The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival with help from Intellitix, an RFID technology provider for live events, added an online audience of more than 30 million last month when over 30,000 fans registered to “Live Click” around the festival site.

The technology used various touch points positioned at key areas around the festival site during both weekends. RFID wristbands allowed registered users to automatically check in as they arrived, allowing fans to share their experience with friends and family online. 

Gaming Partners International Corporation announced that it will introduce several new products at the upcoming Global Gaming Expo (G2E) Asia exhibition in Macau, China.

GPI will release new currency security features that can be added to any of the company’s chip brands, highlighting several enhancements to its Bourgogne-et-Grasset (B&G) currency and RFID product portfolios. 

MissionTix, a Baltimore-based ticketing service, announced a new reusable ticketing wristband, containing a unique NFC chip to offer an alternative means of entry for ticket buyers at participating venues.

When a customer buys a ticket for a participating venue through MissionTix.com, instead of them choosing print-at-home, or mailed hard tickets, they’ll be able to fill-up their wristband and wear it to the venue where it is scanned and authenticated. 

dwinQ announced that with its RFID and mobile technologies the company has achieved Facebook Preferred Marketing Developer status and has completed a deep integration into the Facebook API & Platform.

The dwinQ system leverages RFID, NFC or other mobile technologies to capture consumer and guest photographs and publish those stories in real time on Facebook. The platform deployed at real world events builds stronger brand equity and amplifies personal relationships between consumers and brands. 

SK Telecom, headquartered in South Korea, has designed an RFID disposal management system that will encourage citizens to recycle and reduce the amount of daily food waste, according to Earth911.com.

The person taps the bin where there is a reader waiting to read an RFID-enabled card. The lid opens, and the person can throw out their unwanted leftovers. The bin then weighs the food waste and informs the person of the subsequent fee, which will be processed for payment on a linked credit card. 

Bibliotheca announced it is working with the Ottawa Public Library (OPL), and will soon begin converting its entire collection of 2.3 million items from bar code to RFID, spanning across 33 branches and two bookmobiles.

OPL’s Hazeldean branch will be first to receive a full RFID system and will install five of Bibliotheca’s smart station 200 staff terminals and three of its smart serve 400 self-service kiosks. The Bibliotheca solution includes the provisioning of all tags and conversion services in the year ahead, and much of the equipment for the first branch to switch to RFID. 

Disney World is trialing a new FastPass system that will utilize RFID technology to speed up ticketing lines at Disney’s popular rides and theme park attractions, according to ITWeb.

As part of the new trial, guests will be able book their rides and attractions for specific times in the future, even before entering the park. They will also each receive an RFID card to wave by scanners placed at participating attractions in order to check-in their arrival.