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Tagsys makes big donation to school

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Tagsys RFID Group Inc. recently donated $60,000 in RFID equipment to Merrimack College, a private liberal arts college located in North Andover, Mass. The college plans to use the donated equipment to establish an RFID laboratory on its campus.


The Tagsys donation includes a combination of HF and UHF tags, readers, antennas and application stations, as well as “demonstration stations” intended to help students learn how RFID can be used to track items in manufacturing and supply chain applications in a variety of industries. The RFID laboratory will be established at the school’s Mendel Center for Science, Engineering and Technology.

Founded in 1947, Merrimack College has a student population of 2,500, including students from 17 countries. According to school officials, Merrimack is one of a small number of colleges in the United States that require RFID coursework for an electrical engineering undergraduate degree. Tagsys says it hopes to reap future rewards from the donation, since it will help train future RFID professionals as demand for expertise in the field increases. [end] 

Global communications agency Isobar has announced the winners of Create 32, Silicon Valley’s first hackathon exploring NFC technology on commercially available smart phones.

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Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, Ill., is piloting a program that can track students on school buses. The goal is to increase safety while determining more efficient bus routes. The school rolled out the program in late January that provides each student with a card that the student uses as he enters or exits a school bus.

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With the implementation of its authentication security suite at Goldsworth Primary School, online identity protection provider Yubico has shown that its two-factor authentication and VPN connectivity are a viable solution in the education market.

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SML Group Ltd announced the launch of its new “ViziT” RFID item visibility solutions for the retail apparel and item tracking applications.

The ViziT solutions include a range of RFID/EAS enabled paper and woven labels, as well as tickets and sticker that can be attached to garments and stacked items. Using the SML ViziT IT cloud based data management software also provides for semi automated inventory control, as well as improved loss prevention by triggering alarms and item identification at the store exit.

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Personal information of 9,000 current and prospective students was inadvertently posted online by Valencia College in Orlando. The school has apologized for the mistake.

The information included the students’ names, addresses, dates of birth and student ID numbers but not their Social Security numbers or financial information.

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Washington D.C. high school and middle school students now need a DC One Card to ride the city’s transit system. The card is a single ID card that gives students access to most D.C. government programs and facilities, including recreation centers, libraries, and the Metro.

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