April 6 - 12, 2008

News from April 12, 2008

• RFID reader can now identify velocity, position of tags
  CNET News.com - San Francisco, CA, USA
  RFID-manufacturer Alien Technology announced this week it has created new software for its tag readers. The software provides information on the velocity ...
• IBM and OAT Land Multi-Million Dollar RFID Contract
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  Airbus has selected IBM and OATSystems to deliver a software platform upon which the France-based aircraft manufacturer's ambitious RFID deployment will run ...
• Austria Microsystems and Advanced ID Asia Present New AS3990 UHF RFID
  TMCnet - USA
  By Raju Shanbhag Austria Microsystems has announced that Advanced ID Asia has incorporated its new AS3990 UHF RFID “Simply Gen2” Reader Chip into their ...
• Ski passes to use RFID technology
  Boulder County Business Report - CO, United States
  By Business Report Staff BROOMFIELD - Skiers and snowboarders will be able to keep their season passes in their pockets next season at Vail, Beaver Creek, ...
• RFID on the rocks
  RFID News - Tallahassee, FL, USA
  MGM Mirage now places RFID chips in the pouring spouts of its bars’ liquor bottles. The chips feed their collected data to point-of-sales systems as part of ...
• Penn State RFID center gets $500K grant
  RFID News - Tallahassee, FL, USA
  It is part of the Sam and Irene Black School of Business, and its RFID programs are integrated into business and engineering courses.
• RFID takes off at Airbus
  ComputerWeekly.com - UK
  European planemaker Airbus is to invest millions of dollars in a multi-year deal to use RFID to streamline its manufacturing and supply chain operations. ...
• RFID in 2008 - Where is the Action?
  Data Collection Online (press release) - PA, USA
  IDTechEx forecasts a $5.29B RFID market in 2008, up 7.3% on the $4.93B in 2007. This is despite a sharp reduction of deliveries against the world's largest ...
• austriamicrosystems and Advanced ID Asia Present New AS3990 UHF ...
  Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
  ... in partnership with Advanced ID Asia, is pleased to announce that Advanced ID Asia has incorporated austriamicrosystems’ new AS3990 UHF RFID “Simply ...
• Airbus starts world's largest RFID project
  Computing - London, UK
  Aircraft manufacturer Airbus has signed a multi-million dollar contract with IBM and OATSystems for the provision of a radio-frequency identification (RFID) ...

News from April 11, 2008

• Airbus spends millions on IBM-OATSystems RFID
  ZDNet Asia - Asia
  By Suzanne Tindal, ZDNet Australia Airbus is looking to an RFID future, after signing a multimillion dollar deal with IBM and OATSystems. ...
• OTA Training chosen as one of the 20 Leading RFID Innovators in 2008
  MoreRFID (press release) - TX, USA
  OTA Training LLC., the global leader in hands-on, vendor-neutral RFID training, has been chosen as one of "20 Leading RFID Innovators in 2008". ...
• OAT Systems unveils enterprise-wide RFID solution
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  OATSystems has announced the availability of its new 'OATenterprise' management platform to provide real-time RFID visibility for distributed operations, ...
• Cornwall complete county-wide rollout of RFID self-service
  MoreRFID (press release) - TX, USA
  The contract, awarded in summer 2007 to Intellident and SCC, included the implementation of RFID self-service kiosks, smart labels (tags) and the supply of ...
• RFID News Roundup
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  RFID software solutions provider GlobeRanger is introducing its first hardware product. The Smart Network Appliance Product (SNAP) is a reader networking ...
• Airbus gets off the ground with RFID technology
  Computerworld - Framingham, MA, USA
  By Sharon Gaudin April 10, 2008 (Computerworld) Airbus SAS signed a multimillion-dollar, multiyear deal to use radio frequency identification (RFID) ...
• Airbus Inks Multi-Million Dollar RFID Software Contract
  InformationWeek - Manhasset, NY, USA
  Airbus exec predicts RFID will become as common as bar coding in the aviation industry's supply chain. By Mary Hayes Weier Airbus announced Thursday that is ...
• Online video offers "RFID 101"
  MMH.com - Newton, MA, USA
  The free video presentation from Avery Dennison provides a quick and painless way to learn the basics of RFID. By Corinne Kator, Associate Editor -- Modern ...
• Washington RFID Law Could Pave Way For More
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  By John Burnell RFID legislation recently passed in the state of Washington (see Washington RFID Bill Expected to Become Law Today ) is being viewed as ...
• RFID Goes Mainstream: An Alien Technology Viewpoint
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  The RFID community is incredibly creative, ambitious and insanely entrepreneurial. We work, however, within some very cautious and slow-moving industries. ...

News from April 10, 2008

• OATSystems, IBM win RFID deal to track Airbus parts
  Bizjournals.com - Charlotte, NC, USA
  In what OATSystems Inc. CEO called the largest transaction in the history of the RFID industry, OATSystems and IBM Corp. will supply software to Airbus SAS, ...
• ABI Research picks top RFID manufacturers
  RFID News - Tallahassee, FL, USA
  Industry analyst ABI Research has published its picks for the top three producers of ultrahigh frequency and high frequency passive RFID inlays. ...
• UPM Raflatac and Alien Technology Top New ABI Research Passive ...
  StreetInsider.com (subscription) - Birmingham, MI, USA
  Two new Vendor Matrices have just been released: they assess RFID inlay manufacturers that offer passive 13.56 MHz (HF) and UHF inlays. ...
• CompTIA to Recognize RFID+ Certified Professionals at RFID Journal ...
  PR Web (press release) - Ferndale, WA, USA
  RFID Journal Live! 2008, the world’s largest RFID conference and exhibition is scheduled for April 16-18 at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, Nev. ...
• German Study Shows Companies Dissatisfied With RFID's Ability to ...
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  By Rhea Wessel April 9, 2008—Decades after RFID was first commercialized, bringing consumers everything from keyless car entry to blood-tracking systems, ...
• Scamming your way onto the ski lift? - RFID technology could rat ...
  Sherbrooke Record - Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
  RFID or Radio Frequency Identification is the heart of the company that Montreal-raised Berry started up just three years ago. And RFID has everything to do ...
• R&D Firm Developing Passive Ultra-Wideband RFID
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  By Dave Friedlos April 8, 2008—Martec, a research and development firm based in Las Vegas, says it is developing an RFID system that uses ultra-wideband ...
• PREMO RFID shows its T-Coil for hearing aid systems sector
  PresseBox (Pressemitteilung)(abonnement) - Rastatt, Germany
  (pressebox) Barcelona, 09.04.2008 - PREMO RFID is going to promote its current range of T-coils during 2008 in order to fit its customers requirements in ...
• ABI Research Ranks Top RFID Tag Producers
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  ABI Research has publicly announced what it deems the top three manufacturers of both ultrahigh frequency (UHF) and high frequency (HF) passive RFID inlays. ...
• VIDEO: Hitachi Engineering & Services Intros Dual-Purpose RFID ...
  Japan Corporate News (press release) - Tokyo, Japan
  Tokyo, Apr 9, 2008 () - Hitachi Engineering and Services has developed a dual-purpose RFID security management system. The system can be used as a ...

News from April 9, 2008

No news available.

News from April 8, 2008

• Lost your luggage? RFID tags could help
  CNET News.com - San Francisco, CA, USA
  That is exactly what RFID manufacturers like Alien Technology are dreaming about. With updated chip technology announced Monday, the Morgan Hill, Calif. ...
• Some Chinese tyres to include RFID tags at last
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  Advanced ID has reported a breakthrough in the adoption of RFID tyre tags, with Qingdao Mesnac - a Chinese tyre production equipment maker having committed ...
• RFID as an eHealth platform
  RF Design - New York, NY, USA
  Research and Markets announced the addition of "RFID as an eHealth Platform" to its offering. Most of the controversy surrounding the deployment of RFID is ...
• IBM Soups Up RFID-Ready Server
  CRM Buyer - USA
  Instead of stewing over whether it's even possible to implement RFID at a reasonable cost, companies are now accepting it as a given -- and exploring how ...
• RFID Journal Live! to offer a little ISCEA training
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  The International Supply Chain Education Alliance is to run a training seminar called 'Going physical-free' during RFID Journal's sixth annual conference ...
• Rush Tracking Systems Launches VisiblEdge RFID Lift Truck Solution
  Earthtimes - London, UK
  Combining state-of-the-art application software, RFID hardware, and positioning technology on lift trucks, VisiblEdge maximizes tracking efficiency by ...
• Atmel and Mexel introduce secure cryptographic RFID kit
  RFID News - Tallahassee, FL, USA
  Atmel Corp. and Melexis Microelectronic Integrated Systems NV have announced their Yuma+ development kit for contactless, highly secure RFID transactions. ...
• Canadian nursing home introduces RFID tracking
  RFID News - Tallahassee, FL, USA
  The Delta View Habilitation Centre, an assisted living residential center located south of Vancouver, British Columbia, has begun using RFID tags to keep ...
• Big Brother: Radio frequency identification (RFID). Putting "Radio ...
  Center for Research on Globalization - Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  The technology, radio frequency identification, or RFID, is rapidly moving into the real world through a wide variety of applications: Washington state ...
• TI and Omnitrol Networks Bring Real-Time RFID Traceability to PCB ...
  PCB007 (press release) - Seaside, OR, USA
  Omnitrol Networks and Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) announced today an alliance to deliver a radio frequency identification (RFID) real-time ...

News from April 7, 2008

• EC to encourage 'internet of things' standards
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  CASAGRAS (Coordination and Support Action for Global RFID-related Activities and Standardisation) aims to provide a framework of foundation studies to ...
• The RFID Brick Road
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  ... keeping track of inventory and the location of goods in its yard have all changed. The latter process has been enhanced considerably by RFID technology.
• Give Your Views to the EU—Now!
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY,
  USA If you conduct business in Europe and think RFID might help you improve efficiencies, or if you sell RFID systems in Europe, you need to act—and soon. ...
• Leaving the wine cheats high and dry
  Times Online - UK
  A radio frequency identification (RFID) chip similar to those found in the newest Wave and Pay credit cards and Transport for London’s Oyster cards, ...

News from April 6, 2008

• Every move you make tracked by RFID tags
  ZDNet - USA
  We’ve been told for several years that RFID tags would appear everywhere. This is not the case yet, but researchers at the University of Washington would ...