towers.

Versus IR/RFID hybrid technology enables the hospital to know the locations of its equipment and employees, as well as automated carts transporting food, with a goal of improving efficiency.

Staff, students and volunteers are tagging thousands of items so they can be identified through a closed box, without being handled, by means of handheld RFID readers.

The firm utilizes a system provided by Lexmark, Plus Technologies and ATM Software Solutions to print RFID-enabled documents with a unique ID for each page.

Ekahau announces updated Wi-Fi RTLS staff badge and pager; IVSN Group debuts shipping solution that supports RFID for DOD contractors; Smartrac joins OSPT, an alliance promoting a standards-based, secure contactless transit fare-collection platform; GS1 US, GS1 Germany combine data-management subsidiaries.

MissionTix is providing wristbands with built-in RFID tags that venue operators can read via an Android-based NFC-enabled smartphone and a cloud-based software application.

The Irish facility is using Ekahau Wi-Fi tags to trigger an alarm if a resident suffering from dementia enters a restricted area or tries to wander off.

The ARG-US tag, codeveloped by Evigia Systems and ANL, is being deployed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River Site, to gauge whether it can detect abnormal conditions involving storage barrels containing sensitive nuclear materials, as well as issue alerts in real time.

The major league baseball team is conducting a pilot involving RFID-enabled game tickets that automate entrance at turnstiles, enable payments at refreshment stands and shops, and let users collect reward points.

An electronic lock with an active RFID tag is being used to secure freight passing through customs and Hong Kong International Airport, ensuring that the cargo remains tamper-free, while also expediting the clearance process.

Barnes & Noble's CEO says Nooks and books to incorporate RFID technology; Ecom Instruments, Intermec partner on handheld mobile computer with RFID capability; Peoplesafe adds RTLS to portfolio of worker-safety products; Identec Solutions certifies container terminal solution with Navis.

The company sells small quantities of RFID stickers, and provides a free hosted application that is being used by businesses and hobbyists to inexpensively link an NFC tag to a Web site, or to such data as business card or product information.

The Canadian logistics company used pallets fitted with passive EPC tags to chronicle when goods were loaded and shipped to a retailer.

The U.K. vocational and technical school uses Zebra's Dart RFID tags to monitor teachers' locations, and to determine how many students are on campus at any given time, as well as which facilities they utilize.

Hundreds of businesses are expected to participate in a trial, beginning this summer, using NFC RFID DoGood Badges to publicize their community service and charitable donations.

Bluesfest program includes Intellitix RFID solution; Ekahau's quarterly results indicate healthy growth for RTLS market in 2012; Xerafy secures $5M; Intelleflex announces OEM partnership with DeltaTrak; HID Global unveils manufacturing process for smallest LF Tags, expands Latin American presence; Kathrein intros UHF RFID reader.

After installing AeroScout Wi-Fi-based RFID tags and RTLS software, the company's French factory is producing 5,000 more tires per day, while decreasing waste of materials by 20 percent.

Two European farms have tested the active RFID animal tags, enabling farmers to track each pig's health and location, and a number of farmers will soon install them, according to the system's providers.