June 24 - 30, 2007

News from June 30, 2007

• AMA Lists Risks, Rewards of Human RFID Implants
  PC World - USA
  Report gives mixed reviews on the use of implanted radio frequency identification (RFID) based technology to keep track of medical patients. ...
• Is RFID in the operating room a "spongeworthy" idea?
  Contactless News - Tallahassee, FL, USA
  Current research has indicated that RFID may give a valuable solution to the problem. There are several companies vying to create "smart sponge" systems for ...
• ODIN Releases RFID Reader Benchmark for Europe
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  RFID solutions provider ODIN technologies this week released European RFID Reader Benchmark, a benchmark of RFID readers designed for deployments in Europe. ...
• Not Just for Retailers, RFID Helps Track Rainforest Wildlife
  Wired News - USA
  The official WWF huangana, or peccary, team poses with peccaries Vivian and Jane, who have just been outfitted with collars and RFID ear tags. ...
• Self-Tracking RFID Tag offers satellite-assisted operation.
  ThomasNet Industrial News Room (press release) - New York, NY, USA
  It utilizes satellites in combination with RFID to chart its route and movement, ascertaining exact route and journey of any asset or person. ...
• United States: cStar Technologies collaborates on RFID Wristband ...
  Tendersinfo (subscription) (press release) - Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
  cStar Technologies Inc., a leader in wireless cashless vending solutions and Precision Dynamics Corporation (PDC), a leading RFID solutions provider, ...
• ODIN Releases First Benchmark of European RFID Readers
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  based RFID systems integrator ODIN Technologies has completed a benchmark report based on the results of tests it performed on seven EPC Gen 2 UHF RFID ...
• Metro rolls out Europe's largest RFID retail project
  Computer Business Review - UK
  By Rhonda Ascierto Retailing giant Metro Group is deploying RFID network infrastructure from Reva Systems in what the companies claim is the largest retail ...
• RFID News Roundup
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  RFID solution providers RFID Global Solution and Rush Tracking Systems have formed a strategic alliance. Under the terms of this alliance, the companies ...

News from June 29, 2007

• Western retailer driving Asian Pacific RFID market
  AP-foodtechnology.com - Montpellier, France
  Asian Pacific uptake of radio frequency identification (RFID) to track products was worth EURO 126.6 ($170.3) million in 2006, with the sales of the technology ...
• Sirit's INfinity 510 RFID Readers Selected by METRO Group
  Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
  As an extension of their initial RFID trial initiative, this 2007 rollout program will see one INfinity 510 reader installed in each of the ninety-nine ...
• AMA says human RFID tags could pose serious privacy risk
  Ars Technica - Boston, MA, USA
  By John Timmer | Published: June 28, 2007 - 12:02PM CT RFID tags operate over short distances to provide a scanner with basic information about whatever ...
• RFID Enters Rainforests
  RFID News - Tallahassee, FL,
  USA As part of a five-year study of biodiversity in the Amazon, the World Wildlife Fund recently began using RFID transponders to track white-lipped peccaries, ...
• RFIDNews.mobi Launches RFID Experts Linked In Group
  PR.com (press release) - Levittown, NY, USA
  LinkedIn's extremely robust social networking user group allows RFIDNews.mobi to create a 'specialty group' for those professionals in the RFID field. ...
• 3PL Offers RFID Tagging and Tracking Services
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  Megatrux, a large third-party logistics (3PL) provider based in California, has installed an RFID infrastructure in one of its warehouses to provide ...
• METRO Group Teams with Intermec for RFID Rollout
  Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
  Metro has approved two Intermec (NYSE: IN) RFID starter packs, specially tailored to the needs of the consumer goods industry, which will be offered to its ...
• NXP opens RFID Reference Design Centre
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  NXP Semiconductors has established a new Reference Design Centre (RDC) with the aim of facilitating deployment and adoption of RFID technology. ...
• Evigia Completes DoD's RFID Trials
  RFID News - Tallahassee, FL, USA
  RFID provider Evigia Systems just completed product trials for an upcoming Department of Defense project known as RFID III, the company announced this ...

News from June 28, 2007

• Sweet Spot for RFID Emerges in Yard Management
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  The management of trailer yards appears to be emerging as an attractive niche for RFID and RTLS. Two startups this week, one with $4.5 million in funding, ...
• Frost & Sullivan Report Delves into Asia Pacific RFID Market
  RFID News - Tallahassee, FL, USA
  New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, Asia Pacific RFID Supply Chain Market, reveals that the market earned revenues of $170.3 million in 2006 and estimates ...
• Port Security to be the Focus of Panel Discussion by RFID ...
  Rfid.org - Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  Washington, DC -- June 27, 2007 -- In coordination with the Senate RFID Caucus, the RFID Technology Council will hold a panel discussion on July 11 entitled ...
• RFID sniffing could be used by spies and criminals to commit all ...
  Blogger News Network - USA
  Dark Reading wrote about a pretty scary flaw in RFID technology this week. Apparently, it's now possible for corporate spies and even organized retail ...
• RFID market 'set to expand further'
  TUV Product Service - Fareham, Hampshire, UK
  A British printing and logistics company has predicted that the market for RFID technology will continue develop after announcing its first-half financial ...
• European retailer set to upgrade RFID system
  Computerworld - Framingham, MA, USA
  Though it has maintained a lower profile on the RFID landscape than counterparts like Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Düsseldorf, Germany-based Metro is one of the ...
• RFID Global Solution and Rush Tracking Systems Form Alliance
  RFID News - Tallahassee, FL, USA
  Touting hands-on experience over marketing speak, Mt. Airy, Md.-based RFID Global Solution and Kansas City, Kan.-based Rush Tracking Systems have formed a ...
• zebra technologies helps demystify the decision between hf and uhf ...
  Al-Bawaba - Amman, Jordan
  The downloadable webinar, "UHF or HF RFID? How to Choose the Best Technology for Your Application," is the most recent addition to Zebra's library of RFID ...
• End-users 'are becoming increasingly keen on using RFID'
  TUV Product Service - Fareham, Hampshire, UK
  The use of radio frequency identification (RFID) is expected to expand further as the cost of the technology falls and increase from end-users increases, ...

News from June 27, 2007

• The retail RFID application that boosts sales 50%
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  It happens all too often, according to an article written for RFID Switchboard by Venkat Krishnamurthy of OAT Systems - but RFID technology could be the ...
• RFID-enabled Surgical Sponges a Step Closer to OR
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  Earlier this month, the FDA approved ClearCount to market surgical sponges embedded with passive RFID tags. The SmartSponge System uses Texas Instruments' ...
• America's top 100 3PL company adopts RFID System
  DirectionsMag.com (press release) - Glencoe, IL, USA
  The RFID application also serves to provide needed Electronic Product Code (EPC) compliancy for Megatrux clientele with goods destined for Wal-Mart. ...
• CStar Technologies Collaborates On RFID Wristband That Delivers ...
  AMonline.com - Fort Atkinson, WI, USA
  cStar's cashless vending solution, Vending Genie(TM) Hospitality has been seamlessly interfaced with PDC's Smart Band(r) RFID Wristband to deliver this ...
• Two Top RFID Solution Providers Announce Alliance
  PR Web (press release) - Ferndale, WA, USA
  RFID Global Solution and Rush Tracking Systems, two of the world's top RFID solution providers, announced today that they have formed a strategic alliance ...
• IPICO RFID puts Steamboat Classic timing online
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  IPICO Sports provided RFID-based real-time results for nearly 3000 runners who participated in the 34th running of the Steamboat Classic in Peoria, ...
• McDonald's and Timmy's snack on RFID payment
  ITBusiness.ca - Canada
  The worry is that RFID technology poses a threat to individual privacy because the devices allow people to be identified and tracked as the leave a trail of ...
• METRO Moves RFID Pilot to Production, Taps Reva
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  "METRO has pulled the big lever for production RFID." Upon completion, it will represent the largest production RFID deployment in Europe to date. ...
• Greater Efficiencies in Supply Chain Management Ensure RFID Growth ...
  Newswire Today (press release) - London, UK
  Buoyed by the success of the increasing numbers of radio frequency identification (RFID) pilots and projects in supply chains, end users are becoming ...

News from June 26, 2007

• METRO Group's Gerd Wolfram to Keynote RFID Journal's European ...
  RFID News - Tallahassee, FL, USA
  Gerd Wolfram will explain why METRO Group is moving ahead with its RFID rollout and what it will require from suppliers in 2008 at RFID Journal's upcoming ...
• RFID Tracks College Campus Keys
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  By Beth Bacheldor June 25, 2007--Luther College, located in the small northeast town of Decorah, Iowa, is installing an active RFID-enabled security system ...
• TAGSYS and IDENT Announce Breakthrough RFID System for the ...
  Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
  The deployment denotes significant implications both for the RFID industry and for any business seeking to manage high volumes of densely stacked documents. ...
• Survey: RFID Development Outpacing Demand
  E-Commerce Times - USA
  By Erika Morphy A workforce skills shortage and the still-unclear return on investment for supply chain applications have been barriers to RFID adoption, ...
• IT Channel Ready for RFID, But Customers Not
  Supply & Demand Chain Executive - Gilbert, AZ, USA
  The survey found that 84 percent of technology resellers, solution providers, systems integrators and consultants will or may offer RFID products and ...
• Milestone Australian RFID Pilot Heralded a Success
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  GS1 Australia last week announced the successful completion of an RFID pilot that saw broad collaboration from participants in the government, academia, ...
• RFID, LTD. Joins Alien(r) RFID Solutions Center as Solutions Center ...
  Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
  "Our clients will have access to the finest hands-on RFID training and best practices developed by entities similar to them in a full scale laboratory and ...
• RFID Keeps Monitoring Device on Track
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  The optional RFID technology helps ensure that the device follows the correct process of measuring various sensors and other measurement points indicating ...
• RFID 'could play big part' in aircraft turnarounds
  TUV Product Service - Fareham, Hampshire, UK
  The potential for aircraft to be turned around more quickly at airports could be maximised with radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, ...
• RFID Labs Around the World Collaborate
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  By Mark Roberti Two years ago, I was lamenting how RFID labs in different parts of the world were doing the same research, wasting time and valuable ...

News from June 25, 2007

• RFID Delivers in the Apparel and Footwear Sector
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  By Mark Roberti June 25, 2007--What I love most about my job as the editor and CEO of RFID Journal is delivering real value to our global audience. ...
• Resellers are ready for RFID but customers aren't: study
  eChannelLine - North York, Ontario, Canada
  The goal of the Web-based survey, which closed with 64 respondents, was to understand the channel's current and future plans for addressing RFID ...
• RFID Takes Root in Washington
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  Since July 2005, RFID tags have been embedded in the weapons used in the Federal Flight Deck Officer program, administered by the TSA's Federal Air ...
• RFID take-up strong, but customers
  supply chain review - Australia
  Technology resellers and solution providers are poised to add radio frequency identification (RFID) solutions to their portfolios, but their customers have ...
• New NXP Test Centre to Drive RFID Deployments
  Wireless Design & Development Asia - Singapore
  NXP Semiconductors has established a Reference Design Centre (RDC) with the aim of facilitating deployment and adoption of RFID technology. ...

News from June 24, 2007

• Arphid Watch: A graphic language for RFID · Touch
  Wired News - USA
  By Bruce Sterling June 23, 2007 | 5:45:19 PM RFID is being used for an increasing number of interactions with everyday infrastructures. ...
• Survey: Customers not ready for RFID
  TUV Product Service - Fareham, Hampshire, UK
  Customers have been slow to implement radio frequency identification (RFID) technology even though resellers and others in the IT sector are set to embrace ...