July 27 - August 2, 2008

News from August 2, 2008

• William Frick & Company Names New President
  MarketWatch - USA
  Jeff is a graduate of the University of Iowa, serves on the Oakton Community College RFID Advisory Board and is a member of the Overbridge CEO Roundtable. ...
• Defense Contractor Relies on RFID for On-time Delivery of Armored ...
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  1, 2008—Navistar Defense, which manufactures armored vehicles designed to withstand roadside bombs and other threats, is employing an RFID-enabled real-time ...
• Tracking Temperatures From the Inside Out
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  At checkpoints along the walking route, Dr. Hopman's research team used a handheld RFID reader to receive the 262 kHz signal transmitted by each RFID tag, ...
• Intermec EasyCoder PF2i: RFID Baggage Tag Printer
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  With the EasyCoder PF2i, users can enjoy all the features and benefits of larger bar code label printers, including stand-alone smart printing, ...
• ThingMagic's Astra RFID Reader Simplifies Asset Management
  ARC Advisory Group (press release) - Dedham, MA, USA
  ThingMagic, Inc., a leading developer of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, debuted the Astra integrated RFID reader/antenna for asset ...
• RedPrairie Seeks Supply Chain Unification
  eWeek - New York, NY
  RedPrairie is integrating RFID and AIDC (automatic identification and data capture) technologies into its E2e Supply Chain Execution suite. ...
• Green trends to the fore
  Laundry and Cleaning News - Sidcup, England, UK
  Datamars, the Swiss specialist in RFID (radio frequency identification) solutions said that demand in laundry and textile rental sectors is growing. ...
• The Booming Business of Active RFID and RTLS - By Dr. Peter Harrop ...
  Packaging & Converting Essentials (press release) - Antwerp, Belgium
  The RFID business is quintupling in value in the next ten years but the Active RFID business is growing about ten times, driven by such business as the $475 ...
• Visible Assets and CipherLab Team to Offer RuBee
  TMCnet - USA
  This new solution is seeking to replace the current radio frequency identification (RFID)-based systems. The new solution will use an interface built using ...
• Opinion leaders join RFID Europe
  Cambridge Network - Cambridge, UK
  The forthcoming conference RFID Europe will have many opinion leaders from across the world, says Dr Peter Harrop, Chairman of IDTechEx. ...

News from August 1, 2008

• All RFID tags to see rapid growth for 5 years
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  All RFID transponders, regardless of frequency or form factor, are expected to undergo steady and rapid growth over the next five years, according to recent ...
• RFID News Roundup
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  ThingMagic, a privately held RFID reader developer, has introduced Astra, an interrogator with an integrated antenna. The Astra is designed for ...
• Device Maker Deploys Item-Level RFID Across Supply Chain
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA,
  USA By Brian Albright SonicWALL, a provider of network security devices and services, is using an item-level RFID system to track inventory from its suppliers ...
• RFID More Affordable for MH
  MMH.com - Newton, MA, USA
  With recent developments in active Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), the materials handling world will finally be able to share in some of the benefits ...
• TechInsights' RFID World 2008 Workshop to Address Global Food ...
  Earthtimes (press release) - London, UK
  Hawaii's recent and extensive produce traceability pilot project provides invaluable insights into the viability of RFID technology to dramatically improve ...
• GAO adds Gen 2 RFID Reader with integrated antenna
  Fibre2fashion.com - Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
  The GAO RFID Gen 2 RFID Reader with Integrated Antenna (the Built-In, model No 216002) is the ideal solution for single antenna applications such as ...
• RFID technologies for the network usage
  Merinews - New Delhi, India
  Radio frequency identification or RFID use radio waves to automatically identify people or objects. So RFID requires data filtering and data-flow management ...
• What are the implications for the network when implementing RFID?
  PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) - Wien, Austria
  RFID and bar codes are both technologies that deliver data to a host system; however, there is a main point of difference. Bar codes utilize one-way ...

News from July 31, 2008

• Case study: How RFID goes into the library
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  Kingston Frontenac Public Library in Ontario, Canada, has recently completed the installation of RFID technology throughout its 17 branches, ...
• Ko-RFID Tackles RFID Business Collaboration Processes
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  The project, known as Ko-RFID), began in September 2006 and is slated to run until September 2009. Its mission is to address the challenges companies face ...
• Opinion leaders Join RFID Europe
  Printed Electronics World (press release) - Cambridge,UK The largest European RFID conference is being held on 30th September and 1st October in Cambridge. With a plethora of new announcements and industry-leaders ...
• ThingMagic Astra RFID Reader Simplifies Asset Management
  TMCnet - USA
  Astra has a read range of up to 30 feet for Generation 2 RFID tags, and can read more than 190 tags per second, driven by ThingMagic’s Mercury5e embedded ...
• RFID for Safer CT Contrast Agent Delivery
  Medgadget.com - San Francisco, CA, USA
  Covidien Imaging, a subsidiary of Mallinckrodt, is releasing a new RFID (radio frequency identification) tracking system for its contrast agent injector ...
• Cheshire library urges town to fund RFID program
  Meriden Record-Journal - Meriden, CT, USA
  Harten spoke to the town council and budget committee Monday night, urging that the town allocate $100000 to the library to install an RFID self-checkout ...
• Florida State Attorney office creates RFID document system
  RFID News - Tallahassee, FL, USA
  To bring order to the potential chaos of documents, the office has added RFID capability to its proprietary case-tracking system. Now, to locate a file, ...
• Online calculator promotes RFID-enabled plastic pallets
  RFID News - Tallahassee, FL, USA
  Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS) has created a new interactive tool to promote its pool of all-plastic pallets with embedded RFID tags. ...
• RFID Europe 2008 Features Transportation, Healthcare and Booksellers
  Government Technology - Folsom, CA, USA
  The program for the upcoming RFID Europe 2008 will feature many opinion leaders from across the world, says Dr. Peter Harrop, chairman of the board of ...
• ThingMagic Astra RFID Reader Simplifies Asset Management
  MoreRFID (press release) - TX, USA
  ThingMagic, Inc. (www.thingmagic.com), a leading developer of RFID technology, today debuted the Astra integrated RFID reader/antenna for asset management ...

News from July 30, 2008

• Walkers swallow RFID pills for science
  engadget - Santa Monica, CA, USA
  ... for a little experiment earlier this month, where they convinced ten volunteers to swallow an RFID pill as part of a study to monitor body temperature. ...
• Stanley Bolsters RFID Portfolio With VeriChip's Ex-Subsidiary
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  Stanley Works purchased Xmark, based in Ottawa, Canada, from VeriChip Corp., a provider of RFID systems for health-care and asset-tracking applications. ...
• The Booming Business of Active RFID and RTLS
  Printed Electronics World (press release) - Cambridge, UK
  In this summary of the Active RFID market Dr. Peter Harrop outlines why Active RFID and its associated technologies are receiving such attention and have ...
• RFID Reader with Integrated Antenna Available from GAO RFID Asset ...
  PR-USA.net (press release) - Varna, Bulgaria
  Toronto, Canada ? GAO RFID Asset Tracking (http://www.GAORFIDAssetTracking.com) now offers a Gen 2 RFID reader/writer with an integrated antenna and a ...
• JAOtech adds RFID scanner to bedside terminals
  bjhcim - Farnborough, England, UK
  JAOtech has added an optional hybrid RFID scanner and smartcard reader to its range of multimedia Smart Terminals to make the identification of medical ...
• Covidien applies RFID technology to contrast-media syringes
  SmartBrief - Washington, DC, USA
  The interface features RFID-enabled Optivantage DH power injectors that change the syringe's RFID label after use. Health Data Management (07/28) Want to ...
• RFID Pill Monitors Body Temperature at Walking Race
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  Volunteer participants in the annual Four Days Marches of Nijmegen swallowed an RFID-based temperature sensor that measured their internal temperature and ...
• John Taylor Fertilizers Company Deploys Intelleflex RFID for ...
  MarketWatch - USA
  Using a solution called OnSite(R), which was developed by InCom based on the Intelleflex RFID platform, John Taylor is now able to automatically track ...
• New Product Demonstration Video from AdvantaPure® Shows How RFID ...
  ThomasNet Industrial News Room (press release) - New York, NY, USA
  PET is designed to simplify record keeping for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and biomedical applications by utilizing RFID technology. ...
• Advanced ID Acquires 20% Interest in Brazilian RFID Company
  Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
  Brazil has become the center of a booming South American economy and is one of the fastest growing markets in the world for RFID as the technology continues ...

News from July 29, 2008

• RFID unlocks supply chain potential, says EU
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  RFID technology has for a long time promised to revolutionise stock management, but surprisingly few large-scale applications exist so far. ...
• UHF Gen 2 RFID Reader with Integrated Antenna Offered by GAO RFID
  Wire Service Canada (press release) - Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
  Toronto, Canada – GAO RFID now offers a Gen 2 RFID reader/writer with an integrated antenna that is an ideal solution for both single and dual antenna ...
• Quite Possibly the Best RFID Application to Date
  Mobile Magazine - USA
  They have created a pet door that is activated by a weatherproof RFID tag located on your dog's collar (or cat's collar, for that matter). ...
• RFID Tech Providers to Display Solutions for Retail, Apparel ...
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  July 28, 2008—RFID Journal and the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) have announced today that new products and services will be exhibited by ...
• NFC RFID to Power $75+ Billion in Transactions in 2013
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  By John Burnell By 2013, one in five mobile phones will include a near field communication (NFC) RFID chip to enable cashless payment and information ...
• SkyeTek Adds Support for UHF RFID ICs from EM Microelectronic
  MarketWatch - USA
  "EM Microelectronic is another example of an innovative organization we have cooperated with that further enhances our high performance and low-cost RFID ...
• SkyeTek Expands RFID IC Support
  techrockies.com - Salt Lake City, UT, USA
  Westminster, Colorado-based SkyeTek, a provider of embedded RFID reader technology, said today that its readers now support ICs from Em Microelectronics. ...
• SkyeTek Adds Support for UHF RFID ICs from EM Microelectronics
  IT News Online - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India "EM Microelectronics is another example of an innovative organization we have cooperated with that further enhances our high performance and low-cost RFID ...
• Covidien Launches Contrast Delivery System with RFID
  Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA The components integrate RFID technology to create a system that is designed to aid in patient safety by helping to reduce the risk of medical errors in ...
• Interest is rapidly broadening in RFID
  Manufacturing Talk - UK
  RFID is now being applied ever more broadly, Dr Peter Harrop writes, and the forthcoming conference 'RFID Europe' will deliberately provide as broad a base ...

News from July 28, 2008

• Xterprise Announces the General Availability of Clarity-ITAM(TM ...
  MarketWatch - USA
  Currently deployed at a number of Fortune 100 companies in North America, the solution leverages RFID technology to greatly enhance the processes of ...
• DOD Soon to Reveal Its RFID Progress
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  News that the US Air Force had purchased a large number of RFID label printers from Zebra Technologies (see USAF Cargo Movement Operation System Upgrades to ...
• RFCAMP Introduces UHF RFID Tag for High Temperature, Metal, and ...
  MoreRFID (press release) - TX, USA
  South Korea-based RFCAMP, a RFID tag manufacturer, recently introduced 4 new UHF RFID tags that can overcome three pain points typical RFID tags have ...
• Postal RFID market to reach US$2.5bn by 2018
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  The global market for RFID systems including tags in the postal and courier service sector will reach some US$2.5 billion in 2018, according to the 'RFID ...
• Tagging system 'should use UHF technology'
  Stuff.co.nz - New Zealand
  This is if the agricultural industry wakes up to the opportunities of using ultra-high frequency RFID chips to identify livestock. ...
• Trials allowed, but world-standard RFID on hold in Australia
  Queensland Business Review - Spring Hill,Queensland,Australia Trials of world-standard radio frequency identification (RFID) technology can continue in Australia, but there is still no outcome on whether more powerful ...

News from July 27, 2008