May 7 - 13, 2006

News from May 13, 2006

• SupplyScape Raises $8M
  Red Herring - CA, USA
  ... Technologies such as RFID (radio frequency identification) tags have become increasingly popular, and the US Food and Drug Administration has been working with ...
• RFID's Off To The Races
  Forbes - USA
  ... But it might be better used to follow bicycle racers. RFID emerged in a new guise at the Little Indy 500 in the Bill Armstrong Stadium of Indiana University. ...
• Record-Setting Event Signals Broad Adoption of RFID Technologies ...
  PR Web (press release) - Ferndale, WA, USA
  More than 2,500 people attended RFID Journal LIVE! 2006, an increase of more than 55 percent over last year’s conference, RFID Journal LIVE! ...
• RFID Puts Forklift At Next Level
  Investor's Business Daily (subscription) - USA
  ... It comes with a wireless computer system, cameras and devices that can read product data from radio frequency identification chips — better known as RFID tags ...

News from May 12, 2006

• China's Largest Retailer Expands RFID Pilot Program
  Material Handling Management (press release) - Cleveland, OH, USA
  ... (Shanghai) has developed plans for the second phase of a pilot project to expand usage of Electronic Product Codes (EPCs) and RFID. ...
• Agile mixer targets RFID, GSM, and WiMax
  EDN.com - Newton, MA, USA
  ... s new LT5560 as an upconverting or downconverting mixer, and it can serve in public-safety handheld radios, WiMax-transceiver modems, handheld RFID readers, VHF ...
• Avery Dennison 64-05 RFID Printer
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  The 64-05 RFID printer combines the outstanding features of the 64-bit printer technology optimized for printing and encoding RFID labels. ...
• Key Findings from RFID Reader Benchmark
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  ODIN technologies has released the latest in its RFID hardware benchmark series, this one covering Gen2 readers. The Gen 2 RFID ...
• ACG RFID readers now NFC-enabled
  MoreRFID (press release) - TX, USA
  ACG Identification Technologies, a leading component and technology supplier in the smart card and RFID markets, announces that it has added Near Field ...
• FDA Growing Impatient With Big Pharma's RFID Efforts
  Information Week Weblog - Manhasset, NY, USA
  ... There are indications the report will be critical of the industry's cautious approach to RFID--if it doesn't set an outright deadline. ...
• SLPA7000r MP2 RFID Smart Label Applicator
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  The SLPA7000r MP2 is an automated RFID printing solution for compliance and in-line applications. Whether you require an automated ...
• Cardinal Health conducts RFID label pilot
  Pharmaceutical Business Review - USA
  ... "Cardinal Health is the first company in healthcare to comprehensively test RFID technology at the unit level in a real-time setting, beginning with product ...

News from May 11, 2006

• RFID, June 7-8, São Paulo, Brazil
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  Learn about challenges, benefits, and implementing RFID. ... RFID Update subscribers 10% discount, code: RA77 www.iqpc.com.br/rfid2006. ...
• RFID: For the Common Good
  Rfid.org - Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  ... use today. Today, some people are trying to portray Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology in much the same way. Many ...
• Simple idea could fix RFID privacy issue
  PC World Canada - Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
  A simple tear-off solution to RFID tags could solve some of the privacy concerns related to this new technology. Sometimes innovative ideas are really simple. ...
• "Hear and Know" -- Mike Lowry and RFID: Achievements and Antennas
  Rfid.org - Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  RFID Connections interviewed Mike Lowry, CEO and President of Lowry Computer Products to get his take on the evolving landscape of bar-code and RFID ...
• RFID News Roundup
  RFID Journal - USA
  ... Services (RIS) division is offering a means for suppliers to the Department of Defense to meet the agency's mandate for affixing RFID labels containing unique ...
• Research Firm unveils "RFID Database" to track IC Shipments
  CR80News - Herndon, VA, USA
  Here’s an idea: ABI Research just announced the launch of a new database as part of its RFID Research Service. The RFID Tag IC ...
• MetroHealth to Get Active/Passive RFID System
  RFID Journal - USA
  ... The 731-bed Cleveland teaching hospital is implementing a real-time locating system (RTLS) that leverages both active and passive RFID tags to track and find ...
• Simple idea could solve tricky RFID privacy issue
  NetworkWorld.com - Southborough, MA, USA
  ... Here's one: an RFID chip with a perforated edge that allows consumers to tear off part of the antenna after purchasing an item, reducing the distance of the ...
• SureID Uses RFID to Cut Prescription Errors
  RFID Journal - USA
  May 11, 2006 - To help US pharmacies use RFID to combat theft and incorrect dispensing of drugs, security and authentication application developer SureID has ...

News from May 10, 2006

• A Rugged Reusable RFID Tag
  Industry Week - USA
  May 9, 2006 -- The RFID tag just got tougher. The new Intermec RFID large rigid tag will be able to withstand extreme temperatures ...
• RFID Tracking Catching On Despite Controversy
  E-Commerce Times - USA
  ... "That is a legitimate issue, but to think that somehow RFID is the bad guy in completing the takeover of the planet is not true.". ...
• RFID privacy guidelines established
  ComputerWeekly.com - UK
  ... users has issued a set of best practice guidelines on how firms should use consumer information they gather via radio frequency identification (RFID) technology ...
• Cardinal Health tests RFID labels
  United Press International - USA
  ... The company said it would begin tagging medication with RFID labels "carrying unique data that can be captured and read to verify its authenticity at each step ...
• RFID Standards Battle In China
  ChinaTechNews.com - Beijing, China
  EPCGlobal says it has developed a super-high frequency EPC standard that will lower the entry barriers of Chinese companies hoping to use RFID. ...
• Printronix Reveals Completion Of Extended RFID Trial With Virgin ...
  Trading Markets - Los Angeles, CA, USA
  (PTNX | charts | news | PowerRating) revealed the completion of an extended RFID trial with Virgin Atlantic Airways, Britain's second-largest airline. ...
• VeriSign and Bailian to pilot EPC/RFID in China
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  ... for the second phase of the 'China Implementation Reference Project', a pilot programme that seeks to expand usage of Electronic Product Codes (EPCs) and RFID. ...
• Lockheed Martin To Acquire RFID Firm
  Industry Week - USA
  May 9, 2006 -- On May 4, Lockheed Martin announced it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Savi Technolongy, Inc., a provider of RFID solutions. ...
• Valid Uses for RFID Tags?
  Free Market News Network - Pompano Beach, FL, USA
  A new front in the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) battle has opened up, this time directly affecting people's own bodies. ...

News from May 9, 2006

• Pharma RFID Adoption - Retail All Over Again?
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  During the last few years, a number of pharmaceutical companies have piloted RFID-based e-pedigree projects. Some companies like ...
• RFID resonsates
  GCN.com - Washington, DC, USA
  They believe RFID is fully equal to what the Internet was for the 1990s: a truly revolutionary change in the way business is done. ...
• Reusable RFID Tag withstands temperature extremes.
  Industrial News Room - New York, NY, USA
  May 8, 2006 - Available in EPCglobal Gen 2 and ISO 18000-6B versions, RFID Large Rigid Tag measures 1.26 x 6.1 in. and can be rewritten thousands of times. ...
• RFID Backers Lay The Privacy Groundwork For Item-Level Tags
  InformationWeek - Manhasset, NY, USA
  ... fears seriously. Levi Strauss is testing RFID on men's jeans sold in one US store and on pants in two stores in Mexico. The company ...
• The moment of truth for airlines on RFID
  Contactless News - Aldie, VA, USA
  ... Thus, there has been great interest in replacing the current barcode-based luggage tracking and sorting systems with RFID technology. ...
• ThingMagic Adds NCR to RFID Reseller Network
  Computerworld Australia - Australia
  SYDNEY, Australia -- NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) and ThingMagic, Inc., a leading developer of radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies, today ...
• NCR to sell Symbol RFID products
  BusinessWeek - USA
  MAY. 8 3:29 PM ET NCR Corp., which makes electronic cash registers and automated teller machines, on Monday said it has agreed to ...
• Savi Technology Releases New RFID Sensor Tags To Track And
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  Savi Technology, a leading provider of RFID-based supply chain solutions, today announced the release of two innovative sensor tags that reduce spoilage and ...

News from May 8, 2006

• Pharma RFID Adoption - Retail All Over Again?
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  During the last few years, a number of pharmaceutical companies have piloted RFID-based e-pedigree projects. Some companies like ...
• RFID resonsates
  GCN.com - Washington, DC, USA
  They believe RFID is fully equal to what the Internet was for the 1990s: a truly revolutionary change in the way business is done. ...
• Reusable RFID Tag withstands temperature extremes.
  Industrial News Room - New York, NY, USA
  May 8, 2006 - Available in EPCglobal Gen 2 and ISO 18000-6B versions, RFID Large Rigid Tag measures 1.26 x 6.1 in. and can be rewritten thousands of times. ...
• RFID Backers Lay The Privacy Groundwork For Item-Level Tags
  InformationWeek - Manhasset, NY, USA
  ... fears seriously. Levi Strauss is testing RFID on men's jeans sold in one US store and on pants in two stores in Mexico. The company ...
• The moment of truth for airlines on RFID
  Contactless News - Aldie, VA, USA
  ... Thus, there has been great interest in replacing the current barcode-based luggage tracking and sorting systems with RFID technology. ...
• ThingMagic Adds NCR to RFID Reseller Network
  Computerworld Australia - Australia
  SYDNEY, Australia – NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) and ThingMagic, Inc., a leading developer of radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies, today ...
• NCR to sell Symbol RFID products
  BusinessWeek - USA
  MAY. 8 3:29 PM ET NCR Corp., which makes electronic cash registers and automated teller machines, on Monday said it has agreed to ...
• Savi Technology Releases New RFID Sensor Tags To Track And
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  Savi Technology, a leading provider of RFID-based supply chain solutions, today announced the release of two innovative sensor tags that reduce spoilage and ...

News from May 7, 2006

• Report Sees Sharp Rise in Pharma RFID
  RFID Journal - USA
  By Beth Bacheldor. May 8, 2006 -- The health-care market has been advocating the use of RFID technology for several years. A recently ...
• RFID Gets Itemized
  RFID Journal - USA
  ... As the volume of tags consumed annually by these applications rose, the price of ultrahigh-frequency RFID tags would fall, and when tags got cheap enough ...
• Levi's testing clothing with RFID tags
  Portalino - Italy
  says the RFID tags attached to clothing it's testing in Mexico and the US are to be used simply to track inventory, we're thinking, hey, wait a minute. ...
• Lockheed Martin Acquires RFID Firm Savi
  Defense Industry Daily - Chesapeake City, MD, USA
  Think of RFID as wireless bar codes that don't need to be swiped individually. Savi's products include active RFID asset tags, data ...
• PanGo Integrates Active and Passive RFID to Deliver Industry's ...
  MoreRFID (press release) - TX, USA
  ... com) introduces a major enhancement to its PanOS Platform, a software product that acquires location information from active and passive RFID sources and ...
• IBM strengthens solutions portfolio with mobile, bar code and RFID ...
  AME Info - United Arab Emirates
  ... with IBM Global Technology Services that incorporates Zebra's leading mobility, bar code labeling and radio frequency identification (RFID) printing/encoding ...
• Industry group releases RFID guidelines
  Computerworld New Zealand - Auckland, New Zealand
  Privacy and best practice are the focus of a discussion document published by an alliance of RFID users and vendors. By Grant Gross. ...
• UHF RFID's Key Constraints
  RFID Journal - USA
  By Vinod Kankaria. May 8, 2006 -- Before deploying a UHF passive RFID solution, there are a number of critical parameters to consider. ...
• New EPC standard heralds the "Internet of things"
  itWorldCanada.com - Canada
  ... right now say Maged Girgis and Marc Giroux, industry experts who have spearheaded several high-profile radio frequency identification (RFID) implementations. ...