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by gautam on May 14, 2006
Sun Microsystems has come up with the first RFID and sensor based Java Net Community Web site for Java developers. One can visit the site on http://sun.java.net/rfid-sensors. Now all must be...
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T.D. Clark writes at the Industrial Market Trends Blog advocating the use of RFID and global tracking seals to ensure security at U.S. and other countries' ports: The government's two-tiered...
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by gautam on May 11, 2006
Mckenna, Long & Aldridge have launched a new RFID Law Blog this week. The firm would be using the site for the purpose of providing information and commentary on legislative initiatives which are...
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Wired magazine has an article about the hackers who are hacking RFID chips in order to make a point about security:"James Van Bokkelen is about to be robbed. A wealthy software entrepreneur, Van...
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With the world's most popular sporting event, the World Cup Football a few days away, I thought I must remind my readers that this tournament would be RFID enabled. This tournament would be...
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Intermec has come up with a reusable, rugged tag which can withstand extreme temperatures and hazardous exposures which is common in manufacturing and material handling exposures. Called the Intermec...
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The famous jeans company Levi Strauss has gone ahead and tested RFID tags on its clothes that were shipped to its stores in U.S. and Mexico. The company says that the tests were meant for tracking...
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Philips Research is developing a low cost RFID tag which is based on plastic electronics, is thin as a paper as is just the size of postage stamp. It is expected that this tag would replace existing...
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by gautam on May 05, 2006
Lockheed Martin has gone ahead and acquired Savi Technology for an undisclosed sum but it is being speculated that the deal is for around $400 million. It seems to be an unusual move since defense...
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Taking note of the privacy concerns regarding RFID, IBM has come up with clipped tag technology which enables the consumers to tear or scratch off RFID antennae which diminishes the threat of an...
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SmartCode Corp has made available RFID inlays at a historical price of five cents per tag. Isn't it cheap but hold on here is the catch, one needs to order hundred million tags in order to avail...
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The second edition of Digital rfid magazine (May - June 2006) has just come out. Go here to read your free copy of Digital RFID. Mind you, it is not a website. It is not a printed magazine. It......
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Last week I wrote about the new RFID workforce survey issued by the group, RFID Tribe. I've got another interesting tidbit for you from that same report. The following chart shows the key...
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About a month ago I met some of the people from ODIN Technologies at the Smart Labels USA conference. One of them was Michelle Reilly, Marketing Director, who is in the photograph to the left, holding...
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