“Digital Angel, the world’s largest manufacturer of implantable microchips for animals, is proposing that biothermal RFID chips be used on a sampling of the world’s 25 billion chickens as an early warning system for avian flu. Avian flu is currently only identifiable via visual means, such as discoloration of the beak, sneezing, diarrhea, or sudden death. However, using a biothermal chip and an RFID reader poultry farmers would be alerted to elevated temperatures in the flock, company executives say.”
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Texas Instruments (TI) introduced a pair of encapsulated RFID mini-transponders designed for applications in animal tagging and asset tracking. The 12mm TRPGR30TGC and TRPGP40TGC mini-transponders were developed to enable users a battery-free solution for embedding RFID tags into smaller objects across a broader range of applications. These transponders come ready-to-use and are 100 percent backwards compatible with all of TI’s RFID software and readers including power modules, control modules and micro readers. read more »Digital Angel announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Allflex USA Inc. to sell its animal identification business, Destron Fearing Corp., for a purchase price of $25 million. read more »Japan’s Fukumi Corporation has opened the world’s first physical shop for NFC tags, applications, starter kits and printing and encoding services in Yaesu, Tokyo. read more »Teijin Fibers Limited will be launching its digital smart shelf-management system incorporating Cell Form, the company’s two-dimensional data-communication sheet, ultra-high frequency (UHF) RFID reader and compatible tags. read more »Digital Angel announced that through its subsidiary Destron Fearing it has been approved to supply RFID-equipped animal identification technology to support a government cattle identification program in Columbia. read more »GAO RFID announced its handheld RFID reader series for animal identification and management, for applications such as stock breeding, animal control, or foodstuff tracking systems. read more » |
