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July 16 - 22, 2006
News from July 22, 2006
News from July 21, 2006
- Intermec IF4 Fixed RFID Reader
RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie,PA,USA
Joining a diversified line of RFID readers, the Intermec® IF4 serial reader is the ideal RFID peripheral for applications where an edge server or Program ...
- RFID Changing Buying Behavior
RFID Journal - USA
By Mary Catherine O'Connor. July 21, 2006—In its efforts to promote an increasingly cashless society, MasterCard is finding RFID a helpful tool. ...
- HP Announces New Memory Chip, with Attributes of RFID, But Much ...
Supply Chain Digest - Dayton, OH, USA
The Impact: The new technology is probably years away from full commercialization and market adoption, companies envisioning RFID applications should be aware ...
- Global RFID Industry Trends from IDTechEx
RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
Research firm IDTechEx of Cambridge, UK, recently added the 2,000th RFID case study to its RFID Knowledgebase, a compilation of case studies, press releases ...
- RFID records to be implanted in 280 patients
E-Health Insider - London, UK
RFID implant manufacturers VeriChip have announced that 280 patients from the New Jersey area are to be have health records chips inserted under their skin as ...
- ISO Amends RFID Standard
Technology News Daily - Scottsdale, AZ, USA
... today announced that its UHF Generation 2 air interface protocol has been incorporated into the ISO/IEC 18000-6 Amendment 1 as Type C on UHF RFID by the ...
- EPCglobal RFID standard accepted by ISO
FoodProductionDaily.com - Montpellier, France
21/07/2006 - The EPCglobal UHF Generation 2 protocol for radio frequency identification (RFID) has been endorsed by the International Standards Organisation ...
- RFID: tagged for retail
Computer Business Review - UK
Global investment in RFID software, hardware and services in the retail sector is expected to break the half billion dollar mark by 2007, growing from $168 ...
- Ok, Wal-Mart Needs RFId
Supply Chain Digest - Dayton, OH, USA
The Impact: Is RFID what's needed to solve this problem? ... RFID was positioned as the tool to enable that through improved visibility. ...
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News from July 20, 2006
- Researcher Developing Anti-RFID Device
TechWeb - USA
... privacy. RFID chips, as small as a gain of sand, are being embedded in people, money, passports, and clothing from T-shirts to shoes. ...
- Surgical sponges left in patients could be found with RFID
Discovery Reports Canada - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Scientists at Stanford University tested the reliability of radio frequency identification devices (RFID) in a new surgical helper called the SmartSponge, by ...
- US Senate RFID Caucus: A Good Start
Rfid.org - Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Usually, when "legislators" and "RFID" are used in the same sentence, people in the industry tend to cringe. In this case, however ...
- Intermec and Symbol Settle RFID Lawsuits
RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
... The press release is silent on any monetary component to the agreement. This development ends what had become something of a saga in the RFID industry. ...
- EU funds RFID development for industry
FoodProductionDaily.com - Montpellier, France
20/07/2006 - The EU is providing €7.5m toward a three-year project to develop and extend the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology in a ...
- Faster with bigger capacity than controversial RFID
WorldNetDaily - Grants Pass, OR, USA
... Memory Spots have a distinct advantage over the controversial Radio Frequency Identification, or RFID, tags, with the ability to store more than 250 times as ...
- Report: Major RFID Hurdles Ahead
PC Magazine - USA
The report predicts that companies will have trouble in areas such as finding sufficiently experienced RFID (radio-frequency identification) personnel ...
- RFID: When and how?
Ferret - Australia
By attaching a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag to an object, a computer can track that object without human intervention. ...
- RFID comes in handy in supply chains
ITBusiness.ca - Canada
by Grant Buckler. Mention RFID, and most people think of Wal-Mart,"spy chips," or both. ... RFID is radio frequency identification. ...
- Active RFID Tags Provide Biomedical Service History
Wireless Healthcare - Royston, UK
Wren Medical is introducing an RFID-based software solution for management of medical devices to health care providers throughout North and Central America ...
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News from July 19, 2006
- Surgery and the lost sponge: RFID to the rescue
Mobile Digest - London, England, UK
In the future, if you're unlucky enough to have a surgeon leaves something like a sponge inside you after surgery, a RFID chip could come to your rescue. ...
- RFID Growing to $6.78B
Unstrung - New York, NY, USA
CAMBRIDGE, UK -- The value of sales of active radio frequency identification (RFID) systems will grow very rapidly from 0.55 billion dollars in 2006 to $6.78 ...
- Conference "RFID/EPCglobal in Europe 2006" in september
Emballage Digest - Boulogne Billancourt, France
GS1 Europe/EPCglobal will host the first European Congress on "RFID/EPCglobal in Europe 2006" in Duesseldorf, Germany between 6th and 8th September 2006. ...
- Canadian Retailer, Suppliers Begin RFID Trial
RFID Journal - USA
... Running, now through the end of this year, the pilot is being led by the Canadian RFID Centre, a group of industry companies and associations. ...
- RFID technology achieves high read rates in France
FoodProductionDaily.com - Montpellier, France
19/07/2006 - A test in France of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to track products throughout the supply chain achieves almost full read rates ...
- Goodyear Using RFID for NASCAR from Cradle to Grave
RFID Journal - USA
July 19, 2006 -- For this year's NASCAR racing season, Goodyear is using RFID to track the roughly 200,000 tires used throughout the NASCAR season at all three ...
- Gen2 RFID Versus the New Hewlett-Packard Chip
RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
It seems like a Gen2 tag on steroids, and some have already predicted that the technology will become an RFID competitor or even, gasp, killer. ...
- RFID: 'Right, Fargo Is Dandy'
NetworkWorld.com - Southborough, MA, USA
... but the idea of two United States senators launching a caucus to "educate" their fellow lawmakers and policy wonks as to the value of RFID technology strikes ...
- RFID sales set to soar
VNUNet.com - UK
The value of sales of active radio frequency identification (RFID) systems is expected to soar in the next 10 years from $550m (£300m) to $6.78bn (£3.7bn). ...
- RFID Case Study Database Tracks Technology Trends
Material Handling Management (press release) - Cleveland, OH, USA
The IDTechEx RFID Knowledgebase, a database of RFID case studies, now contains 2,000 examples of the technology in action. Analysis ...
- Low Frequency RFID: Atmel Launches Small LF RF IDIC With Unique
RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
... also be used in less-than-ideal conditions (wet, dirty, shielded by metal, out of sight, or worn on the body) which normally complicate the use of RFID devices ...
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News from July 18, 2006
- US senators and policy makers educated on RFID
UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
The US Senate RFID Caucus was officially launched in Washington, DC, last week. ... The panel was chaired by Mark Roberti, editor of RFID Journal. ...
- NEW RFID THREAT: VIRUSES
Free Market News Network - Pompano Beach, FL, USA
Expert security researchers have now successfully infected an RFID tag with a computer virus, thus demonstrating how vulnerable this technology might be to ...
- There's an RFID in my Sponge!
Medgadget.com - San Francisco, CA, USA
... Any chance to put RFID in something (anything) is great, but do we need, what will probably be, a $10k system just to keep track of surgical instruments? ...
- Is RFID tracking you?
CNN - USA
... RFID sounds futuristic: A transmitter smaller than a dime embedded in everything from a T-shirt to human skin, communicating data over a short distance to a ...
- EU Commission selects TechWatch report for RFID consultation
eGov monitor - London, UK
The European Commission has selected a TechWatch report on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technologies published in May of this year to form part of its ...
- RFID Implants Aimed At Chronically Ill
InformationWeek - Manhasset, NY, USA
... VeriChip Corporation announced Monday that it is working with a hospital and an insurance provider to implant some chronically ill patients with RFID chips. ...
- Congressional caucus could lead to RFID funding
DC Velocity - North Attleboro, MA, USA
Last week's congressional caucus on RFID technology could lay the groundwork for the US government to someday fund research on the burgeoning technology that's ...
- 2000 RFID Case Studies Reveal Surprises
IDTechEx - Cambridge, UK
... However, here the big difference is that cards and passport RFID command at least ten times the unit price of pallet/case tags and suppliers are generally ...
- RFID and sensors education alliance established
UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
The International RFID Business Association (RFIDba) and the National Association of Sensor Science and Technology (NASST) have officially announced the ...
- HP Spots New Opportunities for Passive RFID
RFID Journal - USA
July 18, 2006 -- The passive RFID tags being used to track consumer products in the supply chain are often referred to as bar codes on steroids. ...
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News from July 17, 2006
- Semi-Passive RFID Deployed at Global 3PL
RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
Power Paper of Israel, together with value-added reseller NBG ID of France, have announced two large-scale RFID deployments at the French distribution centers ...
- Son of RFID
Technocrat.net - Boston, MA, USA
... cheap enough to embed in important documents, etc. Sort of where RFID is now but better. ..."The chip could be used to ensure drugs ...
- New RFID protocol approved
supply chain review - Australia
The International Standards Organisation (ISO) has approved a new UHF amendment to its RFID standard. The new EPC Gen 2 Class 1 ...
- HP Unveils RFID's Future Competitor
PC Magazine - USA
The Memory Spot will rival RFID tags in carrying information on movable physical objects, but HP calls it the smarter alternative. ...
- Intermech pioneers RFID solution with Microsoft Dynamics
SME IT Guide - Singapore
The new plant houses Singapore's first RFID implementation for the automation industry. Together with the Microsoft-enabled RFID ...
- RFID Solutions: Zebra Technologies Announces New RFID License
RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
Zebra Technologies Corporation announced today that it has licensed Magellan's Phase Jitter Modulation (PJM) RFID technology. Under ...
- EU kicks off RFID project with $9.5m
Computer Business Review - UK
By Staff Writer. A three-year R&D and training initiative designed to boost the deployment of standards-based RFID has been launched in Brussels. ...
- HP Invents RFID-esque Memory Spot
Enterprise IT Planet - Darien, CT, USA
HP today announced an innovation that may someday give RFID a run for its money. The company is touting its "Memory Spot" as a new ...
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News from July 16, 2006
- Citibank releases RFID Credit Cards
Portalino - Italy
People who claim RFID marks the end of the world should probably step aside for a moment now that Citibank is starting to release credit cards that use the ...
- Senate Staffers Get Up to Speed on RFID
RFID Journal - USA
July 17, 2006 -- The recently announced Senate RFID Caucus (see US Senators Initiate RFID Caucus) held its first meeting in the Hart Senate Building on July 13. ...
- Item level RFID market sizes and growth report
UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
... RFID has already been demonstrated to increase sales of clothing by several percent when used to ensure shelves are not left empty. ...
- RFID Passports coming to the US in August
engadget - Santa Monica, CA, USA
The new RFID tag-toting documents will store all of your personal data, including name, address, nationality, a picture, a digitized fingerprint and just about ...
- Clipping RFID boosts privacy
SWBusiness.fi - Finland
IBM and a Canadian manufacturer are teaming up to reduce concerns over privacy and radio frequency identification (RFID) tags. The ...
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