September 24 - 30, 2006

News from September 30, 2006

• New RFID Gate Technology Aims to Improve Read Rates
  RFID Journal - USA
  Sept. 29, 2006 -- Manufacturers, distributors and others looking to improve the accuracy of RFID readers situated at doors and other choke points within their ...
• National RFID Centre Comes Up
  EFYTimes - New Delhi, India
  ... Swan Foo, MD, A*STAR, and executive chairman, Exploit Technologies Pte Ltd, “Through the support schemes provided by the National RFID Centre, businesses here ...
• News from RFID Journal's Industry Summits
  RFID Journal - USA
  ... manufacturing, retail, consumer packaged goods (CPG) and pharmaceuticals industries gathered in Chicago this week for the first annual RFID Journal Industry ...
• GAO RFID and LAT Form a Partnership on RFID Solutions for ...
  PR Leap (press release) - Chula Vista, CA, USA
  (PRLEAP.COM) Toronto, September 30, 2006: GAO RFID Inc. (GAO), a supplier of the world’s most comprehensive line of RFID products ...

News from September 29, 2006

• MPR 5000 RFID Card
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  WJ's MPR 5000 RFID Card takes the mystery out of RFID. ... This reader card is ideal for software developers and anyone wanting to experiment with RFID technology. ...
• Miles Of RFID Tags Printed
  Graphic Arts Monthly - New York, NY, USA
  PolyIC, a Germany-based printer of electronics, reached milestone in its efforts to develop and commercialize printable RFID tags when it printed "miles" of ...
• RFID promises to change the way we shop
  Ottawa Citizen (subscription) - Ontario, Canada
  If you haven't yet heard of RFID -- radio frequency identification -- you're soon going to. Registered 7-day subscribers to the ...
• Identifying the business benefits of RFID
  VNUNet.com - UK
  ... Systems (RTLS), disposable sensor systems, smart active labels (SALs) -- the terminology surrounding radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology is ...
• Honda Next Automaker to Get On Track with RFID
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  As market research firm Frost & Sullivan was releasing an assessment of the European automotive market for RFID technology that concluded "the unique features ...
• RFID growing into the mainstream
  TUV Product Service - Fareham, Hampshire, UK
  RFID is rapidly growing into an increasing number of mainstream consumer sectors, as businesses begin to invest in full implementation, according to reports. ...
• ICO spells out correct use of RFID
  IT PRO - London, Greater London, UK
  Businesses must ensure complete transparency in their use of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, including telling people how to disarm the tags ...
• National RFID Centre set up to boost adoption of technology in ...
  Channel News Asia - Singapore
  ... Five key industries in Singapore, together with the government, are banding together to boost the use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology. ...
• Lowry Mobile RFID Cart
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  ... of Defense and major retailers such as Wal-Mart, Target and Best Buy, Lowry provides a complete supply chain radio frequency identification (RFID) solution. ...

News from September 28, 2006

• RFID Analysts Smile on Motorola-Symbol Deal
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  The Motorola acquisition of Symbol was the favorite discussion topic among attendants at last week's RFID Applications conference in Washington, DC The deal ...
• Labeling Solution meets retailer/DoD RFID requirements.
  ThomasNet Industrial News Room (press release) - New York, NY, USA
  ... systems, converts existing bar code container labels into labels that meet retailers' and Department of Defense (DoD) bar code and RFID product identification ...
• Zebra Set to Expand Its Footprint in RFID Space
  RFID Journal - USA
  By Beth Bacheldor. Sept. 28, 2006 -- Zebra Technologies has added more heft to its RFID patent pool. The Vernon Hills, Ill., company ...
• Shops must use RFID with care
  Register - London, England, UK
  Shops which use RFID tags and CCTV cameras must tell shoppers every time an RFID tag is used and must tell shoppers how to remove them. ...
• RFID News Roundup
  RFID Journal - USA
  ... company provides safety and training services for workers in such environments as tunnels, mines and offshore drilling, that utilize RFID for personnel tracking ...
• Californian RFID privacy bill
  TUV Product Service - Fareham, Hampshire, UK
  ... If the bill is singed into law, Californians will have more control over how information on RFID chips can be read. For instance ...
• RFID-Reading Passport Scanners Installed
  Slashdot - USA
  ... until they can implant the RFID chips in your head. ... New US e-Passports contain a 64 kbit RFID chip with personal information about the passport holder. ...
• UK Airport Aims for Retail Boost With Passenger RFID
  TechNewsWorld - Sherman Oaks, CA, USA
  Measuring the time passengers spend getting through security via data gathered by the use of RFID tags could help determine the most efficient processes. ...
• RFID tag security fears may be unwarranted
  Manufacturing Computer Solutions - Dartford, Kent, UK
  Recent reports from security firms that have identified the potential for serious flaws in RFID tag security may not be a problem for supply chain users. ...
• IPICO RFID goes into 4 Chinese pilot schemes
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  IPICO and the China RFID Alliance have announced that IPICO's IP-X RFID technology will be tested in four RFID pilot projects in China. ...

News from September 27, 2006

• RFID Tools and Resources
  Product Design & Development - Rockaway, NJ, USA
  In order to deliver the latest emerging technologies to developers, businesses, and universities, IBM has made RFID software tools and training resources ...
• Shops 'must tell consumers how to disable RFID tags'
  Silicon.com - UK
  The UK's information watchdog has warned companies using RFID to make sure they're playing nicely with data protection legislation - even if it means telling ...
• TETRAGATE: New Biometric RFID Tracking Technology
  TMCnet - USA
  ... Now, American Barcode and RFID has created a solution they are calling the single answer to security, privacy, and efficiency and cost effectiveness for ...
• NPI, Brooks to develop RFID solutions in India
  CIOL - Bangalore, Karnatak, India
  (NPI) has announced an RFID solution partnership with Brooks Automation Inc., a US-Nasdaq listed company with a German-based RFID Division. ...
• Staples Business Depot Sees Big Benefits From RFID Test
  RFID Journal - USA
  ... in. Several of the project's successes were revealed at the RFID Journal Industry Summits conference in Chicago this week. Among ...
• 3M joins the RFID Consortium
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  The RFID Consortium has announced that 3M has signed a definitive term sheet to join the group of companies involved with RFID technology to form a patent ...
• UK stores get RFID warning
  p2pnet.net - Ontario, Canada
  2pnet.net News:- UK store owners will have to make sure customers know if items they've bought carry RFID spy chips, and tell them how to remove them, says the ...
• RFID Legal Education Should be Job One, Say Policy Experts
  RFID Journal - USA
  ... 27, 2006 -- Speakers at Tuesday's RFID Legal Seminar, a half-day kick-off to RFID Journal's first Industry Summits conference near Chicago, ran the gamut from ...
• Frost & Sullivan report on European automotive RFID market
  Auto Industry - UK
  A Frost & Sullivan study finds that the European RFID markets for automotive, aerospace and industrial manufacturing generated revenues of $23.7 million in ...
• RFID End-User Council Focuses on Electronic Products
  RFID Journal - USA
  ... 27, 2006 -- To help product manufacturers and retailers of consumer electronic products deploy RFID technology successfully, Manufacturing Insights, a research ...
• RFID Journal Announces Dates for RFID Journal LIVE! 2008
  RFID Journal - USA
  27, 2006 -- RFID Journal, the world's leading media and events company covering radio frequency identification (RFID), today announced the dates and location ...

News from September 26, 2006

• California mulls RFID privacy law
  Register - London, England, UK
  California is on the brink of introducing privacy laws to safeguard personal data stored on radio frequency identification (RFID) tags in government-issued ...
• SYSTECH Joins Pharma Companies to Assess RFID Potential
  Supply & Demand Chain Executive - Gilbert, AZ, USA
  ... a provider of packaging and product safety solutions to the pharmaceutical industry, recently hosted a radio frequency identification (RFID) technology living ...
• RFID Continues to Take Back Seat in Automotive
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  Demand-driven supply network (DDSN) leaders are spending almost five times more on RFID than automotive companies that are operating traditional supply chains ...
• RFID-enabled Locks Secure Bags of Blood
  RFID Journal - USA
  ... Ospedale Maggiore, located in Bologna, Italy, has been using an RFID-based system to match patients and blood bags, ensuring that transfusion patients are ...
• Stakes Are High for Mexican Pharma RFID Mandate
  RFID Journal - USA
  By Beth Bacheldor. Sept. 26, 2006 -- Mexico may be forging ahead of the United States when it comes to using RFID to secure the pharmaceutical supply chain. ...
• FUJIFILM Dimatix's Technology Will Enable New RFID Manufacturing ...
  Industry Week - USA
  ... technology used to print silver fluid with features of less than 20 microns which will enable a new method of developing and manufacturing complete RFID tags. ...
• Industry Addresses Item-level Use of RFID
  Rfid.org - Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  ... Tagging," which is the latest in an ongoing series of "Position Statements" about major issues facing Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technologies and ...
• Savi Networks Extends RFID To Largest Container Port In UK
  Industry Week - USA
  26, 2006 -- SaviTrak software and RFID readers are now operational in terminal locations at the Port of Felixstowe (PFL), the largest container port in the ...
• NIST Releases RFID Security Recommendations
  RFID Journal - USA
  ... and Technology (NIST) aims to provide practical recommendations for what organizations can do to mitigate the security risks inherent in RFID deployments. ...
• RFID company to settle here
  Austin Business Journal - Austin, TX, USA
  to downtown Austin after being bought by Austin-based Intelligentz Corp., a provider of radio frequency identification, or RFID, technology. ...
• RFID in Manufacturing Can Boost Productivity
  Supply & Demand Chain Executive - Gilbert, AZ, USA
  London -- September 26, 2006 -- The ability of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to make the tracking and managing of assets more efficient ...

News from September 25, 2006

• California to Protect Data Stored on RFID
  B-EYE-Network - Boulder, CO, USA
  The proposed California law requires that state and local governments protect data stored on RFID chips through measures such as encryption. ...
• Pfizer to Use RFID to Combat Fake Viagra
  TechNewsWorld - Sherman Oaks, CA, USA
  ... abuse. A pharmaceutical giant has announced it is using radio frequency identification (RFID) to fight pharmaceutical fakes. Pfizer ...
• RFID chip-on-disc aims to kill off DVD piracy
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  have unveiled a Chip-on-Disc (COD) system to identify and authenticate optical discs by embedding a RFID tag into a DVD or other optical disc. ...
• RFID costs, standards, and privacy hotly debated
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  On the second day of the five-day RFID Online Summit, discussion turned to the great potential for RFID to customise goods and services, and the difficulties ...
• Printed polymer electronics -- the future of RFID
  Engineer Live - London, London, UK
  Polymer-based RFID tags are here to stay. But ... substantial. For RFID alone, the potential to replace optical barcodes is now tangible. ...
• Motorola Is on the Move
  MSNBC - USA
  ... Motorola further understands that since Symbol also makes RFID (radio frequency identification) products, the acquisition will help it expand into this ...
• Zebra Acquires RFID Patents
  TheStreet.com - USA
  ... Take), a manufacturer of bar code printers, said Monday that it has acquired an extensive portfolio of radio frequency identification (RFID) patents from BTG. ...
• Surviving the RFID Evolution
  Line 56 News - USA
  Although there has been a lot of talk of RFID in the media, companies of all sizes have yet to instigate an industry-wide implementation. ...
• RFID and the SMB
  ITBusiness.ca - Canada
  ... sized businesses have so far remained mostly on the outside when it comes to exploring and installing radio frequency identification (RFID) technology solutions ...

News from September 24, 2006

• Cashing In on RFID's Benefits
  RFID Journal - USA
  ... A few of the world's largest banks are currently involved in pilots or discussions to see whether RFID can help them safeguard the tapes. ...
• Motives for Promoting RFID
  RFID Journal - USA
  ... founder of CASPIAN, has been hyping privacy concerns to discourage the use of radio frequency identification because of her religious belief that RFID is the so ...