October 8 - 14, 2006

News from October 14, 2006

• Airport To Tag Passengers With RFID
  Slashdot - USA
  denebian devil writes "A new technology is to be trialled in Debrecen Airport in Hungary that will involve tagging all passengers with high-powered RFID tags.

News from October 13, 2006

• TNT Uses RFID To Track Temperatures of Sensitive Goods
  RFID Journal - USA
  Oct. 13, 2006 -- TNT, a logistics and global express-services provider headquartered in the Netherlands, is introducing a new RFID service in Asia. ...
• CBS: RFID document tracking in demand
  Malaysia Star - Malaysia
  MESDAQ-listed Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) specialist CBS Technology Bhd sees growing demand for RFID document management tracking in Malaysia. ...
• Cold Cargo Gets Assurance Boost Using RFID
  SMBedge - Singapore
  ... a major provider of global express services, and a specialist in life sciences logistics, revealed its findings from phase one of its RFID trials conducted ...
• NCR Promotes RFID Cards to Give Customers the VIP Treatment
  RFID Journal - USA
  ... Although other RFID vendors have tested systems that would immediately allow a bank or retailer to identify a customer entering a branch office or store by ...
• BEA Releases 2.0 of RFID Enterprise Software
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  Enterprise infrastructure software provider BEA this week announced the 2.0 release of its WebLogic RFID Enterprise Server. The ...
• Mobile RFID Reader targets supply chain facilities.
  ThomasNet Industrial News Room (press release) - New York, NY, USA
  October 13, 2006 - Suited for space-constrained environments, RD5000 Mobile RFID Reader is based on Windows CE 5.0 platform and can be integrated with forklifts ...
• Virginia ports to use Savi Networks RFID system
  FCW.com - Falls Church, VA, USA
  ... Savi Networks' RFID solution, which uses the company's Web-based SaviTrak managed information service, will track the location and security status of ...
• RFID Vendors Raise the Stakes with New Products
  CIO Insight - Northbrook, IL, USA
  With the design and deployment work for the US Department of Defense's extensive RFID network completed in late September, industry experts expect a ripple ...
• Report: Active RFID Market on Rise
  Circuits Assembly - Atlanta, GA, USA
  CAMBRIDGE, UK -- Active RFID is said to be growing, with several applications already more than $100 million, and is responsible for more than 20% of all ...
• Type of content: VENDOR WHITE PAPER
  InformationWeek - Manhasset, NY, USA
  As radio frequency identification (RFID) use grows, so does knowledge about the best ways to implement the technology. Installing ...
• New tech would track air travelers via RFID
  CNET News.com - San Francisco, CA, USA
  RFID tags would be issued to passengers at check-in so their movements can be tracked before departure. By Gemma Simpson. The inventors ...

News from October 12, 2006

• VDC: Pharma Item-Level RFID to Set Precedent
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  VDC predicts that item-level RFID tagging in the pharmaceutical industry will be precedent-setting for item-level tagging generally. ...
• Firm Develops RFID Tracking System for Medical Products
  E-Commerce Times - USA
  ... global express services and a specialist in life sciences logistics, has introduced a temperature-monitoring radio frequency identification (RFID) solution for ...
• RFID Journal and EPCglobal Canada Announce Cornerstone Sponsor
  RFID Journal - USA
  Oct. 11, 2006 -- RFID Journal, the world's leading media and events company covering radio frequency identification (RFID), together with EPCglobal Canada, the ...
• RFID News Roundup
  RFID Journal - USA
  San Jose, Calif., RFID chipmaker Intelleflex says it has completed work on its new battery-assisted passive InfoSure RFID tags. ...
• Dairy Farmers of America Puts RFID into Production with OATSystems ...
  Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
  and LENEXA, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--OATSystems®, Inc., the recognized RFID framework leader, and Rush Tracking Systems, a leading RFID systems integrator ...
• Solstice Medical Establishes New RFID Laboratory
  Inside INdiana Business (press release) - Indianapolis, IN, USA
  Fort Wayne-based Solstice Medical, LLC has established a new Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) laboratory in the Northeast Indiana Innovation Center. ...
• RFID Consortium Embraces ISO Amendment for Generation 2 Protocol
  Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
  CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The RFID Consortium (in formation) today announced its intention to provide licenses in compliance with the ISO/IEC 18000-6 Amendment ...
• AIM Global Publishes RFID Position Statement
  Manufacturer.com - UK
  ... position on item-level tagging, which is the latest in an ongoing series of position statements about Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technologies and ...
• RFID markets "from nowhere"
  TUV Product Service - Fareham, Hampshire, UK
  The growth of RFID has caused many industry figures to be constantly impressed by the technology's range of sectors, according to reports. ...

News from October 11, 2006

• DoD's RFID install is expected to boost implementation
  DC Velocity - North Attleboro, MA, USA
  The US government is moving forward with RFID technology, and the effects are expected to ripple across industry. The deployment ...
• The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano selects RFID from Mobile Aspects
  Inside Collin County Business - Plano, TX, USA
  ... support the opening of the facility in January 2007, The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano will implement a radio frequency identification (RFID) enabled inventory ...
• Bookshop tags texts with RFID
  Silicon.com - UK
  Using RFID in the retail supply chain is reasonably common these days - but taking the chips down to the level of individual items is still met with raised ...
• RFID Middleware Market Set For Growth, Change
  RFID Journal - USA
  Oct. 11, 2006 -- Looking for the hot spot in RFID middleware? Check out the firms willing to customize applications to address an end user's unique needs. ...
• Alien Opens RFID Tag Plant, Releases Gen2 Chip
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  The Fargo ribbon-cutting is a major event for Alien, which has long positioned itself as a high-volume, low-cost provider of RFID inlays. ...
• RFID to spread across the US?
  TUV Product Service - Fareham, Hampshire, UK
  The US department of defense (DoD) has begun to deploy RFID in sizeable amounts throughout the US, according to reports. It is thought ...
• BEA Revs RFID Infrastructure Software
  SDA India Magazine - Singapore
  BEA Systems has unveiled the BEA WebLogic RFID Enterprise Server 2.0. A core component of the BEA WebLogic RFID product family, BEA ...
• Savi Technology Installing RFID Services At Virginia Port ...
  Trading Markets - Los Angeles, CA, USA
  ... Portsmouth Marine Terminal. The network automatically tracks the location and security status of RFID-tagged containers. SaviTrak, the ...
• Sixth Annual RFID Smart Labels USA Event Launched
  IDTechEx - Cambridge, UK
  IDTechEx is delighted to announce the sixth annual RFID Smart Labels USA 2007 conference and exhibition which will be held in Boston, MA, Feb 21-22, 2007. ...
• Airport makes return trip to trials of RFID
  VNUNet.com - UK
  Manchester Airport is to resume trials of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology because licensing changes have freed up the use of cheaper, ultra ...
• Chicago Fire Dept. Tests ZigBee-based RFID System
  RFID Journal - USA
  ... environmental and health-care problems. The sensors use active 2.4 GHz RFID tags with a read range up to 100 feet. As part of its ...

News from October 10, 2006

• Schwarzenegger Vetoes RFID Bill
  Industry Week - USA
  The bill was designed to safeguard against either criminal or government abuse of RFID tags by mandating the use of privacy-protecting technologies such as ...
• Schwarzenegger Terminates California RFID Bill
  Material Handling Management (press release) - Cleveland, OH, USA
  California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently vetoed a state bill designed to regulate the use of radio-frequency identification (RFID) in state and local ...
• European Manufacturing RFID Market Will See Substantial Growth
  Industry Week - USA
  Manufacturers need to establish a strong business case for implementing RFID systems and develop flexible frameworks for evaluating ROI... Oct. ...
• Intelleflex Announces Availability of Its RFID Battery-Assisted ...
  Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
  SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Intelleflex Corporation, the Intelligent RFID Platform Company, today announced the availability of its InfoSure TM single ...
• Radio-Frequency ID: Asian Impediments
  BusinessWeek - USA
  Asia's fabled image as the workshop of the world should augur a vibrant market for radio frequency identification (RFID) systems. ...
• RFID sales set to soar
  VNUNet.com - UK
  The market for active radio frequency identification (RFID) tags is expected to grow to more than 12 times its current size by 2016, according to research by ...
• Pharma RFID Adoption Still Seeking Shot in the Arm
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  The designation is another step towards common use of electronic pedigrees (e-pedigrees) and RFID in the pharmaceutical supply chain, but not a decisive one. ...
• Rolls-Royce gears up for RFID trial
  Mikrofax eProcurement News - London, UK
  ... of Defence demanded that by 2007 all of its suppliers would have to tag any containers and cases that move thought its supply chain using RFID technology. ...
• TSRI Director Offers Lecture Regarding RFID Labor Shortage At ...
  Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
  ... WIRE)--TSRI, pioneer and leader in the delivery of staffing services and technology workforce solutions announced today that Joe Kurtzke, RFID Sales Director ...

News from October 9, 2006

• Digital Angel targets US$100m equine RFID market
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  ... Digital Angel has announced a national initiative to target the US$100 million equine market for ID products with its temperature-sensing implantable RFID tags ...
• Intermec is APAC RFID Market Strategy Leader, Says F&S
  SDA India Magazine - Singapore
  Intermec, an RFID hardware vendor, has received an award from Frost & Sullivan for RFID market strategy leadership in the Asia Pacific market for the years 2005 ...
• NETGEAR Turns to APL Logistics for RFID Mandate
  Supply && Demand Chain Executive - Gilbert, AZ, USA
  ... Silicon Valley-based NETGEAR, a provider of wireless networking equipment, has made APL Logistics its choice for radio frequency identification (RFID) tagging. ...
• The CEO's Guide to RFID
  BusinessWeek - USA
  ... While Wal-Mart, Target and other retailers have begun to require suppliers to use RFID tags on shipments, there have not been as many full-scale roll-outs of ...
• Printer family designed for RFID
  Ferret - Australia
  THE new Datamax H-Class family of printers is designed for true RFID integration and supports the demands of RFID compliance. The ...
• RFID-based contactless ticketing for mass transit
  Security Park - Winkfield, UK
  Entitled 'Smart ticketing for mass transit -- profitable applications for low-cost, RFID-based contactless ticketing', the paper is the follow up to the ...
• Army Expands RFID Implementation to Critical Defense Systems
  RFID Journal - USA
  Oct. 9, 2006 -- The United States Army has, for the past year, been using RFID to help track all the parts of two communications systems throughout their ...
• TNT uses RFID to monitor medical shipments
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK TNT is to establish aS$500,000 RFID-based cold chain initiative for the life sciences industry in Singapore, to help ensure the integrity of medical shipments. ...
• RFID baggage tracking cleared for take-off
  VNUNet.com - UK
  Radio frequency identification (RFID) has the potential to dramatically streamline and improve airline baggage handling, industry experts predicted today. ...
• RFID software market 'poised to explode'
  Register - London, England, UK
  The market for business software to handle data generated by RFID (radio frequency identification) chips is predicted to reach $192m in 2010, a big increase ...
• RFID Middleware Market Draws Competition
  SDA India Magazine - Singapore
  The competitive landscape of the RFID middleware market is changing as mergers and acquisitions (M&A) continue, larger players seek to increase their total ...

News from October 8, 2006

• Texas heart hospital adopts RFID for inventory
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  In Texas, USA, the Heart Hospital Baylor Plano is to implement an RFID-enabled inventory management system to store, track, and manage the use of high-cost ...
• HyperScan game uses RFID to add super powers
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  ... maker Mattel has launched a new gaming platform called 'HyperScan' that combines the principles of collector card games with video games and RFID technology. ...
• Arnie terminates RFID bill, as lawmakers debate privacy concerns
  supply chain review - Australia
  Arnold Schwarzenegger has terminated proposed privacy regulations surrounding radio frequency identification (RFID) in the American state of California, as ...
• Educating the Public About RFID
  RFID Journal - USA
  ... points out in his editorial It's Time to Address Privacy, there is -- and has been for some time -- an acute need for consumer education about RFID, and for ...
• RFID baggage to boom, but airlines slow to investM
  supply chain review - Australia
  Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology has the potential to revolutionise airline baggage handling, especially as airlines crack down on baggage ...