CURRENT NEWS

• LIVE! 2019 To Feature RFID Professional Institute Certification And Fast-Track RFID Training Course

  RFID Journal announced recently that it has again partnered with RFID4U, a leading radio frequency identification training firm, to provide RFID Professional Institute certification training at this year's RFID Journal LIVE! conference and exhibition.

• Quest Solution Signs Follow-On Agreement For The Manufacture And Supply Of Approximately $3M Worth Of Mobile Computers

  Quest Solution, Inc. (OTCQB: QUES), (“Quest” or “the Company”) a provider of Supply Chain and Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based Machine Vision solutions, announces that its wholly owned subsidiary, HTS Image Processing, Inc. (“HTS”), has signed an extension to its supply agreement with an existing customer through December 31, 2019

• Matrix 220™ Imager By Datalogic: The Most Compact And Flexible Top Performer

  Datalogic, a global leader in the automatic data capture and process automation markets, introduces the new Matrix 220™ imager, the most compact image based barcode reader capable of providing top performance with the highest flexibility

• New Dynamsoft Barcode Reader SDK v6.4 Adds JavaScript Web API

  Dynamsoft has updated its Barcode Reader Software Development Kit as a pure JavaScript API Edition, based on WebAssembly, to enable cross-browser and cross-platform online barcode scanning.

• BarTender® By Seagull Scientific Named To Food Logistics’ 2018 FL100+ Top Software And Technology Providers

  Food Logistics, the only publication exclusively dedicated to covering the movement of product through the global food supply chain, has named BarTender® by Seagull Scientific to its 2018 FL100+ Top Software and Technology Providers list

FEATURE ARTICLES

• 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.

• Transformative Technology Changing Manufacturing — Is RFID The Competitive Advantage You Need?

  At one time it was enough to just streamline operations to become more “Lean”. And those lean initiatives helped many manufacturers get through financial crises and economic downturns. Process automation and barcoding made a significant impact, but even the right mix of efficiency and business systems isn’t enough with today’s advancements.

FEATURED RFID PRODUCTS

Blue Vector Retail Solutions

Wireless sensors can do routine things automatically, detecting and correcting issues before they become problems and allowing associates to concentrate on the customer satisfaction, not paperwork. Companies are using wireless sensors to shatter the traditional relationship between suppliers and customers. In the traditional model, the customer owns and is responsible for managing their on-hand supply. In the new model, the supplier takes full responsibility for maintaining adequate on-hand supply of inventory on the customer’s premises.

MP9210 Low-Power, Multi-Protocol 13.56 MHz Reader

The SAMSys MP9210 is a low-cost, multi-protocol RFID proximity reader operating at 13.56 MHz. This reader is designed for short-range RFID applications. The MP9210 can be connected to other SAMSys readers operating at any of the supported frequencies to blend their respective functionalities into advanced multi-frequency, multi-protocol solutions.

IDENTEC SOLUTIONS i-HUB Reader Gateway

The i-HUB is part of the newest generation of IDENTEC SOLUTIONS’ Intelligent Long Range® (ILR®) RFID readers.

Omnitrol Networks: Intelligent RFID Edgeware: OMNITROL

The OMNITROL™ is the industry’s first next-generation all-in-one, service-oriented edge networking appliance. OMNITROL provides the market with the most powerful, flexible, and easiest means to integrate and use RFID. The all-in-one edge platform solution is designed to accelerate adoption by dramatically reducing the complexity and cost of RFID integration and management.

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.

M9000 Series Rugged Tablet Computers

These tablets are the go-anywhere solution for companies who need reliable mobile communication throughout their supply chain and want to future-proof their technology purchase with advanced communications options, modularity ,and ruggedness.

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.

SPEDE Technologies Push-Button Labeling

Push-Button Labeling is a simple-to-use hardware/software solution that combines patented wireless technology with intelligent software to control and error-proof the processes of label set-up, label printing, and label application.

bielomatik TAL-100/165: Transponder Attaching And Laminating Machine

bielomatik TAL-100/165: Transponder Attaching and Laminating Machine inlays on large diameter roll — dry or wet. It inspects the incoming inlays by HF universal reader with adjustable quality level.

ThingMagic Ruggedized Vega Reader

The Vega reader is built around our award winning, high performance M5e UHF RFID module. The Vega reader meets the harsh environmental operating standards required for use in trucks and automobiles (In Vehicle Reader model), and is ideal for deployment in a wide variety of indoor and outdoor applications. A version is available to support applications which call for the maximum permissible output power allowed by EU regulations. The Vega reader utilizes a local personal computer (not included) to provide command and control via its RS-232 serial interface.

VUANCE Electronic Security Solutions For Educational Environments

Electronic access control involves managing access to and from a facility. Access management pertains to locking/unlocking doors, opening/closing gates and tracking individuals who are entering or leaving a building, parking lot or room. Monitoring pertains to supervising anything defined as an alarm point such as door contacts, motion or glass break sensors.

Accu-Sort RFR-02 13.56MHz Read/Write RFID System

Accu-Sort Systems RFR-02, is a new fixed-position RF tag reader for use in factory automation, automated material handling, and asset identification applications.

Intelleflex: RFID Vehicle Yard Management

The Intellefl ex RFID Solution for vehicle yard management provides real-time inventory visibility, vehicle locations within the yard, and control of outgoing and incoming vehicles at the gate.

RFID Access Control Solution: Asset Tracking

The Access Control Solution will enable you to have an automated solution of verifying employees entering and exiting your facility, along with a full suite of reporting fucntionality. This solution includes a Motorola DC600 portal, a Zebra color card printer, and the software that enables card validation. The bundle also includes 100 serialzed UHF RFID cards.