November 11 - 17, 2007

News from November 17, 2007

• Finnish Retailer Gets Quick ROI on Item-Level RFID
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  In an announcement released by tag supplier UPM Raflatac , Rosendahl said: "Thanks to our state-of-the-art RFID solution, the product handling rate has ...

News from November 16, 2007

• BioMarket Trends: Application of RFID Can Save Time and Money
  Genetic Engineering News (press release) - New Rochelle, NY, USA
  RFID (radio frequency identification) technologies are expected to have a big impact on health care in the very near future. Companies with RFID products ...
• MIKOH Smart&Secure: RFID Tag
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  In its standard form, Smart&Secure disables an RFID tag if it is tampered with or moved. This prevents the tag being transferred from genuine to counterfeit ...
• RFID Low Level Reader Protocol (LLRP) Interview With Rob Buck
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  RFID Connections interviewed Rob Buck, RFID software engineer with Intermec, on the importance of the Low Level Reader Protocol recently published by ...
• RFID: moving beyond the pilot stage
  ComputerWeekly.com - UK
  RFID has the potential to transform supply chains and offer significant business advantage, but there have been more pilots and trials than full-scale ...
• RFID Physical Security To Prevent Supply Chain Counterfeiting ...
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  RFID technology in applications ranging from tracking airline baggage to inventory management of pharmaceutical supplies to purses, RFID can bring true ...
• Metro Group completes RFID rollout
  Emballage Digest - Boulogne Billancourt, France
  Metro Group in late October completed deployment of the radio frequency identification (RFID) technology in Germany. At 180 locations operated by the sales ...
• Finding The Value: RFID And Airlines Interview
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  RFID Connections interviewed Scot Stelter, Director for Product Marketing at Alien Technology, on the value of RFID for air travelers. ...
• RFID Markets Stay Strong: ABI Research Expects 21% Annual Growth ...
  Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
  "Given the recent amount of activity and anticipation surrounding RFID technology, one might be tempted to believe the RFID market has been experiencing ...
• Atlas RFID Solutions Construction Technology Solution
  RFID Solutions Online (press release) - Erie, PA, USA
  With real-time tracking utilizing RFID technology, much of this every day stress can be significantly reduced, leading to significant cost savings. ...

News from November 15, 2007

• RFID: Education is More Than Explaining the Technology
  Rfid.org - Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  No matter where you are in the RFID ecosystem -- a company using or considering using the technology, a legislator or member of a public policy committee, ...
• RFID is now standard at IFCO SYSTEMS' new system-pallet
  www.inar.de - Germany
  IFCO SYSTEMS sees RFID technology as being of most value to its customers when integrated into large capacity transportation systems and is equipping all of ...
• Impinj Demos New Approach for Pharma RFID Tagging
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA
  One of the challenges pharmaceutical makers face in implementing RFID is how to accurately encode products without backing up high-speed production lines. ...
• RFID Live Europe - a personal view
  IT-Director.com - USA
  Pierce saw the current trend around RFID Networks as both an opportunity for open supply chain network support across multiple organisations and national ...
• RFID Journal LIVE! Canada to Host Special RFID Seminar for Small ...
  PR Web (press release) - Ferndale, WA, USA
  This special seminar, "RFID Technology: Small Investment for Big Benefits," will be held on November 26, 2007 at the Toronto Congress Centre, ...
• RFID creeps into retail
  ITWeb - Gauteng, South Africa
  The Wall Street Journal reported despite its initial promise to revolutionise the supply chain, RFID technology never took off in line with the wild ...
• RFID Tracks Produce From Field to Fork
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  14, 2007—For the past six months, a US fruit and vegetable producer has been utilizing an RFID-based system to trace the movement of its products as they ...
• Sony forms joint chip venture for secure RFID apps
  Inquirer - Harrow, England, UK
  NXP – known for its mobile phone orientated chips, was founded by Philips which, along with Sony, is a founder of the RFID standard for mobile phones – NFC ...
• GS1 UK: GS1 UK launches Test Centre to provide real-world RFID ...
  Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles, CA, USA
  Hosted by Intellident, the Centre is a GS1 UK service set up to help organisations understand and gain the business benefits that can be achieved from RFID ..

News from November 14, 2007

• BAA set to launch Heathrow RFID trial
  ZDNet UK - UK>
  Airport operator BAA is preparing to kick off an RFID luggage-tracking trial at Heathrow. Back in the summer the track and trace pilot was slated for a ...
• Public Trust of RFID
  Government Technology - Folsom, CA, USA>
  In October, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a law banning the forced implantation of radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags in humans ...
• RFID Inspired Solution Conquers the Last 100 Feet of the Retail ...
  CNNMoney.com - USA>
  Handleman and epcSolutions saw an opportunity to combine their existing core competencies, together with RFID, to provide retailers and suppliers with ...
• OATSystems' Customer Hewlett-Packard Named to InfoWorld 100 for ...
  Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA>
  HP was recognized for its innovative use of RFID to track individual printers through the manufacturing process. HP tracks its printers using OATSystems' ...
• RFID tracks drugs
  ITWeb - Gauteng, South Africa>
  The two companies have agreed to jointly create what they're calling a Serialisation Pilot Kit, which would allow pharmaceutical companies to give RFID ...
• AIM Sets Sites on Promoting RFID Value
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA>
  AIM Global is going from passive to active in its efforts to build awareness and understanding of RFID technologies. The industry association announced ...
• Self-correcting RFID reader improves accuracy, claims manufacturer
  FoodProductionDaily.com - Montpellier, France>
  By Ahmed ElAmin 14/11/2007 - A new radio frequency identification (RFID) reader is the "first" self-diagnostic and correcting long range high frequency ...
• Today's RFID Update
  RFID Update - Alexandria, VA, USA>
  Editor's Note: Today's top story is a new PR and public outreach campaign by AIM Global to raise public awareness, understanding, and appreciation of RFID. ...
• Does RFID Spell TAX?
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA>
  14, 2007—In the world of electronics, RFID tags are relatively simple devices, consisting of a low-memory integrated circuit (IC) and an antenna. ...

News from November 13, 2007

No news available.

News from November 12, 2007

• Metro Group completes Europe's largest RFID rollout
  FoodProductionDaily.com - Montpellier, France
  By Ahmed ElAmin 13/11/2007 - The Metro Group has upped the ante in Europe's move toward using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, ...
• Gamma Solutions introduces new Intermec IV7C vehicle mount RFID reader
  Ferret - Australia
  Gamma Solutions has introduced the Intermec IV7C, Intermec's new version of its vehicle mount RFID reader. This rugged RFID tag reader is designed to read ...
• Not Everyone Thinks RTLS-RFID Union Makes Sense
  RFID News - Tallahassee, FL, USA
  Company technology leaders are becoming more interested real-time tracking of inventory via RFID. In response, IndustryWeek's op-ed piece "Where's My Stuff? ...
• Active RFID in Healthcare and Hospitals - IDTechEx Analyst Article ...
  Packaging & Converting Essentials (press release) - Antwerp, Belgium
  Active RFID has a power supply in the tag to manage sensors, initiate signals, increase range and so on. It is rapidly gaining a place in the healthcare ...
• Practice run for pharma RFID
  In-PharmaTechnologist.com - London, UK
  By Anna Lewcock 13/11/2007 - IBM has teamed up with RFID specialist Tagsys to offer pharmaceutical manufacturers a chance to have a practice run ...
• RFID Strategy -- Where's My Stuff? Confusion Exists Between RFID ...
  IndustryWeek - USA
  13, 2007 -- Recent reports tout increases in RFID equipment sales and Wi-Fi real-time location systems. This growth is echoed by our clients at the Emerging ...
• Abelson Group Tapped by Industry Consortium AIM Global To ...
  Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
  The comprehensive initiative, which carries the theme "RFID: Making the World a Better Place," will combine and leverage the broad resources of AIM Global ...
• Paper Substrates for RFID Tags
  Semiconductor International - USA
  This article documents a study conducted to demonstrate ultralow-cost paper substrates for the realization of economic RFID tags that can be integrated with ...
• Agence Metropolitaine de Transport (AMT) in Montreal Improves Bus ...
  CNNMoney.com - USA
  This unique integration of RFID and WLAN serves to seamlessly deliver AMT's bus riders with real-time arrival and departure information, reducing passenger ...
• TAGSYS Announces Intelligent Infrastructure for RFID Networks
  Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
  "The Medio L400 and e-connectware create an intelligent infrastructure that enables customers to treat RFID as part of their network fabric to ensure that ...
• Thin Battery Technologies Appoints RFID Industry Veteran Matt Ream ...
  Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
  Prior to joining Thin Battery, Ream spent over 18 years in the high-tech engineering industry, 13 specifically in RFID. Most recently, Ream held senior RFID ...
• Costa View Farms Milks Savings From RFID
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  12, 2007—At Costa View Farms in Madera, Calif., more than 6000 dairy cows have been tagged with passive RFID transponders encoded with unique ID numbers. ...
• Metro Group Expands Its RFID Trial
  eWeek - New York, NY
  By Evan Schuman One of the more aggressive retail RFID backers in the world, Germany's Metro Group, announced Nov. 9 that it is moving its pilot to the ...
• Glass Houses: RFID Finds a Home in Libraries
  EMediaLive.com - Wilton, CT, USA
  Anyway, company CEO Michael Lax, brought to my attention a market that has made RFID work: libraries, where media shrinkage is, of course, a major concern. ...
• IBM and TAGSYS Team on Serialization Pilot Kit for Pharmaceutical ...
  CNNMoney.com - USA
  RFID Hardware: TAGSYS HF reader stations (based on the new L400 Long Range Reader) with integrated diverters that can be easily added to a packaging line, ...
• IPICO confirms option grant to new RFID VP
  Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA Mr. Greaves most recently was Vice President Global RFID Group for NCR Corporation and prior to this was a Director in Deloitte Touche's Global Technology ...
• Sybase iAnywhere Drives Innovation in RFID Industry
  Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
  (BUSINESS WIRE)--Sybase iAnywhere today announced continuing momentum for the adoption of its leading RFID Anywhere ® software infrastructure to power ...
• Progressive Gaming to Introduce Latest Versions of Table iD^TM and ...
  Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
  The newest version on display at this year's G2E will demonstrate 13.56 MHz Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology and updated interfaces to allow ...
• RFID News: Radio Frequency Identification Starting to Deliver Real ...
  Supply Chain Digest - Dayton, OH, USA
  Seven months after a highly negative article in which it reported that Wal-Mart's RFID program was struggling amid difficulty in delivering value for ...

News from November 11, 2007

• RFID Training Now Available in Pearl River Delta Region, China
  PR Leap (press release) - Chula Vista, CA, USA
  The collaboration will bring the most current RFID Training to one of the fastest growing RFID markets in the world. The initial training will be held at ...
• Broad range of Atmel RFID devices available from Soanar
  Ferret - Australia
  For 125-/134 kHz contactless read-write RF identification systems, Atmel offers a broad range of RFID devices, delivered as die on wafer, die in tray, ...
• As You Like It
  RFID Journal - Melville, NY, USA
  RFID may enable establishments to provide more personalized services and pampering that result in return business. For example, with RFID-enabled room key ...
• KeyLime Cove waterpark goes cashless with RFID
  UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
  Precision Dynamics (PDC) reports that it is implementing its Smart Band RFID wristband at KeyLime Cove Water Resort in Gurnee, Illinois, USA. ...
• Tracking People Using Bluetooth
  Slashdot - USA
  Perhaps he might like to consider using an RFID scanner in addition to the Bluetooth one, so that RFID chips being carried by people could also be used to ...