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by gautam on August 23, 2007
There seems to be effort going around to give as much exposure as possible to RFID and in one such effort Technology Extension Service of the university of Maryland has unveiled an RFID assessment pro...
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by Anita Campbell on November 4, 2006
Recently the people at Hong Kong-based China Elite Technology sent me a copy of their white paper about "Smart Tokens" for ticketing in mass transit. Steven Wong, Product Development Directo...
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by Anita Campbell on March 7, 2006
The average company spends 4% of revenue on logistics assets such as pallets, bins, shipping containers, totes and other containers of various sorts. Obviously any company spending this kind of dough ...
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by Anita Campbell on March 1, 2006
I've noticed an interesting subculture. It's people with implanted RFID chips. It's a very small, but growing group.
You have the Mexican attorneys general who do it for secure access to ...
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by Anita Campbell on February 21, 2006
Last summer, in August 2005, Virgin Atlantic airways announced it was using RFID to track airplane parts.
At that time the company revealed it was using RFID to track the parts in the warehouse, by a...
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by Anita Campbell on November 17, 2005
"There is not one universal tag placement for all material. * * * Tag positioning on material: Vertical - Best, Horizontal - Good, Forward facing - Good, Backward facing - Fair, Top of material -...
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by Anita Campbell on October 18, 2005
Mark your calendars for October 26, 2005 at 1:00 PM Eastern U.S. time (New York time). Manufacturing Business Technology magazine is offering a free webcast outlining an RFID case study:
"Pacifi...
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by Anita Campbell on September 23, 2005
RFID-enabled cards using Intermec Intellitags are being used to speed crossings at the U.S. & Canadian border.
The program is intended for frequent travelers who cross via automobile.
Intermec...
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by Anita Campbell on July 27, 2005
The photo to your left is of an RFID tag contained on a skirt purchased at Old navy.
Up to now I wasn't aware that individually-tagged items of clothing were being sold at mainstream retail outle...
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by Anita Campbell on June 22, 2005
For that stickiest of problems -- remembering when you last wore an outfit so that you don't show up wearing the same clothes twice in a row -- comes this RFID concept.
It actually is a Master&#...
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by Anita Campbell on April 18, 2005
Is Las Vegas going to stop being the place where "what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas"?:
"What happens in Vegas, STAYS in Vegas." Holy crap. Are there any words more magical than...
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by Anita Campbell on April 6, 2005
Via Boing Boing comes a story about a guy who implanted a Phidgets RFID tag into his left hand.
The whole thing was captured in a Flickr photo slideshow here.
There is an interview by Jordan Ginsbu...
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by Anita Campbell on January 22, 2005
Having worked as a lawyer in a firm and in company legal departments, I can tell you that keeping track of client files can be a major challenge. The larger the law firm premises and the more files, ...
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by Anita Campbell on January 21, 2005
The brand-spanking-new Airbus A380 is the world's largest jet. And it is RFID-enabled.
According to RFID Insights from InformationWeek:
"The jet is equipped with 10,000 radio-frequency id...
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by Anita Campbell on January 10, 2005
Businessorati, who runs the BusinessWorks blog which is taking the interesting tack of starting an RFID business "on paper" (OK, on computer), has started something else new and innovative....
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by Anita Campbell on December 16, 2004
InformationWeek (through its RFID Insights newsletter/site) has designated Wal-Mart's Information Technology department the "IT Team of the Year."
There's a rather longish, in-depth...
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by Anita Campbell on November 11, 2004
Check out this interesting diversion. It's a site called Businessworks Inc -- a Dotcom in the Making.
The site is building an RFID and GPS transportation tracking business -- on paper. That'...
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by Anita Campbell on October 14, 2004
Here is a link to a veritable Goldmine of presentations on RFID, from the recent EPCglobal U.S. Conference. Incredible insights. Hat tip to Dr. Vijayaraman for the link.
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by Anita Campbell on September 22, 2004
Recently someone sent me a link to this interesting company, Visionary Technology in Library Solutions (VTLS).
They have a tight vertical market focus on the library industry, providing libraries wit...
