June 4 - 10, 2006

News from June 10, 2006

• Smart Dust Stalked Zarqawi
  Strategy Page - USA
  ... This is similar to stuff like RFID, smart cards, EZ Pass and those rice grain size tracking devices you can have injected into your pets. ...
• Government pushes logistics development
  People's Daily Online - Beijing, China
  ... supervision and tracking of goods and services in China will be enhanced by a government push to develop Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology in ...
• FDA Decides To Track Pharmaceuticals
  Medical News Today - UK
  ... With Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), which is available today, it is much easier now to track drugs as they make their way up the chain from production ...
• Privacy protection paramount with RFID
  London Free Press - Canada
  ... RFID has practical applications that can be of benefit to consumers, businesses and government, but also raises privacy concerns when its use enables parties ...

News from June 9, 2006

• RuBee Offers an Alternative to RFID
  Channel Insider - New York, NY, USA
  ... protocol -- a standard called IEEE 1902.1 also known as RuBee -- that is expected to give retailers and manufacturers an attractive alternative to RFID for many ...
• FDA Announces Pharma RFID Recommendations
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  The FDA did not actually mandate the use of RFID but did reinforce its belief in the technology as a key element in the fight against counterfeiting. ...
• German Hospital Expects RFID to Eradicate Drug Errors
  RFID Journal - USA
  June 9, 2006 -- Germany's Jena University Hospital has begun preparations to test a system using RFID to track medication from the point of dispensing in the ...
• More balanced piece of RFID legislation proceeding in California
  Contactless News - Aldie, VA, USA
  A new "common sense" RFID bill that encourages the use of RFID technology in state government IDs, while addressing privacy concerns of citizens and ...
• Florida's Pharma Deadline Puts Spotlight On Item-Level RFID
  InformationWeek - Manhasset, NY, USA
  ... RFID industry leaders ADT/Tyco Fire & Security, Alien, Impinj, Intel, Symbol and Xterprise sponsored a white paper released Thursday presenting an argument ...
• IEEE shines up RuBee protocol
  VNUNet.com - UK
  ... Network Protocol will provide for asset visibility networking that fills the gap between the non-networked, non-programmable, back-scattered RFID tags widely ...
• RFID Labels Could Track Paper
  Graphic Arts Monthly - New York, NY, USA
  A look at Appleton's multi-layered RFID label stock: 1) pressure-sensitive adhesive and release liner; 2) antenna; 3) silicon chip; 4) printed barcode; 5 ...
• China Sets National Standards for RFID
  Sci-Tech Today - USA
  Electronic labels, or radio frequency identification (RFID), is widely used for identity verification, logistical tracking, storage, and customs management. ...
• A chance to sound off about RFID and privacy
  Green Sheet - Rohnert Park, CA, USA
  The technology behind contactless payment systems is radio frequency identification (RFID), which is commonly used for tagging and tracking inventory, shipping ...
• Are reusable containers the key to RFID?
  MMH.com (subscription) - Newton, MA, USA
  The Holy Grail in RFID today is return on investment (ROI). And the Reusable Pallet and Container Coalition (RPCC) thinks it may have found it. ...

News from June 8, 2006

• RFID and Leveraged Learning: Dr. Richard E. Billo on The Industry ...
  Rfid.org - Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  RFID Connections interviewed Richard E. Billo, Ph.D., Associate Dean of Engineering Research at the University of Texas at Arlington for his views on what ...
• RFID News Roundup
  RFID Journal - USA
  Integrated Engineering, a Dutch provider of hardware for low-frequency (125 kHz) and high-frequency (13.56 MHz) RFID solutions, has introduced a dual-frequency ...
• China's RFID Application Pilot Program Picks Up Steam
  ChinaTechNews.com - Beijing, China
  With the development of the State Golden Card Project and IC Card application underway, RFID technology has been preliminarily applied in various sectors in ...
• Integrated Engineering unveils new RFID reader
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  Integrated Engineering has introduced a new contactless smart card reader. The SmartTRANS reader provides a transition path from ...
• Shelf-based Antitheft System Combines RFID, EAS
  RFID Journal - USA
  ... 7, 2006 -- Radio frequency identification and electronic article surveillance (EAS) are being integrated in a new system combining the RFID-enabled shelving ...
• ST launches 2-Kbit LR RFID asset tracking chips
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  STMicroelectronics has announced the availability of two new 2048-bit, long range RFID memory products that are fully compliant with the ISO/IEC 15693 and ISO ...
• DHS Meeting Draws Comments on RFID
  RFID Journal - USA
  June 9, 2006 -- An eclectic mix of RFID industry representatives, general auto-ID industry members and concerned citizens gathered at the Clift Hotel in San ...
• RFID News for 8 June: Microsoft BizTalk RFID, Intermec, Alien, G2
  TMCnet - USA
  Alien Technology Corporation has announced that it will collaborate with Microsoft Corporation on the implementation of enterprise-ready RFID solutions for ...
• ITAA Takes Issue With DHS Draft Report on RFID
  Government Technology - Folsom, CA, USA
  ... of Homeland Security (DHS) advisory subcommittee overreached in a draft report concluding that Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology should not be ...

News from June 7, 2006

• Spanish-Speaking Countries Warned About RFID
  Free Market News Network - Pompano Beach, FL, USA
  A Spanish-language version of the award-winning book "Spychips: How Major Corporations and Government Plan to Track Your Every Move with RFID" is being ...
• RFID Specialist Michael Liard Joins ABI Research
  TMCnet - USA
  A specialist in the topic of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Liard “is widely considered one of the industry's foremost analysts of this important and ...
• Students Learn on Zebra Equipment in New RFID Certificate Program ...
  MoreRFID (press release) - TX, USA
  ... in on-demand printing solutions for business improvement, is helping students enrolled in the University of California, Irvine's new RFID Certificate Program ...
• RFID - Would It Keep Counterfeit Drugs Out Of Local Pharmacies?
  About - News & Issues - New York, NY, USA
  Is RFID, radio frequency identification technology, the solution to the counterfeit drug problem? ... RFID is already used for OxyContin and Viagra. ...
• AT&T Partners to Develop Managed RFID Service
  Supply & Demand Chain Executive - Gilbert, AZ, USA
  ... Sterling Commerce are partnering with Intel, BEA Systems and Symbol Technologies to design and deploy radio frequency identification (RFID) device services and ...
• Microsoft Deepens Support for RFID, EDI
  Managing Automation Magazine - New York, NY, USA
  ... its popular BizTalk Server integration middleware product, allowing it to integrate more easily with radio frequency identification (RFID) and electronic data ...
• DaimlerChrysler Putting RFID Tags in Kanban Cards
  RFID Journal - USA
  June 7, 2006 -- An RFID proof-of-concept project that added passive UHF inlays to existing kanban parts-management cards at a DaimlerChrysler production plant ...
• 2006 RFID Forum
  Wireless Week - USA
  The 2006 RFID Forum is dedicated to the red hot radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies and their wide-spread and fast growing applications. ...
• RFID Vendors Unite Behind Item-Level UHF
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  The ongoing debate about whether HF or UHF RFID is the superior technology for item-level tagging of pharmaceuticals will see another development tomorrow as a ...

News from June 6, 2006

• RFID - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is an automatic identification method, ...
  The Canadian Cattle Identification Agency began using RFID tags as a ...
• Symbol Launches RFID Platform
  Sci-Tech Today - USA
  The effort to develop Wi-NG, which took about 18 months, was driven by the proliferation of RFID in the enterprise sector, said Chris McGugan, Symbol's senior ...
• Boeing and FedEx Fly with Active RFID
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  ... giant Boeing has announced that it is working with delivery and logistics leader FedEx to test the effects of regularly beaconing active RFID tags in a ...
• SAPPHIRE - German hospital uses RFID to track medication
  NetworkWorld.com - Southborough, MA, USA
  Mention RFID and most people automatically think about logistics. ... "These errors can be fatal. With RFID, we hope to significantly reduce the chance of error.". ...
• Paxar signs RFID pact with Microsoft
  BusinessWeek - USA
  ... and the company's Monarch 9855 RFID printer/encoder will now perform seamlessly with Microsoft's BizTalk RFID. Paxar said the additional ...
• RFID Strategy -- RFID Gains Momentum In Pharmaceuticals
  Industry Week - USA
  June 6, 2006 -- Regular readers of this column (and of the RFID industry press in general) understand that retail RFID compliance programs are rarely a revenue ...
• SEEBURGER RFID Gateway Adds New Tool to Reduce Retailer ...
  PR Newswire (press release) - New York, NY, USA
  today announced an upgrade to its RFID Gateway/SCM Portal middleware platform that enables CPG companies to recover their RFID system investments for the first ...
• Northern rejigs its supply chain to optimise RFID
  ComputerWeekly.com - UK
  ... on pallets. More than 30% of Northern Foods^TM sales are to Marks & Spencer, which is the UK' largest user of RFID... .. tags ...
• Microsoft lays out roadmap for interim release of BizTalk, RFID ...
  NetworkWorld.com - Southborough, MA, USA
  Microsoft Tuesday laid out its roadmap for BizTalk Server, including support for RFID technology and integration with Vista and Office, and said the next ...
• ABI Seeks Monopoly of RFID Experts
  Daily Research News Online - UK
  ABI Research has added RFID analyst Michael Liard to its team studying the booming retail technology. He joins from Venture Development ...

News from June 5, 2006

• Sun moving RFID center to Longmont
  Bizjournals.com - Charlotte, NC, USA
  Sun Microsystems Inc. will move its test center for radio frequency identification (RFID) products from Dallas to Longmont, the company announced Monday. ...
• Wal-Mart Canada Plans Its First RFID Pilot
  RFID Journal - USA
  By Claire Swedberg. June 5, 2006—Wal-Mart Canada will launch an RFID pilot with about 16 suppliers this fall to track products through the supply chain. ...
• RFID Readers: Revolutionary RFID Modular Design -- Buy What You Need
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  SAVR Communications is an industry-leading innovator of unique, low-cost RFID products for today’s dynamic global marketplace. ...
• Two Victories for the Anti-RFID Crowd
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  "Your industry is sick." This was the opening line of an email received last week by RFID Update in reference to a televised interview on the Fox News Channel ...
• Will The US Consider RFID Chips?
  Free Market News Network - Pompano Beach, FL, USA
  Are there really plans to insert RFID chips under your skin if you get a work permit for the US? And if there are, will they work? -Newswireless.net. ...
• Click Commerce Beefs up RFID, Voice Support in WMS
  Supply & Demand Chain Executive - Gilbert, AZ, USA
  ... Click Commerce has released the latest version of its warehouse management software, MOVE, adding support for radio frequency identification (RFID) and voice ...
• I'm RFID, Fly Me
  Unstrung - New York, NY, USA
  Boeing aims to convince the Federal Aviation Administration that RFID systems that broadcast while the plane is in flight are safe to use through a new 120-day ...
• Privacy debated at the RFID Networking Forum
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  More than 400 delegates from twenty vertical industries attended the bi-annual European RFID Networking Forum last month, which held industry discussions on ...
• ETSI Announces RFID Trial Results
  New Telephony - Phoenix, AZ, USA
  By Tara Seals. The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) just announced the results of RFID trials in busy warehouse conditions. ...
• RFID system monitors temperature, humidity
  FoodProductionDaily.com - Montpellier, France
  05/06/2006 - A system of active radio frequency identification (RFID) tags could help processors monitor temperature and humidity data as products move through ...
• Mad Money Mailbag: RFID Beware
  TheStreet.com - USA
  Editor's note: The following are questions received from viewers of "Mad Money," seen every day at 6 pm EST on CNBC. Jim Cramer: This ...

News from June 4, 2006

• Ford Canada Adopts RFID System to Keep Parts Flowing
  RFID Journal - USA
  ... This will be accomplished with tiny RFID transponders that will emit a signal every four minutes so workers can find the auto parts they need. ...
• Challenging bovine Big Brother
  Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne, IN, USA
  ... But something makes this situation a bit unusual: Even beef producers who are using the passive flavor of RFID don't seem thrilled with it either. ...
• Contributed by: Anonymous
  Infoshop News - USA
  Scott Silverman, Chairman of the Board of VeriChip Corporation, has proposed implanting the company's RFID tracking tags in immigrant and guest workers. ...
• Somebody's WATCHING YOU
  Buffalo News - NY, United States
  ... The tags - which use radio frequency identification, or RFID, technology - store far more information and can be read at greater distances than plain-old ...
• RFID: What's All the Fuss?
  E-Commerce Times - USA
  By Alden Snyder. For any strategic thinker in the industry, RFID bears close scrutiny. ... The certainty is that RFID will affect your business. ...
• Conference on RFID for the pharmaceutical market
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  On 1st and 2nd August 2006 the 'RFID for Pharmaceuticals 2006' conference opens its doors in Philadelphia, USA, with the aim of examining the usage of RFID ...
• China RFID White Book Will Be Released Soon
  ChinaTechNews.com - Beijing, China
  The China RFID Technology and Policy White Book, which has been drafted by 14 Chinese ministries including the Ministry of Information Industry under the ...
• BP Refinery Uses RFID for Evacuation System
  RFID Journal - USA
  By Claire Swedberg. June 5, 2006 -- BP Cherry Point, BP's oil refinery in Cherry Point, Washington, has launched an RFID personnel-tracking system. ...
• Where Are All the Retailers?
  RFID Journal - USA
  June 5, 2007 -- During RFID Journal LIVE!, our recent conference and exhibition, I was chatting with a senior executive from a major pharmaceutical and consumer ...