Animate Moves to RFID-Based Store Operations: COO Jun Fujiki on ‘the First Step Toward Industry Reform’
Animate will fit PubteX's BOOKTRAIL RFID system across every one of its Japanese stores, targeting RFID-based store operations by April 2029. The tags arrive already inside the book, tucked in…
Tanzanian gold mine cuts asset losses 73% with RFID, repaid in 11 months
An unnamed Tanzanian gold mine tagged more than 2,000 movable assets with passive UHF RFID and reported a 73% drop in equipment losses over 12 months of operation. Gate alarms…
Pragmatic Semiconductor wins RFID Product Gold Prize at IOTE 2026 for its flexible NFC portfolio
Pragmatic Semiconductor has taken the RFID Product Gold Prize at the IOTE 2026 Innovative Product Awards in Shenzhen for its flexible NFC chips, NFC Connect PR1301 and NFC Protect PR1311.…
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…
Pilot Project uses RFID cards to track some Broken Arrow students riding the school bus
Broken Arrow Public Schools has grown its RFID bus pilot from one elementary school to six, with cards clipped to backpacks and read at the bus door as pupils board…
RFID for Loss Prevention: Beyond the Traditional Security Tag
Traditional EAS tags either trigger an alarm or they do not, and generate no data either way. Serialised UHF RFID tracks every item from the back door to the exit,…
RFID and Returns Management: Turning a Cost Centre Into Insight
A returned item can be back on a pick list within hours rather than sitting in a queue for days when fixed readers automate returns intake. Serialised UHF tags also…
Do RFID-blocking wallets actually do anything?
RFID-blocking wallets really do block radio signals. The trouble is the crime they exist to stop barely happens in Britain. Here is what the UK fraud figures actually show, what…
MIA Teknoloji Completes RFID-Based Biometric Identity R&D Project
Turkish technology company MIA Teknoloji has completed a research and development project that stores biometric facial data directly on RFID identity cards, verifying a cardholder against the credential in their…
Signicat ReadID Gains UK Digital Identity Trust Certification
Signicat has been certified against the UK Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework (DIATF) for the NFC-based identity document verification components and orchestration services behind its ReadID product. The certificate…
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