August 25, 2006
RFID Roundup - Fri Aug 25/06
CPI To Make Wells Fargo Contactless Payment Cards
CPI Card Group will be making the cards for Wells Fargo Bank's Visa Contactless cards. [via Contactless News]
Swedish Miners Tracked With RFID For Safety
Miners working for Swedish mining company LKAB will be tracked with RFID for their safety. The Wtek wearable active RFID tags being used have a range of up to 100 meters. Scanners will be placed at a number of locations. [Ferret via RFID Blog] Wtek is involved in a number of projects that use RFID for safety. A number of other companies, such as AeroScout, are also exploring mine safety RFID applications.
RFID Volume Pricing Nonexistent?
In many industries, buying a company's product in bulk qualifies you for discount pricing. According to an eWeek article, that doesn't appear to be true for RFID. Quantity pricing of tags seems to be all over the place, depending on several factors including sector use, supplier, and country.
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