Recently I discovered a new publication called RFID Product News. The site has a useful approach to presenting information. For instance, there is this page containing facts and figures about RFID...
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Wired News had a short piece last week about the U.S. government's plan to require U.S. Passports to be embedded with RFID chips. The new requirement takes effect early in 2005. That report has...
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"An associate of Osama bin Laden crawls into a container -- along with some new luxury cars -- in a shipyard in Hamburg, Germany. The goal -- shipping himself to the United States and evading...
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A recent survey by Unisys U.K. found that just under half of board level executives had no idea what RFID is. Source: "Senior management 'clueless' about RFID." I do not find this...
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This afternoon I am giving a presentation on the basics of RFID to a group of Information Technology students (SITE organization) at the University of Akron. I've loaded a copy of my presentation...
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MasterCard says that its new RFID-based payment system, called PayPass, is headed toward a roll-out nationally in the U.S. But the roll-out will be in stages on a market-by-market basis. It already...
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If you have missed the little session on CFRA radio last week - here is the mp3 webcast (6MB).......
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RFID is one of those areas where the big dogs lead the way. Boeing is no exception. It is leading the RFID charge into the aerospace industry. However, Boeing is not issuing mandates. According to...
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RFID in Japan reports that a fishery association in Japan is tagging shellfish to prevent theft from a protected fishing area: Awabi, expensive shell fish, is one of the first kinds of fish to be...
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Entrepreneur Magazine says that small businesses will be reading a lot about RFID in 2005, but not actually adopting it until a few years following that. I'd say that pretty much sums up the...
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Here in the United States you can't turn on a news show without seeing a segment on the lack of security in shipping containers. ABI Research has just issued a report suggesting that RFID is one...
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EWeek has a substantive article pointing out all the challenges with RFID -- just in case you need to read about them one more time! But buried in the article I found these two useful nuggets, about...
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EPC Global, an industry association helping lead the way for adoption of RFID in the retail industry, now has a new president. Chris Adcock, a former executive with Gillette, takes over the helm at a...
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Editor's note: We are pleased to provide another special report from guest blogger Atul Salgaonkar, Founder of RFID Solutions:RFID is Powerful, but not for Everyone...Yet. Powerful as it is, RFID...
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Many organizations have a lot of money tied up in reusable logistics assets. These are items such as totes and racks used to deliver goods to stores, bins and roll cages to move parts from suppliers...
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I am excited to announce that next week we will be hosting Carnival of the Capitalists here at the RFID Weblog. It might strike some as a little strange to be hosting a business cyber-event at a...
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From the "Comments" section: Photoncourier asks a great question: "Anita, here's an elementary question that I don't think I've ever seen answered crisply. What can one do...
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The Economist has an interesting contrarian article. According to it, you shouldn't worry about RFID naysayers, or assume there will be disappointment from RFID implementations. "SO...
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A recent survey of 350 IT executives shows a lower level of understanding about RFID than anticipated, but considerable enthusiasm for the technology. That is according to a survey conducted by...
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