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September 16 - 22, 2007
News from September 22, 2007
- German Department Store Launches RFID-Enhanced Men's Department
The Consumerist - New York, NY, USA
A German department store is trying a new RFID system in its men's department, where it's tagged 30000 pieces with Smart Chip labels. ...
- British group pushes Active RFID adoption
EETimes.com - USA
LONDON -- A British start-up, RFTRAQ (Guildford, England) is ramping up production of its Active RFID tags in an attempt to help jump start the use of the ...
- SF Hopes RFID Data Will Help It Manage Parking
RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
The port launched a pilot in November 2006, using RFID hardware, software and data management provided by Streetline Networks to track when cars were parked ...
- RFID News Roundup
RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
PETCO allows pet owners to bring their animals with them when visiting its shops, and standing in line to pay with cash or non-RFID-enabled cards can be a ...
- Early Adopter Sees RFID Progress
RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
While some companies continue to employ a "slap-and-ship" approach to meeting tagging requirements, KC is using RFID data to improve promotions execution ...
- Metro completes first end-to-end retail RFID project
Computer Business Review - UK
View Article The implementation for Metro's high-end Galeria Kaufhof department store in Essen, Germany was the first to demonstrate RFID applications ...
- Intermec IF30 Fixed RFID Reader
RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
The IF30 is a cost-effective, high performance fixed reader that reliably reads and writes UHF RFID tags in "RF noisy" environments. ...
- Recall Is First In The Document Management Industry To Launch RFID ...
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
Recall uses RFID technology for identification, inventory, and tracking of customers' carton holdings, and to add a new layer of security and management ...
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News from September 21, 2007
- RFID conference speakers share visions of future
MMH.com - Newton, MA, USA
By Corinne Kator, Associate Editor By 2027, most companies will have more RFID readers than telephones. This prediction from Odin Technologies CEO Patrick ...
- RFID Forum at MIT Discusses the Future of NFC
RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
The RFID Special Interest Group of The MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge, in conjunction with this week's industry event RFID World: Boston , held a forum ...
- TURCK introduces programming unit for RFID
Automation.com (press release) - Eden Prairie, MN, USA
TURCK Inc. introduces a new handheld unit to program data carriers within its new BL ident RFID system. Read and write operations are easily programmed to ...
- Privacy a hot topic as RFID tagging grows in use
Computerworld - Framingham, MA, USA
September 20, 2007 (Computerworld) -- Privacy concerns over RFID tagging are reaching new heights, with state legislators introducing and increasingly ...
- Checkpoint Systems, Impinj and Reva Systems Enable World's First ...
CNNMoney.com - USA
The companies joined forces in METRO Group's Future Store Initiative to enable the first complete supplier distribution to in-store point-of-sale RFID ...
- Microchip implants hold medical histories for humans, help locate pets
Daily Vidette - Normal, IL, USA
Many of these chips, called radio frequency identification, or RFID, have been placed in animals as a tracking device, to help retrieve lost pets. ...
- Purdue adds RFID-based product serialisation
UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
... has been successfully implemented by Purdue Pharma to provide the infrastructure needed to expand its Generation 2 RFID tagging of OxyContin tablets. ...
- RFID-Based Asset Tracking Saves $500000 Annually
RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
By tracking its new meter shipments with RFID (radio frequency identification) tags, this utility saved half a million dollars. ...
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News from September 20, 2007
- OATSystems release Asset Tracking RFID application
IT-Director.com - USA
OATSystems announced on September 18th 2007 the commercial availability of RFID Asset Tracking and Work-in-Process solutions. ...
- RFID heading to cell phones
Computerworld - Framingham, MA, USA
September 19, 2007 (Computerworld) -- Presenters at RFID World in Boston today focused on using second-generation active and passive radio frequency ...
- Microsoft in talks with retail chains for RFID software
Economic Times - India
This is possible as the software enables all types of RFID to become fully compatible with the Microsoft platform. The US retail chain Wal-Mart adopted ...
- Question And Answer: RFID Deployments With Gary Randall, American ...
RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
RFID Solutions Online had a chance to catch up with Gary Randall at American Barcode and RFID (AB&R) to discuss AB&R's perspective on the RFID market and ...
- Integrated Technology Group to Install RFID Technology at Lewis ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
"The Lewis Library and Technology Center prides itself on including the latest, proven technology such as RFID," said Mark Nuaimi, mayor of Fontana, CA. ...
- RFID Printer/Encoders - Not Just for Supply Chain
MoreRFID (press release) - TX, USA
Applications outside CPG supply chain management accounted for more than 1/3 of the total RFID printer/encoder market in 2006 and are expected to experience ...
- ProScan introduces smartest enterprise RFID reader available
ITWeb - Rivonia ,Gauteng, South Africa
Johannesburg, 19 September 2007 ] - RFID (radio frequency identification) readers can be simple data conduits or they can have the built-in intelligence ...
- SkyeTek Intros RFID Solutions, Signs Customer
techrockies.com - Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Westminster, Colorado-based RFID manufacturer SkyeTek said today that it has added a new, networking RFID product line targeted at OEMs, integrators and ...
- mPhase Technologies to Showcase Sovereign Tracking Systems at RFID ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
The RFID World conference - a major exhibition venue in the category -- will cover innovative technology tools that are available for securing RFID ...
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News from September 19, 2007
- RFID and AIDC News: What Ever Happened to PDF417?
Supply Chain Digest - Dayton, OH, USA
Two-Dimensional Bar Code has a Place in Many Applications, But Has Growth of Networks, RFID Reduced Need for Bar Codes as Portable Data Files? ...
- New RFID Medical Cabinets Deployed at 50 Hospitals
RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
ASD Healthcare is relying on RFID to ensure hospitals maintain inventories of critical specialty drugs and to prevent the medications from spoiling. ...
- Zebra Technologies Will Provide RFID-Enabled Printers to Support ...
CNNMoney.com - USA
The planned RFID initiative is expected to improve overall efficiency and productivity of the USAF's and Department of Defense (DoD) supply chain and other ...
- Opinion: The RFID tag privacy threat is overstated
Computerworld New Zealand - Auckland, New Zealand
By Gary Hartley Auckland | Wednesday, 19 September, 2007 RFID could be used to infringe personal privacy. The point made by Privacy Commissioner Marie ...
- OAT Launches RFID Software for Tracking Work-in-Process
RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
18, 2007--OATSystems, based in Waltham, Mass., this week unveiled an RFID software product designed to help manufacturers keep close tabs on their ...
- RFID Distributor BlueStar Launches Gov Sales Program
CRN - Manhasset, NY, USA
By Jennifer Lawinski, CMP Channel Auto-ID, RFID and point-of-sale specialty distributor BlueStar has created a new division to help its reseller customers ...
- SkyeTek Launches Networked RFID Solutions: Absolute Visibility ...
China
These solutions enable OEMs, Systems Integrators, and Service Providers to offer turn-key, networked RFID applications, such as Asset Tracking, ...
- GS1 Colombia's RFID Retail Challenge
RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
By Mark Roberti One thing I learned while in Bogotá last week (see RFID in Bogotá and GS1 Colombia Provides EPCIS Service) is that almost half of all retail ...
- RFID Strategy -- RFID Developments in China
IndustryWeek - USA
In the RFID market, most of the buzz comes from corporate initiatives in the US and Europe. This month, however, saw a few announcements from China with ...
- Acsis to Discuss RFID and the Shop Floor Environment at National ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
At the event John DiPalo will present "Beyond RFID: Creating a Shop Floor Environment for Today and the Future." This session will discuss how accommodating ...
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News from September 18, 2007
- RF Code M220 mobile RFID tracker
SlashGear - Scottsdale, AZ, USA
This RFID works with any active RFID tags that are running on the 433MHz band. It is mobile, as in you can carry it with you, and it can transmit data to ...
- OATSystems Tags RFID Sweet Spots, WIP and Retail
RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
RFID software framework provider OATSystems today announced its Asset Tracking and Work-in-Process Solution which is designed to handle two of the most ...
- OATSystems Delivers Out-of-the-Box RFID Asset Tracking Software
Managing Automation Magazine - New York, NY, USA
by Diane Himes, MA Editorial Staff RFID technology provider OATSystems, Inc. has announced the availability of out-of-the-box RFID software for asset ...
- Take Back Control Of Your Records With RFID By Ken Neal, Océ
ECM Connection (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
Combining records management best practices with radio frequency identification (RFID) technology offers a powerful methodology for taking back control of ...
- Q&A: What's Next For RFID VARs?
IT Reseller Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
RFID (radio frequency identification) experts advise VARs on how to capitalize on the steadily growing RFID market. Although some of the hype over RFID has ...
- Airports plan to radio-tag bags
Australian IT - Australia
Two Australian airports, believed to be Kingsford Smith in Sydney and Tullamarine in Melbourne, are on the list of 80 facilities slated to install RFID ...
- Intelliflex steps up RFID tag production in Hong Kong
UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
The partnership reflects Intelleflex's intention to build an enlarged supply chain to deliver high volume RFID products. Intelleflex's RFID solutions ...
- RFID, Ltd Joins Forces With Lone Tree Technology(tm)
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
"We are happy to announce the signing of a Reseller Agreement that allows RFID, Ltd. to sell all of Lone Tree Technology(tm) products," says Betty Chavez, ...
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News from September 17, 2007
- Return on Innovation
RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
By Kevin Ashton RFID is often paired with another acronym: ROI, for return on investment. The conclusions are not always positive. Some examples from recent ...
- Religious rants fail to phase RFID industry, as ever
UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
Uninformed anti-RFID enthusiasts have been taking low swings at the technology again. The phrase "tormented with fire and brimstone in the sight of the holy ...
- Animal Tagging Market in Asia Pacific - High Potential for RFID
Trading Markets - Los Angeles, CA, USA
This white paper discusses the use of RFID in animal tagging application, with a specific focus of its development in Asia-Pacific. ...
- 2007 Apparel and Footwear Summit Report
RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
17, 2007-- Apparel and footwear companies around the world are using RFID technologies to improve the way they manufacture, ship and sell apparel and ...
- Mobile RFID Unit Tracks Gear
PC World - USA
RFID technology maker RF Code Inc. announced a US$995 mobile active RFID tag reader on Wednesday that allows IT managers and others to better find tagged ...
- RFID Education That Pays Off
RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
17, 2007--RFID Journal's mission is to help companies use radio frequency identification, where appropriate, to improve the way they manufacture, ...
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News from September 16, 2007
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