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July 13 - 19, 2008
News from July 19, 2008
- Study Published in JAMA on RFID Interference Ignores Real-World ...
Industrial Embedded Systems (press release) - St Clair Shores, MI, USA
A study published last week in the Journal of the American Medical Association (jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/299/24/2884) reported that RFID systems ...
- Tutorial: Radio Basics for UHF RFID--Part V
Embedded.com - San Francisco, Ca., USA
Since readers and tags both talk, for an RFID system there are two separate link budgets, one associated with the reader-to-tag communication (the forward ...
- Australian Sheep Farmers Explore RFID's Benefits
RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
Victoria's Department of Primary Industries (DPI) was previously instrumental in the rollout of RFID in the cattle industry, launching a trial in 1999 to ...
- Oil & Gas RFID Solution Group: Petroleum Industry Turns to Texas ...
MarketWatch - USA
Everything from streamlining product procurement to enhancing safety and reliability of field equipment can be automated or improved through an RFID ...
- Gas costs fuel RFID research group
RFID News - Tallahassee, FL, USA
Companies are searching for ways to cut costs and improve efficiency, and some industry leaders are looking at RFID technology to gain insights into their ...
- Spartanics launches RFID screen printing process
RFID News - Tallahassee, FL, USA
The system is equipped to produce RFID labels among other other high-quality label applications. The new units can produce pre-printed material from any ...
- Milestone of 20 million RFID-Inlays per month surpassed: SMARTRAC ...
openPR (press release) - Hamburg, Germany
(openPR) - Amsterdam, July 17, 2008 – SMARTRAC NV, a leading supplier of RFID components, has accomplished an all-time high. In June 2008, production and ...
- New RFID Asset Tracking Software Prevents Retail Shrink
RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
An RFID Asset Tracking Software was recently released by Bowh Incorporated and was displayed at the NRF Loss Prevention show in Orlando on June 23. ...
- Vail Resorts Improves Season Ski Pass Holder Experience With ...
RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
Intermec Inc. recently announced that its CN3 mobile computers with IP30 handheld RFID readers have been chosen by Vail Resorts, the premier mountain resort ...
- Case Study: RFID Fuels Carwash Loyalty
RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA,USA
By Metalcraft, Inc. Americans spend more than $24 billion annually to have their vehicles cleaned at over 100000 car washes in North America, according to ...
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News from July 18, 2008
- Petroleum Industry turns to Texas for Radio Frequency ...
TMC Net - Norwalk, CT, USA
Exceptionally high crude prices and surging global demand have led the oil & gas industry to seek out technologies such as RFID as a means of gaining ...
- Spartanics unveils RFID screen printing system
UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
The companies cite possible applications including RFID labels and other high-quality label applications, flexible circuitry and luminescent panels for ...
- RFID unlocks supply chain potential
PhysOrg.com - Evergreen, VA, USA
(PhysOrg.com) -- Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) promises to revolutionise retailing through advanced stock management, sophisticated promotions and ...
- RFID Technology Applied to Beef Sold in Korea
South Korea
The Ministry of Knowledge Economy says it will first apply the RFID system to keep track of state-owned items, facilities, and increase its use in postal ...
- Portuguese bookseller embraces RFID
RFID News - Tallahassee, FL, USA
The Portuguese book retailer Byblos hopes the RFID-enabled system in its new Lisbon superstore will improve customer service, inventory control and security ...
- ConocoPhillips brings RFID offshore rig safety
RFID News - Tallahassee, FL, USA
ConocoPhillips has introduced an RFID-enabled system to help insure the safety of workers on its offshore oil rigs along the Norwegian Continental Shelf. ...
- RFID technology is facilitating a major innovation to supply chain ...
PR-USA.net (press release) - Varna, Bulgaria
RFID technology delivers solutions for all these needs. Once Wal-Mart and the Department of Defense (DoD) identified RFID as a potential cost reduction ...
- ConocoPhillips Using RFID for Offshore Rig Worker Safety
RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
By John Burnell Active RFID tags are tracking workers on oil rigs off the coast of Norway in an environment that is challenging for the technologies and ...
- RFID News Roundup
RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
That system utilizes battery-powered 915 MHz RFID transceivers built into computers that mount onto vehicles. The computers communicate data via a ...
- Montreal RFID-enabled Bike Project Picks Up Speed
RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
By Claire Swedberg July 17, 2008—The city of Montreal is making headway on its plans, announced last month, to deploy an RFID system for renting bicycles. ...
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News from July 17, 2008
- RFID unlocks supply chain potential
ICT Results - Brussels, Belgium
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) promises to revolutionise stock management, but few applications exist so far. Now, European researchers are ...
- Thousands of Auto Parts Verified with RFID and UWB
RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
By John Burnell An automaker used approximately 405000 passive UHF RFID tags and active ultra wideband (UWB) real time locating system (RTLS) tags to make ...
- Rhode Island governor vetoes RFID ban
SecureIDNews (press release) - Tallahassee, FL, USA
Rhode Island Governor Donald Carcieri has vetoed a bill banning the use of RFID to track students in his states’ schools. He said decisions to use the ...
- Metalcraft: RFID Hard Tag
RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
For asset tracking applications that require heavy impact or water resistance we offer our RFID Hard Tag. For asset tracking applications that require heavy ...
- ODIN Selected as RFID Partner for Customs and Border Protection ...
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale, WA, USA
ODIN technologies was selected by Unisys as a lead RFID deployment partner for the US Department of Homeland Security's RFID deployment at border crossings ...
- Banking Group to Set RFID Roadmap
RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
And to that end, the consortium has created a special-interest group (SIG) to develop a roadmap for adopting RFID technology across the financial services ...
- Clinical Labs in South Africa Look to Integration and Consolidation
MarketWatch - USA
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Jul 15, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- NHLS laboratories in South Africa consist predominantly of stand-alone automated systems. ...
- SkyeTek Highlights New Applications For Embedded RFID To Create
Embedded Technology.com (press release) - Horsham, PA, USA
Westminster, CO - SkyeTek, Inc., the leading provider of embedded RFID reader technology, continues to showcase how manufacturers can integrate embedded ...
- RFID tech a distant dream for retail sector
CIOL - Bangalore, Karnataka, India
The year 2007 saw Reliance Retail, one of the largest players in the Indian retail sector testing the usage of RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) ...
- New, Web-based RFID Roulette Game Educates Public About RFID's ...
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale, WA, USA
RFID Revolution, an RFID education and market strategy consulting firm, has introduced RFID Roulette, a lively, Internet-based game designed to help people ...
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News from July 16, 2008
- RFID cuts bookstore stock and queue times
UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
Byblos, a book retailer in Portugal, has deployed RFID technology in its new 4500 square-metre 'Byblos Amoreiras' store in Lisbon to help keep track of over ...
- RFID Usage in the Patient Care Environment Gets Clean Bill of Health
WebWire (press release) - Atlanta, GA, USA
Hospitals and other patient care facilities are safe using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) in their facilities, according to a new study by BlueBean ...
- Home Culture GAO RFID Releases New 2.45GHz. Gain Adjustable Active ...
PR-USA.net (press release) - Varna, Bulgaria
GAORFID.com) has newly released an Active (2.45GHz) Gain Adjustable RFID WiFi Reader, GAO Model No. 217002. The WiFi reader adopts the advanced 0.18um CMOS ...
- Districts Won't Use RFID This Fall
School Transportation News - Redondo Beach, CA, USA
PROVIDENCE, RI (July 15, 2008) — Schools in Rhode Island will be free to use radio frequency identification devices (RFID) to track students boarding and ...
- EV3 Uses RFID to Streamline Inventory
RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
Therefore, the company turned to RFID. In the third quarter of 2007, EV3, based in Plymouth, Minn., began working with WaveMark, a provider of RFID-based ...
- Sirit enters strategic supply deal with 3M's Brazilian subsidiary ...
RTT News - Williamsville, NY, USA
TO: News, Chart, Quote ) announced it has entered into a strategic supply deal with 3M's Brazilian subsidiary for its RFID reader and tag technology, ...
- Reva Systems Extends TAP Performance Range and Unlocks the Mystery ...
Market Wire (press release) - USA
The Reva TAP 721 brings cost effective RFID network infrastructure to facilities operating up to 1024 read-points per site. The new software release ...
- Vail Picks New Line With UHF RFID-Powered Passes
RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
With the concept tested and proven, the resort company has decided to take the plunge and issue up to 1 million RFID-enabled season passes to patrons and ...
- Sirit and 3M Brazil Sign Strategic Supply Agreement
MarketWatch - USA
This high performance offering provides customers the opportunity to leverage RFID technology in their products with proven performance. ...
- Aberdeen Report Offers Keys to Maximizing RFID Investments
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
"According to survey respondents, the top pressures driving integration of RFID and IT infrastructure management are the desires to ease integration of ...
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News from July 15, 2008
- Introduction to RFID Course
Central Penn Business Journal - Harrisburg, PA, USA
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) adoption is growing at an annual rate of 46% and will eventually be found in all types of consumer goods and ...
- Lowry & OAT team up for RFID asset tracking
UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
As a result, Lowry's clients will be able use OAT's flexible RFID solution framework, which has already been deployed in several industries. ...
- Thai researchers adopt RFID to track fish breeding
RFID News - Tallahassee, FL, USA
Fishery researchers in Thailand plan to adopt an RFID-enabled system to track the broodstock – the fish kept isolated for breeding purposes – of several ...
- RFID to test Indian driving skills
RFID News - Tallahassee, FL, USA
The Regional Transport Authority of Hyderabad, India, has announced plans to monitor its driving test tracks with an RFID-enabled system designed to ...
- Dutch RFID Interference Study Is a Worst-Case Test
RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
By Martin Payne July 14, 2008—A recent study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) found that RFID systems in hospitals can ...
- Banking Interest Climbs for RFID, Spurs Standards
RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
By John Burnell RFID interest is rising in the financial industry, which recently launched an initiative to develop standards to facilitate adoption. ...
- RFID simplifies care of fish, prawn stocks
Nation Multimedia - Bangkok, Thailand
By Pongpen Sutharoj An RFID tag will identify the animal through a serial number. Other information, such as the animal’s breed, its growth status and diet, ...
- Multiple trip RFID tag study results encouraging
The Packer - Lenexa, KS, USA
He said the study’s read rate — the percentage of crates having RFID tags read on pallets – is also impressive. “When you get high read rates, ...
- Study Published in JAMA on RFID Interference Ignores Real-World ...
MarketWatch - USA
Unfortunately, the report ignores mainstream passive RFID readers in favor of an uncommonly high-powered RFID reader used at an uncommonly close distance. ...
- Impinj Acquires Intel's RFID Operation
Material Handling Management (press release) - Cleveland, OH, USA
Impinj Inc., a supplier of UHF Gen 2 RFID technologies, announced that it has acquired Intel Corp.'s RFID operation. Financial terms were not disclosed. to ...
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News from July 14, 2008
- Food Manufacturer to Use RFID to Increase Supply Chain Safety
IndustryWeek - USA
The system calls for product packaging to be tagged with RFID chips to help ensure that products are kept in optimal condition. ...
- Tech on track: Comp to test driving skills
Times of India - India
Three months from now, the Regional Transport Authority (RTA) plans to install radio frequency identification (RFID) sensors at the Nagole testing track. ...
- Impinj Acquires Intel's UHF RFID Reader Chip Operation
ECN Asia - Singapore
UHF Gen 2 radio frequency identification (RFID) solutions provider Impinj Inc. announced the acquisition of Intel Corp.'s RFID Operation, a business created ...
- Metal-mount RFID tags benchmark report
UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
Thanks to the well-circulated myth that passive RFID doesn't work on metal, and rumours that only one or two types of tag can work near metals, ...
- Intel sells off RFID chip biz
iT News - Australia
By Shaun Nichols Intel has sold an RFID reader business it developed to fellow vendor Impinj. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. ...
- New Quebec licences will prove Canadian citizenship
Canada.com - Don Mills, Ontario, Canada
The new licence will also contain an RFID - radio frequency identification - chip that can be read from a distance of 10 metres. ...
- The T5 Debacle
RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
Among its reasons for not deploying RFID baggage tagging was that to date, "RFID is still only used by a handful of airports around the world, ...
- Companies making news
Detroit Free Press - United States
Lowry Computer Products, a RFID solution provider, has joined OATSystems to deliver turnkey asset tracking and work-in-process solutions for the industrial ...
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News from July 13, 2008
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