January 27 - February 2, 2008

News from February 2, 2008

• Wireless Technologies Of The Future: RFID And Navigation?
  InformationWeek - Manhasset, NY, USA
  The firm put together a few panels on important trends in mobile and wireless, and I found RFID and navigation to be particularly interesting. ...
• I object to RFID payment schemes without positive acknowledgment!
  InfoWorld - San Francisco, CA, USA
  Top 20 Misperceptions about Interference Problems - Many myths and common inaccuracies surround the design and deployment of wireless networks. ...
• RFID World China Releases National Top 10 Lists
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  RFID World China has released four top-10 rankings related to Chinese RFID adoption in 2007: the top ten RFID industry vendors in China, ...
• Author Predicts RFID/GPS Economy in 20 Years
  PR-USA.net (press release) - Varna, Bulgaria
  Consider a world where everyone and everything is tagged with a tiny RFID/GPS dot or invisible RFID ink. Consider a future "RFID Internet" where billions of ...
• Calif. Senate Passes Bill Outlawing RFID Skimming
  Government Technology - Folsom, CA, USA
  The California State Senate took action to outlaw "skimming," the surreptitious reading of personal information stored on RFID-enabled ID cards, ...
• RFID Pinpoints Parts Production for Electrofusion
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  But a newly deployed RFID system created by IT solution provider AmberDove has greatly eased the strain of trying to keep multiple orders on track and ...
• Helping the helpers: Siemens IT Solutions and Services devises ...
  The FINANCIAL - Tbilisi, Georgia
  This IT solution is the first of its kind to integrate an SAP application with RFID, GSM and GPRS technology. Global aid shipments have particularly complex ...
• Evolution of Electronic Toll Collection System: GPS, RFID, mobile ...
  Telecoms Korea (subscription) - South Korea
  According to the Korean Intellectual Property Office(KIPO), 34 percent of ETC patent applications used GPS, RFID or mobile communication technologies ...

News from February 1, 2008

• Savi's RFID service to help Land Rover track stillages
  Computer Business Review - UK
  The RFID project is sponsored by the University of Warwick, and funded by the UK government's Pard (Premiere automotive research and development) grant. ...
• Smart card and RFID for governance
  Express Computers - Bombay, India
  How smart cards and RFID can be well utilised for governance and where they are currently being used, this and more was presented by Tushar Mohanty, ...
• Printed Electronics: the future of RFID?
  Printed Electronics Review (press release) - Cambridge, UK
  Over the next 15 years the money spent on RFID tags will peak then rapidly fall. Perhaps RFID repeats the history again of barcodes - companies today do not ...
• Markets in Transition: RFID and Finding Lost Pallets
  Pallet Enterprise - Ashland, VA, USA
  One of the benefits of applying radio frequency identification (RFID) for controlling reusable pallets and containers is that it eliminates the need for ...
• RFID Helps Psion Teklogix Meet SLAs
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY,
  USA 31, 2008—Psion Teklogix, a company that makes mobile computers, handhelds and other devices, is utilizing passive ultra-high frequency (UHF) RFID tags to ...
• Axcess International's RFID Solution Proves Most Reliable in ...
  MoreRFID (press release) - TX, USA
  Following the casino's unsuccessful attempts with other RFID system providers, Axcess' automated asset protection solution was found to be the only reliable ...
• An Overview of RFID Education at the College Level
  RFID Update - Alexandria,VA,USA Today's college students can leave school with something most who went before them couldn't: training and education in RFID. RFID-related courses are ...
• RFID Webinar: The Network Approach To RFID Delivers Improved ...
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  METRO Group, the world's third largest retailer, rolled out RFID within 2 months to approximately 200 stores and distribution centers in Germany improving ...
• RFID News Roundup
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  Academia RFID, a training, research-development and consulting center in Montreal, announced this month an RFID certification program that focuses on ...
• WINCOR WORLD: How long before RFID check-out?
  Self Service (press release) - Louisville, KY, USA
  RFID technology is currently the best technological bet to make that happen. But exactly when is a matter of no small contention. ...

News from January 31, 2008

• Germany : IBM teams with METRO to implement RFID technology
  Fibre2fashion.com - Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
  IBM announced it has worked with METRO Group to implement Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology to improve the availability of products in its ...
• Singapore : RFID@NEC to encourage SMEs
  Fibre2fashion.com - Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
  One emerging technology is Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). It has the potential to help companies improve competitiveness, generate greater ...
• StreamServe Extends Automated Document Output Solutions with RFID ...
  PR Newswire (press release) - New York, NY, USA
  StreamServe enables organizations to respond to immediate RFID compliance mandates and, more importantly, deliver true business value across the enterprise ...
• Don't Want RFID On Your Plastic? Call Your Credit Card Company
  The Consumerist - New York, NY, USA
  There's all sorts of advice online about how to disable RFID chips and tags, and now that they're starting to show up uninvited on credit cards, ...
• Large Swiss Library System Implementing RFID
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  A library network in Geneva, Switzerland, is currently implementing RFID to track its 700000 circulating items, and is using RFID on patron ID cards to ...
• RFID Reader has ruggedized design for harsh environments.
  ThomasNet Industrial News Room (press release) - New York, NY, USA
  January 30, 2008 - Built to IP54 standards, 140 Rugged PDA (Model 243002) is 13.56 MHz RFID reader used for data collection, management, or transfer in ...
• Savi Named on M2M Top 100 List for 4th Year in a Row
  CNNMoney.com - USA
  With over 17 years' experience, Savi is a proven leader in RFID and related wireless solutions for the management and security of supply chain assets, ...
• RFID Security: VUANCE's AAID Security Solutions President, Pete
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  VUANCE, Ltd., a provider of innovative Radio Frequency Verification Solutions, including active RFID, electronic access control, credentialing and incident ...
• Convergent Software Develops Industry's First RFID Encoded Data ...
  Materials Handling World Magazine - Leeds, England, UK
  Until recently, the focus on RFID open systems applications was on the technology itself and on supporting the minimum of encoding. ...
• Land Rover tries RFID
  ITWeb - Gauteng, South Africa
  CMP International, organisers of IFSEC 2008, a global conference and seminar event for the security industry, has announced that a smart card and RFID area ...

News from January 30, 2008

• Sato offers RFID-compliance package
  Computer Business Review - UK
  The company said the package includes the GL408e UHF RFID printer, GL408e UHF RFID printer, Label gallery 2 TruePro, one roll of 4x6 AD-222 RFID labels, ...
• Wal-Mart expands RFID requirements
  Dallas Morning News - Dallas, TX, USA
  By VICTOR GODINEZ / The Dallas Morning News Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is looking to accelerate its RFID rollout, and once again the Dallas area is at the heart ...
• iDTRONIC releases the new Compact Flash RFID Reader 14443 A/B as ...
  MoreRFID (press release) - TX, USA
  iDTRONIC, a leading supplier of RFID hardware solutions, announced that the Compact Flash Reader 14443 A/B will be featured at the upcoming CeBIT Fair 2008 ...
• RFID tracking saves government time and money
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  Axcess' RFID asset protection solution, which is part of the overall software and hardware system implemented by Vector, enables assets to be located, ...
• Non-tagging fee: Wal-Mart to charge suppliers for not using RFID
  Manufacturing Business Technology - Oak Brook, IL, USA
  Apparently frustrated by suppliers’ slowness in complying with its edict to put RFID tags on pallets sent to its distribution centers, Wal-Mart says it will ...
• ABI Warns RFID Integrators to Adapt to Tech Maturation
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  ABI Research observes that RFID technology has matured to the point that the role of system integrators (SIs) in the technology ecosystem is shifting, ...
• Lowry releases Retail Quick Comply RFID kits
  Automation.com (press release) - Eden Prairie, MN, USA
  Brighton, MI– January 28, 2008 – Lowry Computer Products launched Quick Comply Kits, a complete suite of products designed for suppliers to comply to RFID ...
• Numerex Introduces Orbit One's Revolutionary Global-RFID(TM ...
  CNNMoney.com - USA
  G-RFID tags can also be mounted to vertical surfaces such as container doors. Global-RFID overcomes many of the limitations and challenges of traditional ...
• Reva's RFID tech reaches Asia with new Tokyo office Mass High Tech ...
  Bizjournals.com - Charlotte, NC, USA
  Reva Systems Inc., a radio frequency identification (RFID) infrastructure product maker, reports opening its first office in Asia. ...
• Blue Vector Triples RFID Revenue in 2007
  Centre Daily Times - Centre, PA, USA
  Blue Vector Systems, a leading provider of RFID solutions for extending business process automation to the edge of a company's operations, today announced ...

News from January 29, 2008

• RFID Report: Best In Class RFID Trends Revealed In Aberdeen
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  ODIN technologies, the leading RFID infrastructure services, software and solution firm announced recently the sponsorship of Aberdeen’s “Winning RFID ...
• Outdoor experts Northland successfully complete RFID live trial ...
  MoreRFID (press release) - TX, USA
  The Graz, Austria-based technology experts have succeeded once more in demonstrating that RFID implementation opens the door to potential solutions not only ...
• Intermec Grants RFID Patent Licenses to Honeywell
  SDA Asia Magazine - Singapore
  Intermec Technologies said this week that Honeywell, Inc. has become a Rapid Start licensee under Intermec's RFID patents following its acquisition of Hand ...
• RFID Academia extended to New Zealand
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  New Zealand-based Tracient Technologies has entered into a strategic partnership with the North American academic authority, Academia RFID, to offer on-line ...
• Magellan announces RFID DNA/specimen tracking
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  Magellan Technology has unveiled its new RFID reader with PJM StackTag technology, specifically designed to enable hospitals and laboratories to track ...
• Bavarian State Mint Gives RFID Its Stamp of Approval
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  28, 2008—The Bavarian State Mint is using RFID to track the production of euro coins from the time unstamped blanks arrive until the moment finished coins ...
• RFID added to Loyalty Payment System from Creditz
  TMCnet - USA
  By Calvin Azuri The digital currency designer, Creditz, plans to integrate a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) mechanism into its electronic payment ...
• The Right RFID Reader Strategy
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  Now it’s time to roll out your company’s first RFID applications based on Electronic Product Code technologies. The big question: What type of readers ...
• Greek 3PL Quantifies Benefits from RFID Warehouse
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  Diakinisis , the largest third-party logistics (3PL) provider in Greece, is using RFID to manage all pallet operations at a major consumer goods ...
• Alien Completes RFID System for Greek Distribution Center
  RFID News - Tallahassee, FL, USA
  Alien Technology, a manufacturer of RFID products and services, today announced the completion of a warehouse distribution center system for inventory and ...

News from January 28, 2008

• Toe the RFID line or pay a fine… Wal-Mart tells suppliers
  ITBusiness.ca - Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
  by Thomas Wailgum In case the world might have forgotten, Wal-Mart is still very serious about its radio frequency identification (RFID) plans. ...
• Focus of RFID turns to first and last 100 feet
  Cargonews Asia - Hong Kong
  Deployment of RFID (radio frequency identification) technology to improve the monitoring of supply chain operations is set to gain further ground this year ...
• Savi does business in India to expand active RFID market
  supply chain review - Australia
  Savi Technology and India-based AVAANA have entered into a strategic partnership for active radio frequency identification (RFID) based supply chain ...
• IFSEC 2008 Launches RFID & Smart Card Feature Area
  MoreRFID (press release) - TX, USA
  In recognition of this, IFSEC 2008 will feature an area dedicated to RFID and smart card technologies for the first time. ...
• Intelleflex extends RFID solutions to South Korea
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  Intelleflex has made its line of extended capability RFID products available in South Korea. The past year has seen significant and growing interest in ...
• Geneva city libraries adopt RFID tracking
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  Tagsys has announced the installation of an RFID system for all branches of the Geneva City Libraries, which has also become the first library network to ...
• Governments Influence RFID Adoption
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  By John Edwards Adam Adgar is a member of a research team that's working on an exciting RFID project, one that promises to help businesses better monitor ...
• RFID's Greener Side
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  28, 2008—There was a minor and unmarked passing in the world of RFID last year. The blogger known only as "Green RFID Guy" announced that he had ...

News from January 27, 2008

• RFID TECHNOLOGY WILL BRING PERSONAL SPACE, TASTES UNDER CONSTANT ...
  The Global Intercept - New Jersey, USA
  Radio Frequency ID chips (RFID) are an increasingly popular technology for commercial and security application. They are used to provide information to ...
• The microchipping of America
  TheNewsTribune.com (subscription) - Tacoma, WA, USA
  Some of the world’s largest corporations are vested in the success of RFID technology, which couples highly miniaturized computers with radio antennas to ...
• Bank turns London man into RFID-enabled guinea pig
  Register - London, England, UK
  By John Leyden ? More by this author The Halifax bank is enrolling unsuspecting customers in trials of a new generation of RFID-enabled bank cards, ...
• Embedded Microchips In Virtually Everything
  Slashdot - USA
  Microsoft CRM recommends a long AP article laying out the nightmare scenario of RFID chips in everything tracking not only things but people. ...
• Microchips Everywhere: a Future Vision
  Washington Post - United States
  Some of the world's largest corporations are vested in the success of RFID technology, which couples highly miniaturized computers with radio antennas to ...
• Review Of RFID In 2007 By Raghu Das, IDTechEx
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  On the other hand, the IDTechEx Knowledgebase of RFID projects – the largest in the world by a big margin – reveals where most of the new projects are ...