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Bluebird launches world’s first enterprise-grade RFID Enabled handheld computer with AMOLED display

Bluebird launches world’s first enterprise-grade RFID Enabled handheld computer with AMOLED display

Bluebird, the enterprise mobility business of TSC Auto ID, has launched the X40, a rugged RFID handheld computer that the company says is the first enterprise-grade device to ship with…

NFC Authentication for Trading Cards and Collectables

NFC Authentication for Trading Cards and Collectables

Ask a serious buyer of graded cards what worries them and the answer is rarely the grade. It is whether the item inside the holder is what the label claims.…

Testing and Validation: How to Prove Your RFID System Works

Testing and Validation: How to Prove Your RFID System Works

You have installed your RFID system, tagged your assets, and connected your software. But how do you actually know it works? Without a structured testing and validation process, you are…

RFID for Airport Duty Free: Up to 99% Stock Accuracy

RFID for Airport Duty Free: Up to 99% Stock Accuracy

Item-level RFID can lift airport duty free stock accuracy to as much as 99 per cent, according to Checkpoint Systems, which puts typical barcode-based counting at 70 to 80 per…

PulpaTronics co-founder Chloe So wins Innovate UK Women in Innovation Award

PulpaTronics co-founder Chloe So wins Innovate UK Women in Innovation Award

Chloe So, co-founder and chief executive of PulpaTronics, has been named a winner in Innovate UK’s 2026 Women in Innovation Awards, handing one of the UK’s more interesting sustainable RFID…

RFID in Retail Inventory Management: The Accuracy Revolution

RFID in Retail Inventory Management: The Accuracy Revolution

For decades, retailers have lived with a dirty secret: their inventory records are wrong. Traditional barcode-based systems typically deliver inventory accuracy of just 65-75%, meaning that for every ten items…

California’s First DCC-Approved RFID Self-Checkout Goes Live at Cannabis Dispensary

California’s First DCC-Approved RFID Self-Checkout Goes Live at Cannabis Dispensary

Perfect Union Northside in Sacramento has made history as the first cannabis dispensary in California to receive approval from the Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) for RFID-powered self-checkout technology. The…

How to Calculate RFID Tag Cost Per Unit at Scale

How to Calculate RFID Tag Cost Per Unit at Scale

When budgeting for an RFID deployment, the sticker price on a single tag tells you very little. True cost per unit only becomes clear once you factor in volume tiers,…

RFID and GS1 Standards: Why Global Data Standards Matter

RFID and GS1 Standards: Why Global Data Standards Matter

Every RFID tag carries a unique identifier, but without a common language to interpret that data, the information is only useful within a single organisation. This is exactly the problem…

RFID’s Recovery Quarter: What the Q2 2026 Earnings Reveal About an Industry Finding Its Feet

RFID’s Recovery Quarter: What the Q2 2026 Earnings Reveal About an Industry Finding Its Feet

For the better part of eighteen months, the RFID industry has been nursing a hangover. After 2024 delivered a record 52.8 billion RAIN UHF tag chips shipped globally, 2025 landed…

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