I'll Pay by RFID Wand, Please at The RFID Weblog

Think RFID is being used only by large corporations? Not so. Millions of individuals in the United States and Canada are using RFID daily. One way is with the Speedpass payment system. Speedpass, which uses RFID technology, allows you to pay for purchases simply by waving your Speedpass wand at the point of sale or checkout. Right now you can use Speedpass to pay for gasoline at the pump at over [...] Read More


RFID enabled boxes expected to see the light of the day at The RFID Weblog

We have been dreaming for years as to how one day we may be able to see RFID tags being printed into the packaging materials directly. We got an indication about our dreams being realized when texas instruments and Smurfit-Stone demonstrated a prototype RFID enabled cardboard box which had an RFID antenna printed on its inner layer of paperboard last year. I thought our dreams were getting realized ultimately but [...] Read More


RFID to save lives of brave soldiers at The RFID Weblog

One of the most difficult jobs for any army around the world is to keep track of its soldiers during any insurgency operation or wartime. As a result lot of precious time is wasted and many lives are lost in the process. Realizing this SkyTek is working in association with the military for shrinking handheld readers for identification of injured soldiers and transmitting the data. This will enable to get [...] Read More


Magic wand fails to stun at The Gadgets Weblog

"The DocuPen is one of those gadgets that both charms you and breaks your heart. You don't know you need it until you find it. Then, when you realize you need it, it leaves you unsatisfied." Yahoo! News - Review: Wand That Scans Text Isn't Magic [...] Read More


Sponsored Post: Inside Track on the Prosperous Business of Active RFID at Supplychainer

While only 8% of manufacturers have recently adopted active RFID, 48% planned to adopt it, according to a report by the Aberdeen Group in January 2006. However, according to IDTechEx: the percentage of RFID expenditure related to active was about to rise from about 15% to 25%. The 2007 huge orders for active RFID is evidence to that and IDTechEx has the inside scoop: On cue, 2007 has seen huge orders for [...] Read More