Computerworld

RFID-enabled tattoos eyed for livestock tracking

Start-up firm Somark Innovations is touting technology designed to help tag and trace livestock with radio frequency identification (RFID)-enabled ink tattoos. The St. Louis-based company announced ...
RFID Journal

RFID Tattoos for Livestock

Radio frequency identification technology is a valuable tool for tracking livestock, but the button-size RFID tags stapled into animals’ ears can fall off, and glass-encased RFID tags injected into ...
RFID Journal

NXP Introducing New LF Chip for Livestock, Asset Tracking

NXP Semiconductors has developed a new RFID chip for low-frequency (LF) passive RFID transponders compliant with the ISO 11784 and 11785 standards, and designed for animal tracking as well as for ...
EDN

NXP Launches Industry’s First Livestock RFID Solution with Anti-Collision Technology

NXP announced its latest low frequency RFID IC aimed at livestock identification and industrial logistics, the HITAG µ, offering RF performance for effective tracking of livestock with industry ...
Computerworld

Federal budget for livestock RFID falls short of expectations

In its fiscal 2005 federal budget, the Bush administration has allotted $33 million for a national animal identification system — far short of the $600 million industry groups estimate it would cost ...