RFID technology has come a long way in the past few years. Chips are now individually very cheap, and thousands of uses for them have been devised by corporations and governments. Now it seems that Apple is looking to help make RFIDs something consumers ma…

TechRev_AL writes “A team from the University of Washington has attached an RFID chip capable of sensing neural activity to a live moth, to pick up the spikes that occur as it beats its wings. Most neural implants are still relatively bulky, but the Washington researchers wanted to show the components in an RFID could be adapted for the same purpose. The NeuralWISP chip is a collection of low …

VingCard Elsafe, a leading hospitality security provider and part of the ASSA ABLOY Hospitality Group, announced the installation of VISIONLINE by VingCard, its wireless RF-online system, and Signature RFID by Vingcard, its contactless electronic door locks with NFC cell phone compatibility, at Fairmont Pittsburgh. The 185-room luxury property, scheduled to open in March 2010, offers access to …

BELGIUM: EPCglobal Inc, a subsidiary of the global not-for-profit supply-chain-standards organization GS1 has announced that Microsoft BizTalk RFID has been certified and is fully compliant with the organization’s EPCIS standard for event generation.

BELGIUM: EPCglobal Inc, a subsidiary of the global not-for-profit supply-chain-standards organization GS1 has announced that Microsoft BizTalk RFID has been certified and is fully compliant with the organization’s EPCIS standard for event generation.

Apple is allegedly working on several iPhone prototypes that integrate RFID readers, according to Near Field Communications World. The report originated from a “highly reliable source” who contacted Einar Rosenberg, the CTO of Narian Technologies. Although Apple has submitted for several patents involving iPhone RFID, the report claims the technology is likely to be utilized in the next …