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RFID technology prevents mistakes during fuel discharge

RFID technology prevents mistakes during fuel discharge

Berrys Technologies has launched its Midas Elbow in the United States, an RFID-triggered shut-off valve that also checks the fuel itself with optical sensing. Civacon has blocked cross-drops by matching…

RFID Tag Costs: Where Are We in 2026 and Where Are We Heading?

RFID Tag Costs: Where Are We in 2026 and Where Are We Heading?

Passive UHF inlays now sell for 4 to 8 cents, and 50-million-unit buyers are negotiating towards 2 cents. Chip die shrinks from Impinj and NXP keep pushing prices down, yet…

Tageos unveils EOS-450 MW microwave-compatible RAIN RFID inlays for food packaging

Tageos unveils EOS-450 MW microwave-compatible RAIN RFID inlays for food packaging

Tageos has launched two RAIN RFID inlays designed to stay on a ready meal while it is heated. The EOS-450 MW M830 and EOS-450 MW UX use antennas engineered to…

FEIG expands its access control portfolio with OSDP-capable UHF reader ID LRU500i-BD

FEIG expands its access control portfolio with OSDP-capable UHF reader ID LRU500i-BD

FEIG ELECTRONIC has added OSDP support to the ID LRU500i-BD, its long-range UHF reader for automatic vehicle identification. The reader keeps Wiegand output and gains the supervised, bidirectional protocol on…

Borussia Dortmund Switches to NFC Tickets in Apple Wallet at SIGNAL IDUNA PARK

Borussia Dortmund Switches to NFC Tickets in Apple Wallet at SIGNAL IDUNA PARK

Entry to SIGNAL IDUNA PARK went contactless for the 2026/27 season, with Borussia Dortmund accepting NFC tickets stored in Apple Wallet from 26 August 2026. Fans hold an iPhone or…

San Antonio Zoo launches ZooBand, a free RFID wristband for member entry and cashless purchases

San Antonio Zoo launches ZooBand, a free RFID wristband for member entry and cashless purchases

Members of San Antonio Zoo can collect a free RFID wristband that stores their membership and a payment method, launched on 20 December 2025. ZooBand taps for admission, food, drink,…

Gran Canaria Airport Tags Visiting Taxis with RFID to Enforce a 20-Transfer Monthly Quota

Gran Canaria Airport Tags Visiting Taxis with RFID to Enforce a 20-Transfer Monthly Quota

Taxis licensed outside Telde and Ingenio started receiving rear-windscreen RFID tags in September 2026 so the Cabildo de Gran Canaria can enforce a limit of 20 airport transfers per licence…

When a Fan Scarf Becomes a Stadium Ticket: Dijon FCO Refreshes the Fan Experience with NFC Technology

When a Fan Scarf Becomes a Stadium Ticket: Dijon FCO Refreshes the Fan Experience with NFC Technology

Dijon FCO have turned the club scarf into a season ticket. An NFC chip sewn into the end of the scarf opens the SKIDATA gates at Stade Gaston-GĂ©rard and pays…

LZPD NRW and Duisburg Police Test First Patrol Car with Intelligent Equipment Tracking Using RFID

LZPD NRW and Duisburg Police Test First Patrol Car with Intelligent Equipment Tracking Using RFID

Around 50 items make up the kit in the boot of every North Rhine-Westphalia patrol car, and crews have checked it with a clipboard at every shift changeover. Duisburg officers…

RFID Event Processing: CEP Engines and Why Real-Time Matters

RFID Event Processing: CEP Engines and Why Real-Time Matters

Thousands of tag reads per second are worthless as raw data; complex event processing engines turn them into decisions while they still matter. By correlating reads across dock doors and…