German RFID inlay maker TagStar Systems GmbH has introduced a new line of inlays featuring the Texas Instruments transponder Tag-it chips. The new TI-enhanced inlays are available in two memory sizes, using both the Tag-it HF-I Standard/Pro with 256 bits memory and, for more advanced RFID applications, the TI Tag-it HF-I Plus chips with 2048 bits memory.

TagStar offers inlays with the Tag-It HF-I Plus chips in three sizes: 40x25mm, 45x42mm and 45x76mm. The inlay provider will also work with customers to design customized inlays of any size to meet special application needs, using any chips from the TI family.  

EarthSearch Communications International, a provider of wireless tracking and navigation solutions, has joined Motorola’s PartnerSelect program. As a result of the partnership, EarthSearch will integrate Motorola’s RFID technology into the company’s GPS systems.

BlueStar Inc., a distributor of RFID products and other related technologies, has added Conifdex’s family of UHF Gen2 RFID tags and specialty labels for asset tracking to its product line.

A Zebra Technologies printer/encoder has been chosen by three U.S. government contractors to help them fulfill a contract recently awarded by the U.S. Army. Lowry Computer Products, Northrop Grumman Corporation and ODIN technologies selected the Zebra RZ400 for the passive RFID hardware component.

Verichip Corporation, in the news in the last couple of weeks due to stock-related excitement, now offers some operational news. The company, makers of the FDA-approved implantable RFID chip, has announced a partnership with Microsoft HealthVault, an online depository of personal health records.

Bangalore-based Orizin Technologies Pvt. Ltd. has launched what it claims to be the smallest active RFID tag on the market. According the company, the tags have already been successfully deployed by an Indian telecom company to manage internal assets. Orizin’s new tag measures 26 x 23 x 7.3mm, and offers a read range of 20 meters.

“The optimum size, range and cost [of the tag] are the result of more than 18 months of R&D effort which has gone into development of our active RFID tags and readers,” says Suresh Rao, chief technology officer of Orizin.  

Health care technology provider Mobile Aspects Inc. has announced its certification under the ISO 9001:2000 Quality Standard. Pittsburgh-based Mobile Aspects provides of RFID-enabled clinical resource management solutions, many of them based on the company’s flagship tracking architecture, the Intelligent Radio Frequency Inventory System (iRIS).

VeriChip Corporation, providers of RFID-enabled health care solutions including the VeriMed Health Link system which uses human-implantable RFID tags, has been notified by the Nasdaq Stock Market that the company’s stockholder equity as of September 30 had fallen below the $10 million dollar minimum required for a continued listing on the exchange.

WaveMark Inc., a provider of RFID-enabled inventory management solutions with a focus on high-value medical supplies, has partnered with LUMEDX, a developer of cardiovascular information and imaging systems.

The companies will integrate WaveMark’s Clinical Inventory Management Solution (CIMS) with LUMEDX’s Apollo Cardiovascular Information System, streamlining charge capturing and patient billing, and helping ensure the proper tracking of high cost inventory.