February 11 - 17, 2007

News from February 17, 2007

• Wal-Mart RFID Hits Road Block
  Graphic Arts Monthly - New York, NY, USA
  Wal-Mart Stores hits a road block in its move into printed Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags. The retail giant once hoped to have up to 12 of its ...
• RFID's Return on Retail: RJ (Bud) Klein, Retired VP/Current ...
  Rfid.org - Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  RFID Connections spoke with RJ (Bud) Klein, Retired Vice-President and current consultant for Paxar/Monarch about his views on RFID in retail. ...
• How RFID Adoption Varies By Region
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA,
  USA Research firm Manufacturing Insights of Framingham, Massachusetts, has released some findings from the first installment of its 2nd Annual Global RFID ...
• World's Smallest RFID Tag
  Free Market News Network - Pompano Beach, FL, USA
  The world's smallest and thinnest RFID tags were introduced yesterday by Hitachi. Tiny miracles of miniaturization, these RFID chips (Radio Frequency ...
• Wal-Mart's RFID Test For Inventory Savings Coming Up Short
  AMonline.com - Fort Atkinson, WI, USA
  The Wall Street Journal article noted that several issues have arisen in recent years in Wal-Mart's RFID initiative. These include the high cost of ...
• Startup made easy: Siemens showcases its full RFID portfolio at ...
  WebWire (press release) - Atlanta, GA, USA
  Munich, Feb 16, 2007 - At this year’s CeBIT, Siemens will be the only company offering a full range of RFID products and services from a single source. ...
• IEC releases new thematic collection - RFID standards
  EMSNow (press release) - West Yorkshire, UK
  RFID is a wireless technology that uses a transponder and an interrogating device to communicate with an embedded electronic tag that can contain a variety ...
• NHS patient bar codes slammed
  Out-Law.com - London, England, UK
  The NHS has proposed making patients wear bar code bracelets or RFID tags as a way of saving hospital time and money, but identity card opponents have said ...

News from February 16, 2007

• Implantable RFID May Be Easy, But That Doesn't Mean It's Ethical
  Electronic Design - USA
  While researching this issue's Technology Report on RFID, I recalled the first article I'd written about "chipping" humans with RFID tags back in 1996. ...
• Dow Chemical's Dave Asiala on the Beauty of RFID
  LinuxInsider.com - Encino, CA, USA
  "Rail cars have been using some form of passive RFID technology for the last 15 years, usually in a "last seen" function. ... We own about 2600, ...
• A Tamer Zebra Looks to RFID
  MSNBC - USA
  The wild card is the company's exposure to radio frequency identification, or RFID technology, that has been touted with great potential and the ability to ...
• Hear And Know: Seats And Surveys — Innovations In RFID
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  AIM Global’s RFID Connections interviewed Eric Eckstein, President and COO of Two Technologies about his views on intriguing applications for, ...
• RFID Implementations Will Require Industry Specific Expertise ...
  Broadband Wireless Exchange (press release) - Gilbert, AZ, USA
  "The survey results should help manufacturers identify how to justify new RFID projects in terms of business objectives, technologies, and more," states ...
• Financial Press Considers RFID's Potential
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  RFID received attention from the mainstream financial press today in the form of three articles, one in the Wall Street Journal, the other two on investor ...
• RFID "powder" in development
  TUV Product Service - Fareham,Hampshire,UK Technology group Hitachi has developed a radio frequency identification (RFID) chip which is 64 times smaller than those currently on the market. ...
• Analyst Provides Perspective on RFID Investments
  openPR (press release) - Hamburg, Germany
  We expect the strong incremental benefits that RFID offers over existing technologies will likely generate substantial growth in the RFID market over the ...
• Purdue Pharma Selects RFID for High-speed Packaging Line
  Supply & Demand Chain Executive - Gilbert, AZ, USA
  Seattle, WA — February 15, 2007 — Purdue Pharma LP said this week it will integrate Impinj Inc.'s Gen 2 radio frequency identification (RFID) products into ...
• Identity Heft: RFID Muscles Into Consumer Market
  Electronic Design - USA
  A buzz is growing around RFID as it moves away from proprietary apps and toward a more connected future in cell phones, laptops, and other devices. ...

News from February 15, 2007

• Machine embeds RFID into labels
  PackWire.com - Montpellier, France
  13/02/2007 - A new machine embeds radio frequency identification (RFID) tags into 100 labels per minute, accurately and at a low cost, its manufacturer ...
• Kodak Files Patent for Edible RFID Tag
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  The idea is that the RFID tag antenna - the critical component which allows data to broadcast -- be composed of organic material that would dissolve as a ...
• RFID Implementations Require Industry Specific Expertise, Survey ...
  Government Technology - Folsom, CA, USA
  RFID continues to grow overall, however the growth rates vary by industry and geography. Manufacturing Insights will present findings and make ...
• High quality RFID business cases and technologies analyzed for you ...
  Packaging & Converting Essentials (press release) - Antwerp, Belgium
  The total RFID market value (including all hardware, systems, integration etc) across all countries will be $4.96 Billion. By far the biggest segment of ...
• MEI Bill Acceptor Integrates With RFID Wristbands
  AMonline.com - Fort Atkinson, WI, USA
  "Smart Kiosks" are used at parks and resorts along with RFID wristbands, also developed by Precision Dynamics, to enable guests to make purchases and access ...
• RFID Solutions for Supply Chain Management
  openPR (press release) - Hamburg, Germany
  (openPR) - RFID technology is facilitating a major innovation to supply chain management. From an article by John Lorinc in the December, 2006 edition of ...
• SK Telecom and WJ Sign Comprehensive RFID Agreement
  TMCnet - USA
  WJ will leverage its high-performance Gen2 RFID UHF reader chipset, the WJC200, to enable SKT’s partners to design and manufacture RFID dongle accessories ...
• RFID Reader: Psion Teklogix RD7950 RFID Reader Provides Best Of ...
  Supply Chain Market (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  "We're delighted to be able to sell our RFID equipment in a growing list of European countries," said Jacky Lecuivre, president and CEO, Psion Teklogix. ...
• RFID Solutions for ID Badges and Access Control
  openPR (press release) - Hamburg, Germany
  RFID technology is quickly becoming a popular choice since the advancement in technology makes a variety of solutions available to any organization. ...

News from February 14, 2007

• Raytheon Unveils ID Card, Fortifying RFID With Biometrics
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  Raytheon believes the PAD is particularly fitting for use as the proposed RFID-enabled passport card, part of the PASS (People Access Security Service) ...
• RFID, LTD. and GHL Technologies Announce Alliance: Will Team up on ...
  Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
  RFID, LTD. president Nicholas Chavez states, "The alliance between our two companies was forged in response to reports noting that the PASS alarms, ...
• RFID education programme launched in US
  TUV Product Service - Fareham, Hampshire, UK
  An educational programme aimed at providing hands-on experience and knowledge of radio frequency identification (RFID) applications has been launched at a ...
• SK Telecom Selects WJ Communications' Gen2 UHF RFID Reader Chipset ...
  Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
  As a part of this agreement, WJ and SKT agree to closely work together to develop RFID solutions designed for cellular mobile handsets. ...
• Advanced ID UHF RFID Livestock Tagging Product Line Attracts New ...
  Market Wire (press release) - USA
  Advanced ID has previously announced a complete UHF RFID product line for tagging and tracing cattle, sheep, pigs and birds. Trials have been underway for ...
• Columbus Children's Hospital to Install RFID System from Mobile ...
  Genetic Engineering News (press release) - New Rochelle, NY, USA
  The Heart Center at Columbus Children's Hospital will implement a radio frequency identification (RFID) enabled inventory management system to store, track, ... See all stories on this topic
• Purdue Pharma Selects Impinj Gen 2 RFID Item-level Tagging ...
  PharmaLive.com (press release) - Newtown, PA, USA
  SEATTLE, February 12, 2007 - Leading radio frequency identification (RFID) chip and reader supplier Impinj, Inc. today announced that Purdue Pharma LP will ...
• Caterpillar Looks to RFID to Improve Work-in-Progress Visibility
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  Everyone does," says Blackburn, explaining that Caterpillar is exploring RFID and other technologies not to solve a specific issue or set of issues unique ...
• Rugged RFID Tag: Texas Instruments Introduces Rugged Encapsulated ...
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE: TXN) (TI) introduced its Overmolded (OM) transponder family comprised of the most rugged RFID tags in its portfolio of ...
• Purdue Pharma Ramps Up OxyContin RFID Pilot
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  Purdue Pharma today announced a new phase in its two-year-old RFID pilot to tag the widely-counterfeited painkiller OxyContin. Vendors involved in the pilot ...
• DoP first to use RFID for logistics posts
  Financial Express - Bombay, India
  MUMBAI, FEB 12 : If all goes well, the postal department (DoP) will be the first organisation to use the radio frequency identification (RFID) technology ...
• DHS tunes out RFID
  Washington Technology - Washington, DC, USA
  9 testimony to the House Homeland Security Committee, Chertoff confirmed that RFID testing performed as part of the US Visitor and Immigration Status ...
• RFID Hardware: Intermec Selected To Supply RFID Products
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  Intermec Inc., a recognized innovator in RFID (radio frequency identification) technology, has been selected to supply RFID hardware to Microsoft Technology ...
• RFID Reader: Intermec's IF30 RFID Network Reader Delivers
  Supply Chain Market (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  Reading and writing RFID (radio frequency identification) tags one at a time is easy, but in a high-speed environment with multiple readers creating a ...
• RFID Solutions: MIKOH’s SecureContainer Improves Supply Chain
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  MIKOH Corporation, the only company providing physical security for RFID tags, today announced the availability of SecureContainer^TM, a container that uses a ...
• Trucking firm turns to RFID to fill black hole
  Computerworld - Framingham, MA, USA
  February 13, 2007 -- Horizon Lines Inc. has turned to radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to track containers seamlessly from a Seattle ...
• Flexible, Cheaper RFID Converting Machine Released
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  Worldlabel, best known as a label converter, announced it will now sell a new RFID smart label converting machine it co-developed. ...
• Network RFID Reader works in noisy RF environments
  ThomasNet Industrial News Room (press release) - New York, NY, USA
  February 13, 2007 - With dense reader mode operation, IF30 accommodates RFID systems that include multiple dock doors in close proximity. ...

News from February 13, 2007

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News from February 12, 2007

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News from February 11, 2007

• Mini Cooper and RFID Technology
  Technology News Daily - Scottsdale, AZ, USA
  RFID, which is used in everything from passports and credit cards to pet IDs, tollbooths and even ski lifts, has never been used as a means of communication ...
• Chertoff: RFID program to be abandoned
  ImediNews - Tbilisi, Georgia
  WASHINGTON (UPI) — US Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff Friday told a House committee hearing his department is dropping plans for RFID tags. ...