September 23 - 29, 2007

News from September 29, 2007

• RFID System supports handheld data carrier programming.
  ThomasNet Industrial News Room (press release) - New York, NY, USA
  September 28, 2007 - BL ident RFID system is offered with handheld unit for performing read and write operations to data carriers at any location. ...
• US Army Gun-Monitoring RFID Prototype Gets Upgrade
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  The revamped version, the lab claims, will make it possible for military personnel to monitor RFID data for its tanks out of regional central locations. ...
• Solstice Medical Signs RFID Deal With Illinois Company
  Inside INdiana Business (press release) - Indianapolis, IN, USA
  RFID is used to track and effectively manage assets from production through delivery to the surgical suite. As part of this new agreement, Avalign will work ...
• UMass medical centre adopts RFID asset tracking
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  RFID-enabled cabinets were provided by WaveMark to store and track, in real-time, the disposition of critical supplies in the labs. At the same time, ...
• Retail Rfid: Electronic Product Code Promises To Deliver Shopper
  Retail Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  The EPC uses radio frequency identification (RFID) to uniquely identify an object. Retailers can use the EPC to ensure that products are kept in stock to ...
• Report Tempers RFID Fears
  The Heartland Institute - Chicago, IL, USA
  Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology has gained widespread use, and attempts to regulate or ban such devices are premature, says a new report ...

News from September 28, 2007

• A*STAR to help SMEs adopt RFID technology
  Channel News Asia - Singapore
  MediaCart Asia will invest S$2.5 million into developing RFID-enabled shopping carts. This will help retailers to better understand consumer buying ...
• London Paper Issues RFID Card to Increase Reader Loyalty
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  27, 2007--Selling newspapers in London is a tough game, but The Evening Standard is using RFID to gain a competitive edge. The popular daily paper, ...
• Disposable RFID retail promotion display launches
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  Seeonic, a developer of retail smart shelf technology, has begun using software and embedded RFID readers from RFID developer SkyeTek in disposable smart ...
• DVD Movies to Star in Retail RFID Pilot
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  Coming this fall to your home screen: DVD movies with RFID tags on the packaging. Movie studios, distributors, DVD replicators, and retailers are piloting ...
• Indonesia's Special Forces Unit Adopts RFID
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  Batuhitam Indonesia, an RFID systems integrator located in Jakarta, using an electronic payment system called Dioga, which the company developed. ...
• RFID in museums and galleries
  IT-Director.com - USA
  I spotted this story in the Oracle Europe newsletter this week, concerning an RFID pilot at the Museo delle Origini (Museum of the Origins of Man) in Rome ...
• RFID News Roundup
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  The latest battery-assisted passive UHF RFID tag from Intelleflex performs well despite the presence of metal, water and other RF interference sources, ...

News from September 27, 2007

• Atlantic Zeiser launches TAGLINE - a new modular RFID label ...
  Packaging & Converting Essentials (press release) - Antwerp, Belgium
  TAGLINE represents a significant technical innovation by combining RFID chip quality control with personalization for the very first time. ...
• [CEATEC Preview] TDK Develops 30¦Ìm-thick RFID Tag Using Flexible ...
  Tech-On English - Japan
  Ltd. prototyped an RFID tag formed with an RFID IC and an antenna using TFT technology on a PET flexible substrate. Two types of prototypes were developed ...
• Systematica acquires RFID-integrator
  CNews - Moscow, Russia
  The group of companies Systematica has announced to acquire St. Petersburg company Aero Solutions, one of the leading Russian consultants and RFID ...
• San Bernardino's State-of-the-Art Library Incorporates RFID
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  opens in April, its collection of 150000 books and other media will carry RFID tags. The library hopes this will reduce theft and staff workloads, ...
• NEW from SIMCO fusION Static Neutralizer for Protecting RFID Tags ...
  openPR (press release) - Hamburg, Germany
  The fusion is perfect for protecting RFID tags from damage. Static charges are commonly found in tag and label printing/production operations anywhere along ...
• City signs $1.4M deal to develop RFID jobs
  Dayton Daily News (subscription) - Dayton, OH, USA
  The funds will be used as seed money over four years to create the Dayton RFID Incubator Corp., to be called DRIC. DRIC, a for-profit corporation, ...

News from September 26, 2007

• Drug Anticounterfeiting by RFID
  Printed Electronics Review (press release) - Cambridge, UK
  It was sad that the Food and Drug Administration backed off from urgently pushing through standards and rapid adoption of RFID at item level on drugs, ...
• Customs embracing RFID for logistics
  Bangkok Post - Thailand
  The Customs Department hopes that a pilot project utilising RFID tags will eventually be extended nationwide to improve efficiency in logistics handling, ...
• Muehlbauer introduces RFID Smart Label insertion line IL 15000 at ...
  Packaging & Converting Essentials (press release) - Antwerp, Belgium
  An insertion process is required to e quip labels with an RFID inlay. Since this is a high volume production process, the market requires an efficient ...
• Intelleflex Debuts Extended Capability RFID Tag for Use in ...
  Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
  When we needed to provide an RFID solution for tracking Work-in-Process throughout large facilities, Intelleflex's technology was superior compared to ...
• NXP Doubles Memory on Gen2 RFID Chips
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  Recall that ICs, or chips, are the "brains" of an RFID tag, the component that responds to reader commands and stores data. The new UCODE G2XM and G2LM each ...
• ICT solutions in RFID available from Unique Micro Design
  Ferret - Australia
  Unique Micro Design (UMD) provides engineering ICT solutions in Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). This reflects Unique Micro Design's ability to design ...
• RFID Revolution: Your cars will be tagged
  Economic Times - India
  It is believed that RFID tags would help in traffic management as traffic violations by motorists could be tracked and all violations identified. ...
• Alien Technology® Showcases ROI for RFID at EPC Connection 2007
  Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
  The session, entitled "Implementing Solutions for Common RFID Challenges," will focus on a few of the more common RFID implementation issues needing ...
• RFID redux? Walmart to scrutinize the energy used to create the ...
  ZDNet - USA
  Suppliers found that out the hard way when retailer went big for RFID adoption a few years back. "What do you mean we need to provide a better way to ...
• Tesco rolls out RFID solution
  MMH.com - Newton, MA, USA
  By Bob Trebilcock, Editor at Large The British retailer has just implemented an RFID solution to identify roll cages delivering inventory to retail stores. ...

News from September 25, 2007

• SkyeTek Debuts Networked RFID Solutions for Asset Tracking ...
  Supply & Demand Chain Executive - Gilbert, AZ, USA
  SkyeTek also announced that Seeonic, a provider of "smart-shelf" technology, is leveraging SkyeTek's software and embedded RFID readers in their disposable ...
• Alien Technology to Present RFID ROI Partner Demonstrations at EPC ...
  PR Web (press release) - Ferndale, WA, USA
  RFID innovators reveal adoption success in a special exhibit hall theatre pavilion at EPC Connection 2007 -- the fourth annual EPCglobal North America ...
• Korea Airports Corporation selects UPM Raflatac's RFID inlays for ...
  Packaging & Converting Essentials (press release) - Antwerp, Belgium
  UPM Raflatac's RFID baggage tag, Rabbit, was selected as it offers the best performance and excellent durability in baggage handling services. ...
• Why METRO's Item-Level RFID Deployment Matters
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  RFID solutions provider Checkpoint Systems , Gen2 chip and reader manufacturer Impinj , and RFID network infrastructure provider Reva Systems all worked ...
• Metro implements the first end-to-end RFID solution
  ComputerWeekly.com - UK
  No, not something out of Tom Cruise's Minority Report, but what's being RFID-enabled on the sales floor of Metro's Galeria-Kaufhof division in Essen. ...
• ASD Healthcare Deploys RFID Refrigerated Drug Cabinets
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  To date, more than 50 hospitals are using the consignment service, which relies on RFID-enabled Cubixx refrigerators developed by ASD (see Drug Distributor ...
• Using RFID Technology To Derive Business Value
  IT Reseller Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  Spurred by sensationalized media coverage and mandates from retail giants like Wal-Mart and Tesco, the adoption of RFID technology has become a widely ...
• Small DOD Supplier Deploys RFID, Foresees Internal Benefits
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  24, 2007--Nav-Aids, a small Canadian manufacturer of test accessory kits used for aircraft, will begin affixing EPC Class 1 Gen 2 RFID tags this week, ...
• Networkable, Digital RFID Deadbolt for Lockers
  PRLog.Org (press release) - Bucuresti, Romania
  nDolphin is a sleek-design digital lock suitable for locker and cupboard doors that features 13.56MHz RFID technology and opens with the pass of an ...

News from September 24, 2007

• TCS expands into 'emerging services'
  Hindu Business Line - India
  These include bioinformatics and digital certification, RFID (radio frequency identification) and automation of software coding. ...
• Major Breakthroughs Open the Way to Highest Volume RFID
  Printed Electronics Review (press release) - Cambridge, UK
  The prosperous RFID business has many price insensitive applications. For example, at the IDTechEx RFID Europe conference at Cambridge University 18-19 ...
• SkyeTek unveils three new turn-key RFID systems
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  SkyeTek has launched three new turn-key RFID solutions: Absolute Visibility, Continuous Authentication, and Service Management. These systems enable OEMs, ...
• Fontana library to use RFID for check-out & returns
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  The Integrated Technology Group (ITG), a division of Vernon Library Supplies, is to install its Apex RFID technology in the City of Fontana's US$60 million ...
• RFID systems (Radio Frequency Identification Systems)
  Ferret - Australia
  RFID systems (Radio Frequency Identification Systems) are used to detect the presence of & read information in tags (transponders) mounted on bins, ...
• RFID Heads to Cell Phones
  PC World - USA
  Presenters at RFID World in Boston last week focused on using second-generation active and passive radio frequency identification tags to provide advanced ...
• RFID Heats Up in Latin America
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  While some companies in the region are sophisticated in their use of technology, many others have yet to embrace the use of bar codes, let alone RFID. ...
• RFID for Everyone
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  By Elgar Fleisch and Florian Michahelles As RFID becomes ubiquitous in various industries, the efficiencies it brings to supply chains will extend to other ...

News from September 23, 2007

• Siemens help crack down on false passports
  The Canadian Press
  In the future, an ultra-thin RFID chip equipped with an antenna will be embedded into Czech passports. The chip will store personal data such as the ...