The US is to begin trials of RFID-chipped visa documents next month to remotely record vehicles and foot passengers entering and leaving the country at land border crossing points. As part of the trial thousands of US visa holders will be issued an...
In order to improve visibility of supplies in the network, pallets and containers in Iraq would be RFID-tagged from February, Brigadier David McGahey, its director general of material information systems, told ZDNet Australia.
Disaster relief crews are adopting RFID tags to help them identify victims of Hurricane Katrina. The US Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team and health officials in Mississippi's Harrison County are implanting human cadavers with RFID chips...
Ticketing on public transport in Norway and Sweden is being revolutionised by the introduction of a new payment system using RFID smart cards. With similarities to the Oyster Card programme running in London, the system being introduced on...
A Birmingham hospital is planning to tag patients with RFID chips to improve safety and ensure the correct operations are carried out on the right patients. The Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust is spending an estimated £300,000 on a pilot of...
Department store chain Debenhams has credited investment in a new IT platform and its ecommerce website for helping to boost annual profits to £131.4m. Pre-tax profits are up 11.5 per cent for the 12 months ended 30 September 2007, while sales also...