Xerox has selected I.D. Systems to provide wireless management for a fleet of forklifts at its Ohio distribution center. Xerox will use I.D. Systems’ PowerKeyPLUS wireless industrial vehicle monitoring system, which uses RFID-based technology to provide vehicle access control, safety checklists and impact sensing.

A research group in Europe has taken a major step towards the goal of developing printable electronics that can be used for creating RFID tags. Researchers in the EU-funded CONTACT project have demonstrated that with suitable inks and printers, organic liquid crystal displays and other optical electronic devices can be printed out precisely.

Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise (FTE), which manages the statewide SunPass system, has selected TransCore’s eGo Plus RFID sticker for use on the state’s 460 miles of toll road. The paper-thin, batteryless tags will be sold as the SunPass “Mini” and be available this summer.

UK-based Wavetrend Technologies has announced that it will begin installation of an RFID project for Israel’s new Ashdod Medical. Wavetrend will work with Israeli systems integrator Ardan Control on the project, which will be the largest active RFID installation in the Middle East.

Seattle-based RFID developer Impinj has announced the sale of its non-volatile memory intellectual property, including more than 50 patents, to integrated circuit designer Virage Logic for $5.2 million. The sale leaves Impinj free to focus solely on RFID technology.

Electronics manufacturer Murata has developed a tiny RFID module, called MAGICSTRAP, designed to enable product life cycle tracking while minimizing the amount RF expertise required to implement an RFID solution.

The product is introduced at a time when the manufacturing industry is being asked to manage product life cycle more precisely and efficiently, in part due to legislation on the disposal of home electronic equipment.

Texas Instruments Inc. has announced two additions to its Low Frequency RFID product family. The tags are designed for use in metal-heavy or industrial environments such as container tracking in waste management applications, vehicle identification and access control, oil refineries and other production environments.

3M Library Systems has launched an upgraded “basic” RFID tag with 1K of memory, a four-fold increase over its previous basic tag. The memory boost should make the tags compatible with possible future applications, increasing their longevity.

Bayer Material Science, one of the world's largest producers of polymers and high-performance plastics, will use InSync’s Edgeware software platform to deploy a series of RFID and sensor-enabled warehousing and logistics automation solutions

According to a new study, an individual pharmacy faces a price tag of between $84,000 and $110,000 to implement RFID systems which meet proposed federal safety mandates. This represents an average of 0.88% of annual sales for pharmacies; a figure which the industry group behind the report says is too much.

Georgetown University researchers have teamed with Gentag, and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) to create a new non-invasive method of measuring blood glucose. The method uses disposable, RFID-enabled skin patches and cell phones to monitor glucose. It could eliminate the need for the traditional finger prick method to draw blood of diabetic patients.