March 23 - 29, 2008

News from March 29, 2008

• Avery Sues over RFID Patents
  Los Angeles Business Journal (subscription) - Los Angeles, CA, USA
  Avery Dennison said in its suits that it developed technology to automate ways the RFID chips and antenna are incorporated into one label, making it cheaper ...
• Lockheed Martin Uses RFID to Help Track Stealth Fighter
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  Defense contractor Lockheed Martin has asked its suppliers who provide parts and materials for the new Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft to include RFID ...
• Four Italian Hospitals Use RFID to Share Blood and Monitor Transfusion
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  By Claire Swedberg March 28, 2008--In early December, four Italian hospitals began piloting an RFID-based system to track all steps of the transfusion ...
• Washington State Bans RFID Data Theft
  bMighty.com - Manhasset, NY, USA
  By bMighty.com Staff The state of Washington has passed the country's first law that makes RFID data theft illegal, carrying with it a penalty of five years ...
• Online Community created for attendees, exhibitors, speakers and ...
  PR.com (press release) - Levittown, NY, USA
  RFID Journal LIVE! is designed to meet the educational, buying and networking needs of executives and technologists in Retail/Consumer Goods, ...
• US state outlaws RFID data theft
  Register - London,England, UK
  By Richard Thurston - More by this author US legislators are clamping down on the use of RFID technologies to steal personal data as cards using the ...
• iDTRONIC Electronic Identification presents two new RFID Desktop ...
  Free press releases (press release) - Oxford, UK
  March 27, 2008 - iDTRONIC, a leading supplier of RFID hardware solutions, today introduced two new AXR200 RFID Desktop Readers for reading and writing of ...

News from March 28, 2008

• Beijing 2008 gets enterprise search, RFID tickets
  ZDNet Asia - Asia
  ... Another first for the Olympic movement is the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology in ticketing, according to a BOCOG spokesperson. ...
• Pelican RFID-Enables Its Cases
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  By Claire Swedberg March 26, 2008—Pelican Products is selling containers that can be sealed with RFID closures—as well as RFID retrofitting kits for ...
• Washington state passes RFID antispying law
  Computerworld - Framingham, MA, USA
  Chris Gregoire this week signed a bill making it a Class C felony to use radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to spy on someone. ...
• RFID News Roundup
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  EarthSearch Communications International has integrated RFID into its GPS-based tracking system to improve its security and efficiency. ...
• New RFID Chip Promises Major Performance Gains
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  RFID chip and reader manufacturer Impinj today announced version 3 of Monza, the RFID chip that powers the majority of Gen2 tags deployed in the market ...
• iDTRONIC Electronic Identification Presents Two New RFID Desktop ...
  Newswire Today (press release) - London, UK
  iDTRONIC develops and sells innovative RFID hardware components for product identification, data collection and access control. iDTRONIC’s products are ...
• Washington State Gov. Signs RFID Privacy Protection Law
  InformationWeek - Manhasset, NY, USA
  The law applies to RFID chips in identification cards, cell phones, and even running shoes, like those that Nike coupled with iPods so runners can log their ...
• Tech breakthrough: Omni-ID takes patented passive RFID to harsh ...
  Manufacturing Business Technology - Oak Brook, IL, USA
  One of the big challenges with RFID is working in harsh environments involving liquids and metals, which detunes tags and compromises the read, ...
• Wal-Mart to Integrate RFID into Lift Trucks
  Material Handling Management (press release) - Cleveland, OH, USA
  BENTONVILLE, Ark.—Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is working with lift truck manufacturers to integrate RFID into its lift trucks. Forkliftaction.com reported that ...
• Impinj Introduces Monza TM 3 RFID Tag Chips With Industry-Leading ...
  Market Wire (press release) - USA
  "We have once again raised the bar when it comes to RFID tag chip functionality, quality and performance," said William Colleran, president and CEO of ...

News from March 27, 2008

• Highlights from RFID Smart Labels USA 2008
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  Research firm IDTechEx has published highlights from the annual RFID Smart Labels USA conference it hosted last month in Boston. ...
• Washington Outlaws RFID Skimming
  DailyTech - Chicago, IL, USA
  A new law passed yesterday in the State of Washington which outlaws the act of RFID "skimming" for identity theft and fraud. ...
• Metalcraft & ADASA team up on mobile RFID tagging
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  Metalcraft has signed a partnership deal with ADASA to provide durable RFID labels for ADASA's PAD3500 mobile RFID encoding device. ...
• RFID to help keep track of kids on school buses
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  In the US, Zonar Systems reports that it is now offering RFID technology to the school bus industry to help parents and guardians know with greater ...
• RFID: Doing things against the law is against the law (in ...
  ComputerWeekly.com - UK
  A new bill introduced in the state of Washington has outlawed the use of RFID technologies for malicious purposes. Anyone caught scanning a person remotely ...
• Gemini Traze to revolutionize retail sector thru RFID solutions
  Fibre2fashion.com - Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
  Gemini Traze, a leading manufacturer of radio frequency identification (RFID) readers and antennas, is a fully-owned subsidiary of Chennai-based Gemini ...
• A one-stop-shop for RFID?
  ComputerWeekly.com - UK
  One of the problems for RFID implementors is said to be the lack of a single source solution or service to pull all the threads of the implementation ...
• New Report Finds that RFID Market will Show an Annual Growth Rate ...
  Newswire Today (press release) - London, UK
  The report, “Global RFID Markest Analysis till 2010” analyses the factors driving the RFID market globally. It finds that major growth in the industry will ...
• China repositions in RFID and prints more Part 1
  Printed Electronics World (press release) - Cambridge, UK
  China has about 150 out of the 1000 RFID suppliers in the world. About 100 of them make RFID tags, increasingly by printing the antennas as UHF versions ...
• RFID keys for high-tech house of the future
  TechRadar.com - London, UK
  If there was ever any doubt that Japan is home to the latest and greatest in RFID technology, then a new home-security system from NTT DoCoMo should blow ...

News from March 26, 2008

• Omni-ID RFID Tag Selected as Finalist for RFID Journal Award
  Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles, CA, USA
  Omni-ID stated that its Prox is a short-range, passive UHF RFID tag that offers the smallest form factor and unrivaled performance of any similar tag on the ...
• Soccer Fans Use RFID Cards to Gain Admission and Buy Food
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  By Claire Swedberg March 25, 2008—The Manchester City Football Club is adding prepaid payment functionality to its RFID-enabled stadium membership cards, ...
• Retail RFID checkout and security
  RF Design - New York, NY, USA
  It communicates with a counter-top RFID reader pad (EasyRead Pad) and/or other readers in the checkout lane. Inventory is monitored with mobile RFID readers ...
• Hitachi Mu-chip Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology ...
  Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
  Tests reveal Hitachi Mu-chip RFID inlets can withstand at least 500 kilogray (kGy) gamma ray exposure with no additional protective encapsulation. ...
• RFID tags at the base of NYC's Freedom Tower
  Computerworld - Framingham, MA, USA
  By Sharon Gaudin March 25, 2008 (Computerworld) Builders are turning to RFID technology to set the foundation for the Freedom Tower that is being erected ...
• Washington RFID Bill Expected to Become Law Today
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  Today Washington Governor Chris Gregoire is expected to sign a bill making it a felony to skim personal data from RFID cards and documents. ...
• RFID News: Biometrics Payment Company Ends Service, in Part as ...
  Supply Chain Digest - Dayton, OH, USA
  Any Lessons for RFID? Customers will always Choose Convenience over Privacy, One Research Says; Where Does the Fingerprint Data Go? ...
• RFID, data security and the law
  ComputerWeekly.com - UK
  The European Commission's new consultation on RFID highlights its importance to the Commission, particularly as far as security and privacy are concerned, ...
• Hitachi White Paper Touts RFID Compatibility
  RFID News - Tallahassee, FL, USA
  Typically, medical experimenters in item-level RFID tagging discovered early on that gamma radiation levels in typical sterilization protocols permanently ...
• Future Group, Cisco reportedly in talks for retail RFID project in ...
  MarketWatch - USA
  By Bangalore Bureau) to implement radio frequency identification, or RFID, technology across all its retail formats in India, the Economic Times ...

News from March 25, 2008

• Future Group, Cisco in tie-up talks for retail RFID project
  Economic Times - Gurgaon, Haryana, India
  The move is significant considering that this will be the largest RFID implementation mandate in Asia. The investment in the RFID technology, ...
• RFID Partnership Targets Infrastructure Build-outs
  Managing Automation Magazine - New York, NY, USA
  by Diane Himes, MA Editorial Staff RFID middleware provider GlobeRanger revealed a new partnership today that will enable the company to offer hardware ...
• Ladybag Idea Uses RFID to Tell You If You've Forgotten Anything
  Gizmodo Australia - Sydney, NSW, Australia
  It's a smart bag that uses RFID technology to ensure that you leave the house with those three staples you need in the modern world: mobile; keys; ...
• RFID Tags: ChronoTrack Systems And Impinj Bring RFID Technology
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  Los Angeles Marathonallows race organizers to print an integrated bib and tag for each participant, encoding the runner’s bib number into the tag’s RFID ...
• RFID handbag makes you less forgetful
  CNET Blogs - Cupertino, CA, USA
  But RFID has a plethora of helpful purposes: it can also aid in efficiency, and prevent theft, as in when RFID devices are fastened to clothing and ...
• Printed RFID Nearing Commercialization, Study Says
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  Low-cost RFID tags that are printed, rather than assembled, could be used for inventory management, logistics management, and item identification ...
• GlobeRanger Launches RFID Infrastructure Services Capability
  Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
  With the addition of the infrastructure services capability, GlobeRanger can now offer end-to-end, global and scalable RFID solutions to its customers. ...
• RFID Tag: Metalcraft Announces Long-Read RFID Hard Tag
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  Metalcraft recently announced pricing and availability of their RFID Hard Tag designed to deliver longer read range at lower cost for asset tracking ...
• RFID Crate - Innovative RFID Solution for Bakeries
  MoreRFID (press release) - TX, USA
  Towards the RFID crate development lead the PENAM's efforts to increase the process automation of production and warehousing operations, elimination of lost ...
• Awarepoint Receives Patent for its Active RFID Plug-In Network ...
  Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale, WA, USA
  Awarepoint Corporation, a provider of active RFID real-time location system solutions to the healthcare market, announced today it has been granted US ...

News from March 24, 2008

• LA Marathon benefits from RFID timing
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  The recently formed ChronoTrack Systems has announced that its road race timing system, based on Impinj's UHF Gen 2 RFID technology, performed well at the ...
• Part II: Resellers Receive Tepid Welcome
  MoreRFID (press release) - TX, USA
  Obviously, the barcode VARs are the virtual underpinning of the RFID industry as it is. But as we discussed week, what about those IT system integrators and ...
• RFID a 'Wish List' Priority For CIOs
  RFID News - Tallahassee, FL, USA
  Service-oriented architecture (SOA) tops the list of CIOs' must-have technologies, according to a survey carried out by research firm IDC, but RFID is in a ...
• Going Beyond Banning Skimming
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  I agree with the intent of the law, which is to prevent abuses of RFID technology. There are some aspects of the law that are good. ...
• New Ear Tags for Animals
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  By Peter Cole Many governments are encouraging or mandating the use of RFID tags to track cattle, pigs and chickens, to protect their food supply from ...

News from March 23, 2008

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