August 26 - September 1, 2007

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News from August 31, 2007

• Rumors of RFID's Death at GSK Are Premature
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  The article claimed the GSK RFID program was "fraught with problems" and "riddled with technical hitches," and quoted an unnamed spokesperson saying the ...
• Intermec Antenna Cell: RFID Antenna
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  With its unique, mostly metal design, the Intermec Antenna Cell is an RFID antenna specifically developed for forklift installations where shock and ...
• San Bernardino Human Services RFID-enables File Warehouse
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  31, 2007--The San Bernardino County Department of Human Services (HS) will deploy an RFID and bar-coding system to help its staff track files and assets in ...
• Defense launches broad-based RFID procurement
  GovExec.com - Wahington, DC, USA
  The contract asks vendors to provide passive RFID hardware, tags and services for the Defense Department, other federal agencies, NATO countries and Japan ...
• RFID Asset Tracking Solution: Asset Tracking
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  The RFID Asset Tracking Solution includes all of the components necessary to track the assets important to you. A long range read of assets is an advantage ...
• USDA Approves Destron Fearing RFID Chip for Equine Use in NAIS
  TheHorse.com - Lexington, KY, USA
  31 that Destron Fearing's LifeChip equine radio-frequency identification (RFID) injectable transponder is approved for use as part of the National Animal ...
• ChainLink Research issues primer on Active RFID
  Tekrati Industry Analyst Reporter - Belmont, CA, USA
  ChainLink Research has issued a report on Active RFID, for people who need to understand this technology and how it works. The larger portion of the Active ...
• HEI, Inc. Announces Sale of RFID Division Assets
  CNNMoney.com - USA
  ... Inc. (http://www.heii.com) announced today that it has entered into an agreement to sell substantially all of the assets of its RFID division to ...
• Calif. State Senate Passes Bill Banning Forced Human RFID Tagging
  Government Technology - Folsom, CA, USAhttp://www.heii.com RFID "tags" are tiny chips with miniature antennae that can be embedded in almost anything. Using radio waves, RFID can help identify and track people, ...
• Invengo - The First RFID Company Going Public in China
  NetworkWorld.com - Southborough, MA, USAhttp://www.heii.com Aug 21, ShenZhen Stock Exchange listed the common stock of Invengo Information Technology Co., Ltd, a leading company in Chinese RFID market, ...

News from August 30, 2007

• RFID: The Hang-gliding Abrams Tank
  Rfid.org - Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  That's not unlike what's happening in the public's perception of RFID today. Even if you've just begun investigating RFID, you will have quickly realized ...
• EPA to test use of RFID system to track hazardous waste shipments
  GovExec.com - Wahington, DC, USA
  If RFID proves viable, Kopsick said, it would provide the EPA "with a better handle on waste shipments [including] where it enters the United States and ...
• RFID News Roundup
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  Intermec has announced that its passive UHF (860 to 960 MHz) RFID interrogators are now certified for operation in China, through approval by the country's ...
• RFID Network-Connected Readers Deployed Globally Projected -Reva
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  Automotive Industries spoke to Ashley and asked him about what makes Reva's RFID's products unique. Reva says that the proliferation of RFID is inevitable ...
• Alzheimer's Patient Gets Implanted with RFID Microchip (Video)
  Mobile Magazine - USA
  Turns out that some doctors have decided to implant an RFID microchip into an Alzheimer's patient. The idea is that when this chip is scanned, ...
• Acquisition of RFID/Bar Code Company Boosts Astron's Leadership in ...
  Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale, WA, USA
  Moreover, Astron will be able to leverage its current product line as it relates to RF Data collection and wireless RFID applications in IBT's core customer ...
• Supply Chain to Drive Growth of UHF RFID Application Market, 2007 ...
  Tech-On English - Japan
  In 2006, more UHF RFID trial projects were rolled out in supply chain, vehicle management and other areas. Mature solutions are shaping in practical ...
• InkSure Recipient of 2007 Frost & Sullivan Product Innovation Award
  CNNMoney.com - USA
  "We're pleased to be recognized for the innovations being made with our SARcode(TM) chipless RFID technology. It is an honor to be an award recipient along ...
• DMC Harper University Hospital to install RFID technology
  Computer Business Review - UK
  View Article The system, called iRISupply, uses a radio frequency identification (RFID) tracking architecture to automate charge capture, ...
• Apparel Tags Provide Unlikely Solution for Pipe RFID
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  RFID performance is governed by physics, but finding the right solution is sometimes more art than science. That's the lesson integration firm Barcoding ...

News from August 29, 2007

• Intelligentz and Media Recovery Partner to Deliver RFID Asset Tracking
  Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
  "Intelligentz's RFID solution has integrated naturally with our other vendors as well as our client's existing asset, personnel and identity tape tracking ...
• Ekahau and VeriChip collaborate on RFID security
  E-Health Europe - London, UK
  As part of the agreement, Ekahau will work alongside Xmark, a VeriChip subsidiary which specialises in RFID-based healthcare security systems. ...
• Barcoding, Inc., Uses Apparel RFID Hang Tags to Track Metal Pipes
  TMCnet - USA
  Radio frequency ID (RFID) tags often are used in supply chain applications, but typically they're not well-suited for use on metal objects because the ...
• Dilworth's course on Modern RFID technologies, systems design ...
  Fibre2fashion.com - India
  Radio Frequency Identification, or RFID, is a technology that uses radio waves to automatically identify goods or people by reading a microchip or tag ...
• WJ Communications Panel Presentation to Address RFID and Wireless ...
  RFID News - Tallahassee, FL, USA
  WJ Communications, Inc. a provider of RFID and wireless solutions serving multiple markets, will address the challenges in these markets at an upcoming ...
• Falabella Plans Second Item-Level RFID Pilot
  RFID Journal - Melville,NY,USA 29, 2007--Falabella, one of the largest department-store chains in Latin America, has completed a pilot project investigating how using RFID might improve ...
• Active RFID Market Continues to Grow, According to a New Research ...
  Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
  "So much attention has been place on passive RFID. But the big story is about closed loop and Active RFID solutions. They work, they provide value, ...
• RFIDglobal.org - An internationally oriented online platform for ...
  NetworkWorld.com - Southborough, MA, USA
  UClink, the world's leading media and events company covering radio frequency identification (RFID), today announced the release of ...

News from August 28, 2007

• Linear - High-performance quadrature modulator for GSM ...
  Electropages (press release) - Poole, Dorset, UK
  A new high-performance quadrature modulator, optimized for 850MHz to 965MHz GSM, CDMA2000, ISM, and RFID modulator applications, has been announced by ...
• DMC Harper University Hospital to Install RFID Technology from ...
  Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
  In leveraging the RFID-enabled technology, the organization seeks to create a more efficient, automated process for managing these high-cost items and in ...
• How RFID and bar codes must co-exist
  ZDNet - USA
  These are the three factors hospitals are looking at in deciding where to replace bar codes with RFID. (Picture from Accurate Data Systems. ...
• Metro Goes to Full-Scale RFID Deployment
  RetailWire (subscription) - Cranford, NJ, USA
  By George Anderson The Metro Group is taking its radio frequency identification (RFID) program past the test stage to full deployment at 200 locations. ...
• RFID-Guided Video System Gives Equestrians Their Best Shot
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  The stable is currently testing an RFID-based system that allows equestrians to watch themselves practice in arenas via cameras integrated with sensors. ...
• Adtio adds RFID system into DHL Exel supply chain
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  Adtio Group, an RFID solutions provider in Asia, has been awarded a contract by DHL Exel Supply Chain to improve warehouse operations efficiency in Hong ...
• GlaxoSmithKline Remains Committed to RFID
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  "In fact, we've extended the RFID testing, and no cut-off time has been determined." The news article had suggested that by year's end, GSK might abandon ...
• Intelleflex Increases Production of Next-Generation RFID Tags
  Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
  Intelleflex's tags provide capabilities far beyond those of traditional passive RFID tags, at a fraction of the cost of active RFID. ...

News from August 27, 2007

• I have an RFID-enabled idea to help the mobility-impaired
  ZDNet - USA
  An RFID chip in the traffic-signal mechanism would be installed that would be capable of picking up these signals. When a mobility-challenged individual ...
• Intermec RFID hardware approved for use in China
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  Intermec says that its passive UHF RFID readers have been certified for operation in China by the country's State Radio Regulation Committee (SRRC). ...
• RFID Tribe opens its first Canadian chapter
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  RFID Tribe has opened its first chapter in Canada, in Montreal. RFID Tribe is an organisation with local chapters, aimed at connecting, communicating and ...
• RFID - A Seismic Shift For The Pharmaceutical Industry?
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  RFID promises to revolutionise the pharmaceutical industry and for some of the industry's leading players, such as Pfizer, it already has. ...
• RFID Skeptics Embrace RFID
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  At the RFID Journal--AAFA Apparel & Footwear Summit, some said they were curious to learn what's going on in their industry, but that they didn't believe ...

News from August 26, 2007

• RFID and barcodes can coexist Stuff.co.nz - Wellington,New Zealand A middle ground is emerging, where barcodes would be used to prevent prescribing errors, but RFID would be used to monitor pharmaceutical stocks and for ...
• Milking Technology
  Economic Times - India
  What's more, radio frequency identification (RFID) chips help him attain efficiencies through proper inventory tracking and management of cows and their ...
• SkyeTek launches split-personality RFID reader
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  SkyeTek, a supplier of embedded RFID readers, has launched its new M4 HF SkyeModule, which aims to provide lower-cost security and application features. ...
• Enabling Remote Health-care Applications With RFID
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY,
  USA The answer, therefore, lies in remote health-care systems based on RFID and other electronic assistive technologies. This would optimize the service ...
• RFID Synergy at a Netherlands Hospital
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  While many health-care facilities are realizing a return on their investment, some experts believe the biggest benefits will come when an RFID ...
• Gemini Traze to produce active radio frequency tags
  Business Standard - India
  The company will be investing close to Rs 3.5-4 crore to roll out active RFID platforms. The product rollout should happen by the end of this calendar year. ...