November 4 - 10, 2007

News from November 10, 2007

• NY License Plan Sparks Debate
  eWeek - New York, NY
  The plan is running into strong opposition from groups worried in part that the proposed use of RFID (radio-frequency identification) and other technology ...
• Precision Dynamics' Smart Band ® RFID Wristband System to Be ...
  Market Wire (press release) - USA
  PDC's Smart Band® RFID Wristband System features will be demonstrated at PDC booth 2071 during the International Association of Amusement Parks and ...
• Integrated Technology Group to Install RFID Technology at Hickory ...
  Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
  Locking cases will help prevent theft of multimedia materials and RFID tags will alert library staff members if a patron leaves with an item improperly ...
• Active RFID Tag Supports Multiple Frequencies
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  "We were able to marry a software-defined radio with a processor in a common piece of silicon," Axcess president and CEO Allan Griebenow told RFID Update. ...
• Dutch Hospital uses Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) to track ...
  LBS-zone.com (press release) - Frederick, MD, USA
  Installed and integrated by Ship2Save, an RFID solution provider, in collaboration with Ècole Polytechnique, a Montreal based University; the system uses ...

News from November 9, 2007

• Atlas RFID Solutions Healthcare Technology Solution
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  Health care facilities around the world are beginning to realize the tremendous benefits of asset and patient tracking systems utilizing RFID technologies. ...
• RFID-Based Reel Detection System automates DAQ processes.
  ThomasNet Industrial News Room (press release) - New York, NY, USA
  November 9, 2007 - Designed to help reduce errors and improve traceability, Smart Reel uses RFID technology on reels of electronic components to complement ...
• Europe's RFID Focus Moves to Implementation
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  Two speakers compared the European RFID market with that of the United States. Ashley Stephenson, chairman and cofounder of Reva Systems, described the ...
• METRO Group, Checkpoint systems expand RFID 'Tag It Easy!' program
  Antara (press release) - Antara, Indonesia
  The second phase of the pilot will enable additional 70 consumer goods suppliers in China and Vietnam to apply RFID labels on shipments to METRO Group's ...
• eBizITPA in Erie, Pa. Offers Affordable, Comprehensive RFID Training
  Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale, WA, USA
  The Center for eBusiness and Advanced IT (eBizITPA) and the RFID Center of Excellence at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College are collaborating again this ...
• Sirit Starts RFID Reader Swap-Out Program
  TMCnet - USA
  By Divya Narain Sirit, a vendor of radio frequency identification (RFID) solutions, has announced a new Reader Swap-Out Program, under which users who ...

News from November 8, 2007

• Animal analytics gets a dose of RFID
  ITWorld Canada - Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
  ... age, and milk output, about a particular animal using those mandatory tagging methods like Radio Frequency ID (RFID), implants and sensors. ...
• Sirit Introduces RFID Reader Swap-Out Program
  Canada NewsWire (press release) - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  "Over the past few years, many RFID programs have been limited in scope to lab or small test environments. As the market continues to mature, ...
• RFID News Roundup
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  Magellan Technology, an Australian manufacturer of 13.56 MHz RFID systems, has unveiled its PJM StackTag system, consisting of tags and interrogators ...
• RFID: Using the AIM RFID Emblem
  Rfid.org - Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  The AIM RFID Emblem, first introduced in 2004 as a means to identify the presence, type and data content of an RFID tag, has been updated to include ...
• Quest Service Labs first to support Lexmark's RFID Laser Printer ...
  PR Leap (press release) - Chula Vista, CA, USA
  COM) Cleveland, OH - Quest Service Labs makes available today software to support the Lexmark T640rn, the first RFID enabled laser printer. ...
• RFID Technology Starts To Deliver In The Field
  AMonline.com - Fort Atkinson, WI, USA
  Radio-frequency identification technology (RFID) never took off in line with the projections initially made by many analysts and venture capitalists, ...
• As well as tracking, RFID finds more uses
  Manufacturing Talk - UK
  Just as companies in all areas of industrial manufacturing and supply were assimilating the benefits of RFID for their operations, along comes Zigbee, ...
• Gamma Solutions talks about RFID tag
  Ferret - Australia
  In general, an RFID tag consists of an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) and an antenna that can be mounted on various substrates. ...
• Oki, cement firm work on strain sensing with RFID
  Eetasia.com (subscription) - USA
  Ltd and Taiheiyo Cement Corp. have developed the "Strain Sensing System" to maintain and manage structures using a passive-type sensor-integrated RFID. ...

News from November 7, 2007

• SkyeTek RFID Selected for Visually Impaired Device
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  RFID reader module manufacturer SkyeTek today announced that its product has been selected by Singapore-based GaiShan Technology for use in that company's ...
• Intelleflex Announces EU-compliant RFID Product Availability
  Supply & Demand Chain Executive - Gilbert, AZ, USA
  "We are excited to continue our expansion into new markets, and Europe is the perfect next step as it continues to flourish with large-scale RFID ...
• Signature RFID by VingCard communicates design flexibility in color
  Contactless News - Tallahassee, FL, USA
  "Our new, colorful Signature RFID readers speak directly to the ongoing demands of the hospitality design community," said Pascal Metivier, President ASSA ...
• Aker Yards Uses RFID to Ramp Up Worker Safety
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  It also looked into employing a standard key fob application using passive RFID, but decided against that because workers coming on and off ships often ...
• Evidencia Thermassure RFID tags available from ECEFast
  Ferret - Australia
  The Evidencia Thermassure RFID tags store a 96 bit ePC code for logistics, and high accuracy temperatures with a standard, but expandable, 4000 reading ...
• OMRON RFID Announces Support for Sybase RFID Anywhere
  Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
  RFID Anywhere is a software infrastructure that provides a robust, customizable environment for developing and managing radio frequency identification ...
• RFID for animals, food and farming
  ComputerWeekly.com - UK
  Recent research from IDTechEx suggests that in future, the largest market for RFID will not be the retail or consumer packaged goods industry, as some might ...
• EB IDENTIFICATION NETWORK - scalable RFID performance for ...
  Verivox (Pressemitteilung) - Heidelberg, Germany
  (pressebox) Oulunsalo, 07.11.2007 - The new EB Identification Network offers a complete system approach to RFID networks. The EB Identification Network is a ...
• Media Advisory: 2nd Annual RFID Journal LIVE! Canada November 26 ...
  PRLog.Org (press release) - Bucuresti, Romania
  Org) - Nov 07, 2007 - What: RFID Journal in partnership with EPCglobal Canada, a wholly owned subsidiary of GS1 Canada, Canada's expert in collaborative ...
• Students In UK Tracked With RFID Chips
  Slashdot - USA
  An anonymous reader writes "Ten kids in a pilot program in the Hungerhill School in Edenthorpe, England will participate in a program that puts RFID chips ...

News from November 6, 2007

• School Children Get RFID Tagged
  Handheld Learning - London, UK
  Under the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) surveillance system the Hungerhill pupils have a memory microchip discreetly embedded onto their school ...
• Reva Expands EMEA Partnerships to Deliver Global RFID Value
  Market Wire (press release) - USA
  Global partnerships with these key systems integrators are extending the reach of Reva-based RFID solutions to support multinational business operations. ...
• RFID News: What are the Options for RFID-enabling your Warehouse ...
  Supply Chain Digest - Dayton, OH, USA
  At some point, consumer goods and other companies will begin requiring RFID support in their Warehouse Management Systems. As we noted in a previous column, ...
• Online RFID Document Tracking
  IDM.net.au - Surry Hills, NSW, Australia
  By Greg McNevin November 7, 2007: RFID technology is continuing its steady march into the workplace with Docuspace partner Intensecomp announcing the ...
• Mitsubishi's RFID Reader/Writer Protects Privacy, Enhances Security
  Tech-On English - Japan
  Mitsubishi Electric Corp will launch the RF-RW003 UHF band RFID reader and writer device featuring privacy protection and security modes against unwanted ...
• Germany : METRO deploys RFID technology in European retail sector
  Fibre2fashion.com - Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
  METRO Group in late October completed a major step in the nation-wide operational deployment of the radio frequency identification (RFID) technology in ...
• Gamma Solutions explains active and passive RFID tags
  Ferret - Australia
  Active RFID tags have a battery, which is used to run the microchip's circuitry and to broadcast a signal to a reader (the way a cell phone transmits ...
• The Alternative to RFID's Incomplete Success Optical technology ...
  HVAC Web Connection (press release) - Wareham, MA, USA
  By Mitch Silver For years, the material handling and logistics communities have looked toward RFID for solutions to track movable assets indoors. ...
• Beijing Olympics uses RFID tickets
  Security Document World (press release) - Cardiff, UK
  ASK's partner Tsinghua TongFang has donated the whole RFID system to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Organizing Committee which includes the RFID inlays, ...

News from November 5, 2007

• RFID Skin Patches Designed to Be Sold, Used for Mitigating Medical ...
  Associated Content - Denver, CO, USA
  The patented technology combines "disposable skin patches with RFID tags and cell phones and will allow physicians and nurses to use their cell phones or ...
• Boeing Tracks Parts And Reduces Inventory With RFID Tags
  Aerospace Online (press release) - Horsham, PA, USA
  ... in 2004 when Boeing and Airbus announced they were working together to issue the same RFID (radio frequency identification) requirements to their suppliers.
• Sequoyah Regional Library System's Innovative Use of RFID ...
  MoreRFID (press release) - TX, USA
  The Sequoyah Regional Library System received the 2007 Excalibur Award for small organizations for its use of Apex RFID (radio frequency identification) ...
• Elektrobit Unveils UHF RFID Suite
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  The company is introducing its EB Identification Network at this week's RFID Journal LIVE! Europe 2007 conference and exhibition in Amsterdam. ...
• Recognizing Excellence in RFID
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  So when we launched the RFID Journal Awards last year, it was important not only that the awards be handled in a credible manner, but that they be seen by ...
• Alien Technology® Recognizes RFID Channel Partners
  Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
  It is a pleasure to shine the light on those companies that have demonstrated their commitment to Alien Technology and the RFID industry. ...
• Airbus' Grand Plans for RFID
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  While rival Boeing has announced that it wants suppliers to RFID-tag some 2000 different parts for its upcoming 787 Dreamliner airplane, Airbus officials ...
• RFID Pilot: Alanco/TSI PRISM Awarded Pilot Contract For High
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  The trial project will be based upon the Company's TSI PRISM RFID inmate tracking technology and custom designed to provide instantaneous tamper detection ...
• Digging with Radio Frequency Identification - Ship2Save uses RFID ...
  DirectionsMag.com (press release) - Glencoe, IL, USA
  Ship2Save, an industry leader in cost effective Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) solutions, has successfully deployed a raw material tracking system ...
• Hologram brings mixed feelings
  Burlington Times News - Burlington, NC, USA
  And he questioned whether the hologram is RFID (radio frequency identification) compliant. Gheen likened RFID devices to anti-theft devices in retail stores ...
• Gamma Solutions provides information on RFID use in Supply Chain
  Ferret - Australia
  RFID allows updated information to travel with the individual item as it passes through the supply chain, information that can be dynamically changed ...
• Is RFID ready to jump into the pool?
  DC Velocity - North Attleboro, MA, USA
  With its unmatched track-and-trace capabilities, RFID would seem a natural for use in pallet pools. So why is it taking so long to catch on? ...

News from November 4, 2007

• RFID Industry Expert Pete Poorman Joins ABI Research
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  ABI Research announced the appointment of Pete Poorman as Principal Analyst, RFID. As part of the firm's RFID and Contactless research group, Poorman will ...