January 28 - February 3, 2007

News from February 3, 2007

• Driving RFID, A 'Mini' Future
  InformationWeek - Manhasset, NY, USA
  It seems that BMW's cult-like Mini division is sending some of its drivers RFID key chains that allow specially-designed digital billboards to read the car ...
• Cisco, AeroScout Team to Market WiFi RFID
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  Cisco Systems and AeroScout are co-marketing a system that uses active RFID tags and 802.11-standard wireless networks to track assets. ...
• Horizon Lines Announces RFID Solution for Alaskan Trade
  Supply & Demand Chain Executive - Gilbert, AZ, USA
  The active RFID-based real-time tracking system, when matched with Horizon's Web-based event management system, offers shippers shipment visibility and ...
• Many Manufacturers Stuck in RFID Pilot Phase
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  2, 2007—Although a number of companies in the manufacturing sector have carried out RFID pilots, many have chosen not to launch full implementations in ...
• Zebra R4Mplus: RFID Printer/Encoder For EPC Class 1 Tags
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  One of Zebra’s “R” series of on-demand printer/encoders, the R4Mplus helps you to comply with the RFID supply chain requirements of major retailers and ...
• Checkpoint Systems Partners with Metro Group to Successfully ...
  B-EYE-Network - Boulder, CO, USA
  Checkpoint Systems, Inc. recently announced its involvement in a series of UHF RFID technology trials supervised by the European Telecommunications ...
• NASA-Intermec Partnership to Send RFID Into Space
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  Under a partnership announced Wednesday, NASA and Intermec are collaborating on researching auto-ID technologies, including RFID and Data Matrix markings. ...
• Stratum Global and Intermec Help Oakton Community College Create ...
  Broadband Wireless Exchange (press release) - Gilbert, AZ, USA
  2/2/07 - Stratum Global along with Intermec (NYSE: IN) and other industry leaders have helped create an RFID (radio frequency identification) program at ...
• Domino EIS RFID Compliance 1st Program For CPG
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  With Compliance 1st, Enterprise Information Systems provides the hardware, software, services and planning necessary to reach immediate RFID compliance. ...
• "Can RFID Deliver the Goods?"
  Broadband Wireless Exchange (press release) - Gilbert, AZ, USA
  2/2/07 - Manufacturers are showing signs of significant maturation in their approach to RFID. Penetration of RFID into the manufacturing sector is only 3% ...

News from February 2, 2007

• Stratum Global and Intermec help community college create RFID Program
  Automation.com (press release) - Eden Prairie, MN, USA
  1, 2007 - Stratum Global along with Intermec and other industry leaders have helped create an RFID (radio frequency identification) program at Oakton ...
• Libraries commended for RFID usage
  TUV Product Service - Fareham, Hampshire, UK
  As a result of the implementation of RFID technologies users have been able to benefit from a faster process overall while staff have had much of their time ...
• RFID: Near Field Close at Hand?
  Rfid.org - Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  Will these applications bring us one step closer to general acceptance of RFID or will consumers see NFC as being an entirely different technology? ...
• Stratos International awarded US patent for RFID technology in ...
  Lightwave (press release) - USA
  7165728) technology involves the integration of an RFID reader/writer into fiber-optic test equipment, which will enable the upload of measured test ...
• Syscan's RFID cattle readers head for Australia
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  Syscan International has begun shipping its LiveTrack RFID readers to the Australian agricultural market. The orders follow the recent certification of ...
• Mini use RFID tags in advertising
  Pocket-lint.co.uk - UK
  1 February 2007 - Mini has become the first company in the world to use RFID technology to communicate directly with its customers through billboard ...
• RFID and Wireless Sensor Networks in the Supply Chain
  TechNewsWorld - Sherman Oaks, CA, USA
  The use of RFID technology in the retail industry has been increasing, albeit tentatively, and the debate over RFID in general continues unabated. ...
• The Value Proposition of RFID to the Manufacturer: "Can RFID ...
  Market Wire (press release) - USA
  Penetration of RFID into the manufacturing sector is only 3% or 4% today. But growth is strong -- over 112% in 2007 -- and the average manufacturer's RFID ...
• RFID Enters the Pigpen
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  1, 2007—AgVantage, a plastics manufacturer located in Rockford, Ill., is creating an RFID-enabled hog feeder designed to help farmers more efficiently care ...
• IDTechEx Releases RFID Market Predictions for 2007
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  Research firm IDTechEx of Cambridge this week released the 2007 update to its annual ten-year forecast on the RFID market. Entitled RFID Forecasts, Players ...

News from February 1, 2007

• WhereNet Establishes Asia-Pacific Headquarters in Shanghai to ...
  Broadband Wireless Exchange (press release) - Gilbert, AZ, USA
  The WhereNet active RFID, real-time locating system (RTLS) technology was certified by the China State Radio Regulation Committee in 2004 and is already ...
• RTLS & Active RFID
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  Attend RFID World, the largest event focused on RFID and Advanced End-to-End Track & Trace Solutions. RFID World is where the industry gathers to meet ...
• OATSystems Names New Vice President of Marketing to Head RFID Business
  Broadband Wireless Exchange (press release) - Gilbert, AZ, USA
  2/1/07 - OATSystems, Inc. announced that Paul Cataldo has joined the company as vice president of marketing to enhance its RFID marketing plans. ...
• Loc8tor Homes In on RFID App for Consumers
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  31, 2007—While businesses and governments hope RFID can help them solve major supply chain efficiency problems, some companies are thinking up new ways RFID ...
• Newly Upgraded Intermec IF5 RFID Reader Named a Top Performer by ...
  Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
  Users implementing the reader avoid the expense and potential point of failure of a separate server “box” required by other RFID scanning solutions. ...
• RFID Forecasts, Players and Opportunities 2007-2017
  Packaging & Converting Essentials (press release) - Antwerp, Belgium
  IDTechEx has interviewed key RFID adopters and solution providers in the various applicational RFID markets. This research has been analysed in a brand new ...
• RFID-Enabled Cart Set to Provide Shoppers With Product Info, Ads
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  31, 2007--Media Cart Holdings has developed a shopping cart using RFID technology that alerts shoppers about the items they pass throughout the store as ...
• Wisconsin Ups RFID-Adoption Incentives for Cattle Growers
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  Only Michigan currently mandates the use of RFID tags to identify cattle, while more than a dozen states have introduced legislation to limit attempts to ...

News from January 31, 2007

• PanGo Introduces New Wi-Fi-Based RFID Tag
  Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
  “Our third generation tag is the most advanced Wi-Fi-based RFID tag in the industry, supporting a wide spectrum of vertical market applications and capable ...
• StudioNorth Signs Avery Dennison RFID Division
  American Digital Networks (press release) - Annapolis, MD, USA
  "The Avery Dennison RFID partnership is a strategic one for our organization," stated StudioNorth CEO Mark Mohr. "RFID is a technology that will improve ...
• Avnet, Stratum partner on enterprise mobility RFID solutions
  eChannelLine - North York, Ontario, Canada
  The new relationship with Stratum Global complements Avnet's Enterprise Mobility initiative by providing RFID solutions for access control, asset management ...
• Taiwan forecasts NT$1T in new investment, RFID a focus
  NetworkWorld.com - Southborough, MA, USA
  One focus the government highlighted in its report is on RFID technologies, including chip modules and Gen2 Tags, or ultra-high frequency chips developed ...
• Tokyo department store begins RFID cosmetics trial
  PC World Magazine - Australia
  Shoppers at a Tokyo department store have a chance to get help with their make-up as part of a three week-long test of RFID technology that began on Friday. ...
• Human RFID Tag Provider VeriChip Announces IPO
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA Applied Digital manufacturers security and identification products based on a number of technologies, including RFID. A subsidiary of Applied Digital, ...
• RFID Tribe Hosts First Investment Summit at RFID World 2007
  Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
  29 /PRNewswire/ -- From start-ups to acquisitions of established companies, investments in RFID are taking hold and fueling a host of new opportunities. ...
• Where the RFID meets the road
  CNET News.com - San Francisco, CA, USA
  Privacy advocates might squirm at the mention of RFID technology, but not Mini USA, the unit of automaker BMW known for its sporty little import. ...
• RFID Training: RFID Training, Understanding, And Knowledge Starts ...
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  The RFID Center Of Excellence (COE) at Penn State Behrend recently hosted the Technology Industry Partnership RFID Consortium, which brings together leaders ...
• RFID Conference: Everything RFID At 5th Annual RFID World 2007
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  Retail supply chain applications receive the lion's share of attention in the RFID industry, yet the technology is also prospering in global markets from ...
• CAS's RFID Project Passes Approval
  ChinaTechNews.com - Beijing, China
  The 863 Expert Team has checked and approved the Analysis and Testing Study of RFID's Application in Logistics made by the Institute of Automation at the ...
• RFID Excellence in Business Awards to take place
  TUV Product Service - Fareham, Hampshire, UK
  The RFID Excellence in Business Awards are due to take place at RFID World 2007 in March, the world's largest radio frequency identification (RFID) industry ...
• New Report 'ZigBee: A New Frontier for Low Cost Active RFID ...
  CM Crossroads (press release) - Santa Barbara, CA, USA
  It also evaluates the use of ZigBee and Active RFID for a Location Tracking System. In addition, this publication presents analysis, case studies, ...
• VDC on RFID Adoption in 2006
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  Market research firm Venture Development Corporation of Natick, Massachusetts, recently released a number of findings on the RFID market in 2006. ...
• RFID tracking system 'offers shippers extra visibility'
  TUV Product Service - Fareham, Hampshire, UK
  A new RFID tracking system is offering extra visibility to shippers, designed to facilitate more efficient tracking and tracing in real time. ...
• Snö Mountain Skiers Use RFID to Play and Pay
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  30, 2007—Snö Mountain, an alpine ski resort and summer water park located in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains, has implemented an RFID system allowing ...

News from January 30, 2007

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News from January 29, 2007

• An Award for Leadership in RFID
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  29, 2007—We have received a number of good entries to our RFID Journal Awards, but not as many as I'd like, given how many interesting projects are out ...
• There's No Packaged Answer for RFID
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  29, 2007—There are enormous challenges inherent in adding an RFID tag to a product's packaging. An RFID inlay is a foreign device. ...
• A winning game of 'tag' from Israeli startup
  Israel 21C - Cupertino, CA, USA
  The Kidspotter is the brainchild of AeroScout, a leading company dealing in Active RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tracking technology. ...
• RuBee - Cheaper than RFID chips
  High Tech Lounge - New York, NY, USA
  Here's another alternative to the security-plagued RFID chips. It's RuBee, the latest concept from the folks who brought you ZigBee and WiBree. ...

News from January 28, 2007

• RFID cosmetics trial in Tokyo
  ZDNet.com blogs - USA
  Two Mitsukoshi department stores in Japan, including its main store in Tokyo's Ginza district, are testing RFID tags for two weeks. ...
• Judges Selected for RFID Excellence in Business Awards at RFID ...
  PR Newswire (press release) - New York, NY, USA
  The awards will showcase achievement, innovation, and unique applications that illustrate the power and functionality of RFID in the first event of its kind ...
• RuBee Seen As Alternative Protocol To RFID
  InformationWeek - Manhasset, NY, USA
  20, a day before the RFID Smart Labels Conference begins at the same location. RuBee supporters include retailers such the United Kingdom's Tesco, ...
• USA : Checkpoint to support Metro's long-term, strategic ...
  Fibre2fashion.com - India
  Checkpoint Systems Inc announced its involvement in a series of UHF RFID technology trials supervised by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute ...