CURRENT NEWS

• Vubiq Networks Completes Development Of Millimeter Wave RFID Hyperimaging System

  Vubiq Networks, Inc., the innovation leader in millimeter wave wireless broadband technology, products and solutions, recently announced that it has completed development of a hardware/software millimeter wave hyperimaging system

• Identiv Collaborates With NXP To Make IoT Applications Accessible With Ultra-Low-Cost NFC Inlay

  Identiv, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE) today announced a new ultra-low-cost radio frequency identification (RFID) inlay in collaboration with NXP® Semiconductors N.V. Using NXP’s near field communication (NFC) IC NTAG® 210µ, Identiv’s Dry Inlay (25 mm diameter) has launched at an unrivaled price of $0.05 a tag for a minimum order of 20Ku

• NFC Forum Signs IoT Liaison Agreement; Expands Automotive Partnership

  The NFC Forum, the global standards and advocacy association for Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, announced today the signing of a liaison agreement with AIM along with the expansion of an existing relationship with the Japan Automotive Software Platform and Architecture (JasPar) organization. The AIM liaison agreement focuses on the IoT market, furthering an NFC Forum objective to partner with complimentary technologies to use NFC to help connect, commission and control the predicted 36

• Odyssey Investment Partners Acquires Barcodes, Inc.

  Odyssey Investment Partners, LLC ("Odyssey") announced today that an affiliate has acquired Barcodes, Inc. (the "Company") from affiliates of Cortec Group. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

• NEXT Biometrics To Start Sampling Dual Interface Smart Card Solution

  NEXT Biometrics (Oslo Bors: NEXT), a global leader in fingerprint sensor technology, today announced that it will start sampling its dual interface smart card solution (One Touch Flex CL) early in the second quarter of 2019

FEATURE ARTICLES

• 6 Reasons To Outsource Software Testing

  Software testing plays an important role in enhancing the quality of the software. In fact, the majority of the companies are investing in buying effective software testing tools to enhance their quality. However, there are a huge number of companies that focus only on software development and outsource software testing.

• North Sails Leverages RFID Technology

  North Sails is the worldwide leader in sailmaking. North has always been a technology company. This focus on technology and innovation was fostered by the company founder, Lowell North, who left a career in aerospace engineering in 1957 to strike out on his own, to make sails.  

• MIT's Small Aerial Drones Relay RFID Signals To Track Merchandise

  Small, aerial drones that relay radio frequency (RF) signals could be used by retailers to more efficiently locate merchandise stored in large warehouses, according to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers who developed the system.

• RFID 101 + Pros And Cons

  If putting data into computer databases with little to no human intervention sounds appealing to your company, radio-frequency identification may be for you. Radio-frequency identification, otherwise known as RFID, is a technological tool that reads tags, identifies information about the object the label is attached to, and enters this information into a computer database. This technology is similar to barcoding; however, RFID systems are able to store much more information than traditional barcodes.

• The EPC Mandate ROI Guide

  Today, many retailers are promoting omnichannel retail initiatives in order to offer their services and products to more consumers on more marketing platforms. It’s no secret that retailers with growing omnichannel initiatives see strong benefits with RFID from the DC to receiving to the back room, and the selling floor.

FEATURED RFID PRODUCTS

Active RFID And RTLS For Healthcare And Beyond

Awarepoint's Active RFID technologies and real-time location systems (RTLSs) include its real-time awareness platform, firmware, RFID tags, sensors, and bridges.

Laminate Composites For RF/Microwave Applications

Arlon Microwave Materials specializes in products made from fluoropolymers (i.e. PTFE), ceramic-filled fluoropolymers, ceramic-filled hydrocarbon thermosets, and other materials that deliver the electrical performance needed in frequency-dependent circuit applications. These products are supplied as copper-clad laminates with bonding plies, or prepregs, for production of multilayer printed circuits. Arlon has over "50 years of experience in microwave materials", today providing products that are used to make combiner boards and feed networks for microwave applications as well as basestation antennas and power amplifier boards for the wireless telecommunications infrastructure market.

AWID HH-6600 UHF Handheld Reader

Existing UHF RFID handheld terminals tend to be heavy and expensive. This has hindered the pace of RFID adoption in many verticals. AWID breaks the barriers with a new handheld RFID reader with state of the art technology at a price that will bring a smile to even the most cost conscious.

rfid> Sleeve WR100 Wearable RFID System

Franwell’s rfid> Sleeve WR100 is a compact UHF wearable RFID system enabled by Bluetooth or WiFi. Designed to be worn on the lower arm as a hands-free solution, the sleeve allows the person handling RFID tagged product to work at their most natural and efficient state while capturing information in a seamless and passive manner.

OnAsset Platform: On Demand Intelligence For Remote Asset Management

The OnAsset Platform is the industry's most feature-rich, high-functioning hosted platform service for viewing and interacting with data gathered from remote assets via SENTRY and Guardian hardware solutions. Most applications today are developed specifically to extract and present telemetry data. The OnAsset Platform does this plus adds layers of functionality to help you achieve superior mobile asset management.

SATO CLNX Series Industrial Thermal Printers

With the NEW CLNX Series your problems are solved! Only the CLNX will address the typical thermal printer issues you experience today by its many user friendly features and rugged design.

Impinj Tag Antennas

As an RFID user, you don't want to think about your tags, you just want them to work. To that end, demanding tags that are "Powered by Impinj" is the most important step you can take. Why? Because Impinj is the company that made UHF Gen 2 real.

CribMaster™ Pro-Stock 560

Take the ease and security of carousel dispensing and add flexible carousel sizes, simple on-site re-configurability and high capacity in a very small footprint, and you have the CribMaster Pro-Stock 560. If you work in a cellular work design, why would you keep the necessary production tooling right next to the machine? Reduce hoarding, stock-outs, overstock situations and travel time to the tool crib.

UA1000i UHF RFID Appliance

The UA1000i is an industrial grade RFID appliance with advanced integrated software capabilities supporting the UHF RFID standard. The system includes an integrated antenna and is packaged in a compact form factor.

SmartMark™ Metal Mountable RFID Tags

SmartMark metal mountable tags use a variety of techniques and materials to provide exceptional read ranges and reliability - even when placed directly on metal objects that interfere with radio signals. In addition to typical foam-offsets, Frick employs fully encapsulated, rubberized, domed, and other designs to give you a choice when building your tags.

RFID Conveyor Tunnels

Venture Research Inc. has the solution for high speed conveyor applications. The Conveyor Tunnel line provides the utmost in flexibility for multi-vendor RFID antenna and reader integration. Tunnels are suitable for pilot implementation or full deployment. The patent pending agile antenna rotator assemblies are predrilled for popular antenna types to integrate and tune tunnel systems. Two versions are available, the "Quietized" Enclosed and the Open Frame Tunnels, to satisfy operational requirements depending on environmental specifications.

CSL: CS101 Handheld RFID Reader

CS101 is a UHF EPC C1G2 handheld RFID reader with industry leading read range and read rate performance to enable ultra fast inventory of cases on pallet, warehouse shelves, moving vehicles, and other tagged items in business processes where fixed reader class performance is required in a portable device.

Ekahau Real-Time Location System

The Ekahau Real-Time Location System is a wireless radio frequency solution that continually monitors and reports real-time locations of tracked resources.

SYS-TEC Track

SYS-TEC Track is a hardware and software system that allows organizations to get control of tools, assets, products, inventory or property, and their movement throughout the organization.