RFID reader performance enhancements and increased global reach validate Motorola’s top ratings in recent independent research HOLTSVILLE, N.Y. – 8 September, 2008 – The Enterprise Mobility business from Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today introduced several new RFID product enhancements and an increase in geographic availability that meets the business needs of customers around the world. Moto...

Radio-Frequency Identification chips have been around for a while. Wikipedia says that in 1946 Léon Theremin invented an espionage tool for the Soviet Union which retransmitted incident radio waves with audio information. Now they are popping up everywhere. Pet owners began putting chips in their dogs and cats years ago. Implanting RFID chips in passports

Gaming Partners International Corporation and Progressive Gaming International Corporation announced today that RFID technology is becoming widely accepted by casinos worldwide as

The Active RFID, RTLS & Sensor Networks 2008 conference hosted by IDTechEx will be held on November 5-6, 2008 in Dallas TX. This conference is in its fourth year and the only event in the world dedicated to the technologies of Active RFID, RTLS and Ubiquitous Sensor Networks. The latest technology developments, the applications of these technologies, and their respective and overriding markets wil...

According to Engadget, Mythbusters was all set to do a show exposing the weak security behind most RFID implementations of Smart Cards, but was shut down by lawyers from “American Express, Visa, Discover, and everybody else… [who] absolutely made it really clear to Discovery that they were not going to air this episode.” Since Discovery

Interest in radio frequency identification (RFID) technology is on the rise, according to the results of a study from the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA).

A new hosted service from SkyeTek is designed to apply RFID technology for mobile users and applications.

Hospitals are embracing a range of radio technologies to track everything from drugs to doctors with increasing accuracy. Location and identity data are fostering new efficiencies, costs savings, and redesigned workflows and business processes.

Just a little background: a group of MIT students hacked the MBTA's (known as the "T") "CharlieCard" stored-value RFID system and attempted to publish a paper on their findings at the recent DEFCON event. They were slapped with an injunction/lawsuit, and MIT was also named in the suit. The injunction was lifted yesterday, with the judge citing misapplication of a computer f...

Burial plot prices are skyrocketing in Japanese cities, so one company built a facility that uses RFID technology to help store the dead. At Nichiryoku, mourners visit a “prayer area” where they swipe RFID cards to have the cremated remains of their loved one are lifted up from an underground storage vault. [Gear Fuse via Trends in Japan] View demo on YouTube.