Controversy over microchips on surgical instruments at Poznań Provincial Hospital
Poznań Provincial Hospital tagged 12,500 surgical instruments with UHF RFID, then found chips detaching during sterilisation and turning up in patients' wounds. Several hundred tags were damaged in nine months,…
Bovine EID tags available in Northern Ireland from 7 September – DAERA
From 7 September 2026 Northern Ireland becomes the first UK region to offer electronic ID tags for cattle, on a voluntary basis. The low frequency tags cost about GBP 1.50…
51,000 labels by hand: Stadtbücherei Pirmasens completes its barcode to RFID migration
Stadtbücherei Pirmasens has completed its move from barcode to RFID, buying 51,000 transponder labels and gluing one into every book with volunteer help over 18 months. The roughly EUR 63,000…
Walmart Ends Decade-Long NFC Resistance with Apple Pay and Google Pay Now Accepted
Walmart begins accepting Apple Pay, Google Pay and contactless cards at select US stores and Sam's Club locations on 24 August 2026, with every US store covered by year end…
Understanding RFID Frequencies: A Side-by-Side Comparison
LF reads through water and metal at 10 centimetres, UHF reaches 12 metres but struggles near liquids, and HF sits in between, powering payment cards and NFC. A side-by-side comparison…
SATO PJM RFID Powers Singapore’s National Blood Supply Management System
Singapore's Health Sciences Authority has taken its Next-Generation Blood Supply Management System live across every public and private hospital blood bank laboratory in the country. CADI Scientific won the tender,…
Inside the EU DPP Registry: What the New Rules Actually Mean for RFID
The EU Digital Product Passport Registry has been live since 20 July and its operating rules took effect on 6 August, yet nobody can register the first mandated passport because…
University of Wyoming Libraries: 2M Items RFID-Tagged Across 6 Locations Including Grand Teton National Park
The University of Wyoming Libraries has tagged 2 million items with RFID across six locations, replacing a manual inventory process that previously took around five years to complete. The project…
West Ham United NFC Digital Tickets Live
West Ham United has refreshed its matchday guidance for supporters entering London Stadium, and the instruction is now a simple one: find the pass in Apple Wallet or Google Wallet,…
Case Study: Singapore’s National Library Board – RFID at National Scale
When Singapore’s National Library Board (NLB) began tagging millions of library items with RFID in 2002, it became one of the earliest and most ambitious national-scale RFID deployments anywhere in…
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