Pretty soon, all dogs in England will have to be microchipped as part of a government attempt to reduce the number of strays and to make owners more responsible for their animals, according to The Guardian. From April 2016, all dog owners must have their animals fitted with an RFID-based microchip, or face the penalty [...]

The Pennsylvania Center for Beef Excellence (CBE) soon will offer a statewide RFID animal identification program that enables consumers the ability to know more about the food they eat, how it is raised and where it comes from. In partnership with the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, this program will give producers a competitive advantage in [...]

GAO RFID Inc. announced availability of a handheld ultra-high frequency (UHF) Gen 2 Bluetooth RFID reader/writer designed for applications in asset tracking, warehouse management and livestock tagging. The advanced Gen 2 RFID interrogator, model 246008, provides a swivel read head to enable for the most favorable read rates regardless of tag orientation and for comfortable [...]

The requirement to use RFID to export edible swiftlet nests from the country of origin was not set by Malaysian Government, but imposed by China, according to Daily Express. The use of RFID technology will enable the authorities to trace the origin of the products to prevent counterfeiting of edible bird’s nests used to make [...]

The latest RFID market research from IDTechEx finds that in 2012 the value of the entire RFID market will be $7.46 billion. This includes tags, readers and software/services for RFID cards, labels, fobs and all other form factors. Up from $6.37 billion in 2011, the increase is attributed primarily due to growth of passive ultra-high [...]

HID Global announced the Glass Tag Mini, an all new RFID glass tag that can be implanted in very small animals and used for other industry and logistics applications. Weighing one-thousandth of an ounce, the Glass Tag Mini, with its bioglass capsule, ensures acceptance while protecting the enclosed electronics with unlimited resistance to water, fluids [...]

Daily RFID introduced a new RFID pet tracking tag, developed to be an unobtrusive RFID tag to that is equipped on the animal’s collar. Known as the ultra-high frequency animal card, the smart RFID pet tag has a storage capacity of 96 bits / 512bits / 2000bits to hold vital pet information, such as medical [...]

HID Global has developed a new a manufacturing process that enables use of some of the world’s smallest integrated low-frequency (LF) chips ever produced for contactless ID applications. The company’s direct bonding technology can mount an antenna to a micro-sized chip surface less than 0.3 millimeters square – smaller then the pinpoint of a needle. [...]

HID Global announced the debut of two new Glass Tag Ultra RFID transponders for animal identification and industrial applications. The HID Global design featured in the Glass Tag Ultra 134.2 kHz transponders use direct bonding technology and optimized chip placement to enable a boost of performance. Read ranges are improved by up to 35% compared [...]

nanotron Technologies announced the release of nanoLES Version 2.0, the latest high throughput location engine and server software of nanotron’s people and asset locating (PAL) technology. PAL technology is used in various industries to locate and monitor people, animals and valuable assets. Animal tagging is expected to pick up, as new laws and regulations governing [...]