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The weekly digest · 27 August 2026
This week in RFID
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Healthcare · 26 August 2026
The NFC Forum has launched a dedicated Healthcare Special Interest Group. In the first RFID News interview, its chair Stefan Genser talks tap-to-access care, the US$30.5 billion counterfeit medicine problem, and why standards will decide whether connected healthcare works.
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Contactless Payment · 25 August 2026
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 and fuel stations by mid 2027. It ends more than a decade of NFC resistance dating back to the failed CurrentC project.
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Garment Tags · 20 August 2026
Eight months after NXP launched UCODE X, Avery Dennison has shipped ARC certified inlays built on it. The AD Miniweb Global UCODE X packs a 42 by 16 mm antenna and is pitched as the industry's first globally tuned inlay, one SKU for ETSI, FCC and Asian bands. Checkpoint got there first on ARC, though.
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HF · 20 August 2026
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, with SATO supplying HF PJM RFID labels and readers built on ISO 18000-3 Mode 2, a standard chosen because saline-rich blood bags defeat UHF.
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Article · 22 August 2026
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, flags shelf disappearances in near real time and catches ticket switching at self-checkout. Loss prevention becomes proactive rather than reactive.
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Article · 20 August 2026
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 of the four RFID bands, with the standards, costs and penetration trade-offs that decide which one fits your application.
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