November 08, 2006
RFID Roundup - Wed Nov 08/06
Honey We Shrunk the Contactless Payment Key Fob
Texas Intruments is offering a new contactless payment chip inlay
[PCB007] about the size of a postage stamp, as well as an oval-shaped
inlay antenna. Both products are compatible with MasterCard PayPass
contactless payment systems, and open up the possibility of very small
form factor payment keyfobs and wristbands. PayPass compatible
wristbands were given away by MasterCard Worldwide recently to fans at the New York Giants' Giants Stadium. Texas Instruments recently gave up buying RFID inlays to manuffacture their own.
China Approves Savi Technology
The
SRRC (State Radio Regulation Committee) in China has approved Savi
Technology's active RFID tags and readers , which operate at 433.92 Mhz
(ISO 18000-7) for use in the country. [via FCW] Savi was acquired recently by Lockheed Martin.
Cricket Welcomes RFID
Cricket
is the latest sport to use radio frequency technology, in this case for
event ticketing for the Rajasthan Cricket Association. The RFID tags
used are from NXP (formerly Philips Semiconductors), the readers from
Gemini. [via The HIndu Business Line]
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