May 18 - 24, 2008

News from May 24, 2008

• RFID rebels arise
  Norman Transcript - Norman, OK, USA
  One group that I find especially intriguing is the RFID rebels. Radio-frequency identification (RFID) devices, also known as "tags," are beginning to show ...
• Industry Opinion Favors RFID for Drug E-pedigree
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  While most of the responders agreed that non-line-of-sight technology—which thus far is provided only by RFID—was the most effective solution for track and ...
• Tough RFID Tag Strikes Oil
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  By Claire Swedberg May 23, 2008—Merrick Systems is providing an embedded RFID tag for oil drilling that it says is more rugged than other RFID tags, ...
• South Korea promotes RFID adoption via standardization
  RFID News - Tallahassee, FL, USA
  In an effort to simplify the adoption of RFID technology in its country, the Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS) plans to offer an array of ...
• Virtual RFID Walls Allow for Closer Equipment Tracking
  Medgadget.com - San Francisco, CA, USA
  A new system that allows hospitals to track equipment using RFID down to a section of a room is being introduced by GE and CenTrak. GE Healthcare, through a ...
• Avery Dennison: Monarch RFID Services
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  Our extensive RFID Systems Laboratory, housed within the Miamisburg facility, provides you with a full range of pertinent data on which to base your RFID ...
• Report Provides An Introduction To Telemetry And RFID And Also ...
  Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
  RFID also has a promising future, however as it gains popularity it is becoming even more apparent that a global standard is required. ...
• Korean Government Promotes RFID, Establishing New Standards
  Telecoms Korea (subscription) - South Korea
  Korean Agency for Technology and Standards or KATS under the Ministry of Knowledge Economy establishes new standards for RFID including those for RFID ...
• McDonald's Tries Out New RFID-enabled Pay-By-Phone Coupons
  Wired News - USA
  Called the Kasazu coupon (or contactless) it is a payment application that is downloaded into your phone and is then placed on top of an RFID reader by the ...
• RFID scanners coming to border this summer
  Monitor - McAllen, TX, USA
  Known as RFID, or radio frequency identification, the sensors will be able to detect microchips embedded in new passports, border crossing cards and visas. ...

News from May 23, 2008

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News from May 22, 2008

• Airedale NHS Trust On Track With Healthcare RFID Project
  Wireless Healthcare - Royston,
  UK Siemens and Airedale NHS Trust in West Yorkshire UK are rolling out a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) pilot project that should streamline the ...
• Innovision introduces new RFID IC engine solution
  RFID News - Tallahassee, FL, USA
  Innovision Research & Technology PLC has worked with Axcess International Inc. to create an RFID IC engine solution marketed under Axcess’s DOT brand. ...
• London hospital explores RFID
  RFID News - Tallahassee, FL, USA
  Another day, another RFID pilot program in a British hospital. Yesterday, it was IV pumps in Yorkshire; today it is part of a wireless communications system ...
• Stanley to buy RFID-system developer Xmark
  Security Systems News (subscription) - New York, NY, USA
  The Stanley Works announced this week an agreement to buy Xmark, a subsidiary of VeriChip, which manufacturers RFID-based systems used to identify, ...
• Finland uses RFID to test mail system
  RFID News - Tallahassee, FL, USA
  Officials in Finland are using RFID technology to test the efficiency of a decidedly less state-of-the-art communications system, their postal system. ...
• Army readies active RFID procurement
  Washington Technology - Washington, DC, USA
  The Army estimates that it will make three indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract awards as a result of the RFID-III procurement. ...
• Sirit RFID Reader Chosen for Postal Application in Finland
  Earthtimes (press release) - London, UK
  The implementation uses Sirit's IN510 to read Gen 2 RFID tags embedded in envelopes that are tracked throughout the entire delivery process. ...
• RFID To Become A $9.7B Industry Within Five Years
  RF Globalnet (press release) - Horsham, PA, USA
  New York, NY - New forecasts released by ABI Research indicate that the total RFID market will turn over approximately $9.7B by 2013, representing roughly a ...
• Asia Pacific RFID Inlays Market – Increasing Demands Through Mass ...
  Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
  The inlays market is a vital area in the overall RFID ecosystem as it ensures passive tags used in an RFID deployment meets with the most stringent demands ...
• MangoMOBILE Launches New Suite of RFID Technology
  RedOrbit - Dallas, TX, USA
  MangoMOBILE, a provider of mobile marketing solutions, has launched a suite of new RFID technology specifically developed to generate measurable solutions ...

News from May 21, 2008

• USAF Medical Service to review, expand RFID use
  RFID News - Tallahassee, FL, USA
  The United States Air Force Surgeon General's office has announced the selection of Shipcom Wireless Inc. to review the current use of RFID technologies ...
• ABI Research: RFID industry worth $9.7 billion by 2013
  RFID News - Tallahassee, FL, USA
  ABI Research has issued a new report forecasting that the global RFID industry will be valued at $9.7 billion by 2013, equaling roughly a 15% compound ...
• MangoMOBILE offers RFID to event marketers
  RFID News - Tallahassee, FL, USA
  MangoMOBILE, a specialist in mobile marketing solutions, has introduced a suite of RFID technology applications designed to assist event marketers and their ...
• RFID: The EPC Vision – Then and Now
  Supply Chain Digest - Dayton, OH, USA
  In response to our story last week on the success of "closed-loop" RFID systems (see No Surprise – It’s Easier to Implement Closed-Loop RFID Systems than ...
• Using RFID Tags Around the House?
  Slashdot - USA
  For the sheer hacking fun of it, I'm thinking of sticking RFID tags on some and trying to triangulate a position with several tranceivers placed in the ...
• Avery Dennison RFID Hires New Vice President Of Engineering
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  Harry Watkins and Ken Tinnell have joined Avery Dennison RFID, a leading RFID technology provider, as their vice president of engineering and sr. director ...
• MangoMOBILE launches RFID solution for event marketers
  CanalPDA.com - Barcelona, Spain
  MangoMOBILE’s strategic expansion into RFID leverages the company’s expertise in wireless technologies while complementing its core mobile marketing ...
• MangoMOBILE Launches RFID Solution for Event Marketers
  PR Newswire (press release) - New York, NY, USA
  NEW YORK, May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- MangoMOBILE, a leader in advanced mobile marketing solutions, announces the release of a suite of new RFID technology ...
• Implantable RFID Business 'Not Self-Sustainable'
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  By John Burnell Human-implantable RFID microchips face an uncertain future in the wake of developments that the technology's developer, VeriChip, announced ...
• RFID to become a $9.7 Billion Industry within Five Years ...
  Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
  NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--New forecasts released by ABI Research indicate that the total RFID market will turn over approximately $9.7 billion by 2013, ...

News from May 20, 2008

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News from May 19, 2008

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News from May 18, 2008

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