Axcess offers tag for less than a sawbuck to jump-start RFID adoption.(RFID HARDWARE)
In a move the company says will accelerate the pace for mass adoption, Axcess International, a vendor of network-based asset management, tracking, and security solutions, now has active RFID personnel tags available for less than $10.00 a piece. Generic active RFID tags can run up to $100 each.

Publication: Manufacturing Business Technology

Getting results with tags: standard and lower price pave the way for RF: fresher food and less shrinkage within the supply chain. It is possible, for example by tagging products or product carriers. A global standard and a friendlier price tag should pave the way for RFID-tagging. Brewer Socttish & Newcastle and retailer Marks & Spencer are already obtaining results with this.(Logistics)
Tracking and tracing by using smart tags was long the domain of consultants who tried to make money out of it. Despite the obvious advantages offered by this state-of-the-art technology, the industry was hesitant to invest in smart tags. Basically, they were too expensive. Moreover, there was no

Publication: Food Engineering & Ingredients

BUCKING THE TREND TAGS, THE LITTLE HARDWARE STORE THAT IS TAKING ON THE BIG GUYS.
Tags is an old-fashioned, all-purpose neighborhood store where you go in for a light bulb but come out with a desk lamp; run in to get a key made, run out with a tea kettle. Located in the heart of Porter Square in Cambridge, it's a full- service housewares/ hardware shop that has stayed open and

Publication: The Boston Globe

Georgia 400 To Upgrade Cruise Card RFID Toll Collection Technology to TransCore's eGo Tags; Technology Eases Migration from Aging Battery-powered Tags to Battery-less Tags.
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Georgia's State Road and Tollway Authority (SRTA), which operates the GA 400 toll road in Atlanta, will be the first toll facility within the continental United States to upgrade their radio frequency identification (RFID) toll collection technology to TransCore's paper-thin

Publication: Business Wire

Those little hang tags.(disabled law )(Brief Article)
THOSE LITTLE HANG TAGS. In Tennessee, Gov. Phil Bredesen (D) signed legislation last month designed to preserve handicapped parking for those who are really disabled. Among other things, HB 2823 would impose a fine of up to $1,000 on those who falsify application information to get a hang tag.

Publication: Report on Disability Programs

NSW: Ear tags price cut means farmers pay less to get more
AAP General News (Australia) 02-21-2005 NSW: Ear tags price cut means farmers pay less to get more The New South Wales government has cut the price of cattle tags by a quarter to help track and prevent diseases in the beef and diary industries. Primary Industries Minister IAN MACDONALD says the

Publication: AAP General News (Australia)