A research group at 3M Company has developed a prototype for new RFID tags that are inexpensive and can be used on consumer items such as shampoo bottles and soup cans. According to a report in MIT...
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Legoland theme parks in denmark have started to issue RFID bracelets to children. The bracelets track the children wherever they are in the park. Park officials can then direct parents to where their...
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RFID Journal, the dominant big media news source for the RFID market, is putting on a series of educational programs called RFID University. RFID University is 2 days, and covers the basics of RFID...
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There's a new report out that analyzes RFID patents issued before December 31, 2003. It's called RFID 2003. What a great way to learn about the latest RFID technology innovations. And you can...
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Minimal or no regulation is usually a good thing. The U.S. Federal Trade commission says it has no current plans to regulate RFID. According to a short report in RCR News, the FTC says it is in the...
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Filed in archive by Anita Campbell on June 11, 2004
I will be taking time off for a vacation for the next week or so. I will be back on June 21.......
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Intermec has sued Matrics claiming infringement in several of its patents. "Intermec believes has infringed on RFID patents that cover readers, chips, RFID tag operation and the association of...
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Japan is planning to implant RFID chips in foreign dogs as a way to prevent rabies. JapanToday has the article and does not make it clear exactly how rabies will be prevented. My assumption is that...
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The hong kong Airport is undertaking the largest RFID project in Asia. It will be implementing a luggage tracking system using RFID, to go live January 2005. RFID Journal has the scoop here.......
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RFID will take on a larger share of IT spending over the next year. Information Week reports in a new Forrester Research study out June 1, 2004 (requires fee): According to senior analyst christine...
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The San Jose Mercury News has a fascinating article about Charles Walton, whom they dub the "Father of RFID."Although Walton did not strictly invent RFID technology, he was responsible for...
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OK, OK, this post is not about RFID strictly. Rather, it is about RFID tags' first cousins, sensors. Looks like judges will be able to measure the power behind martial arts blows by using sensors:...
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From vnunet.com comes a report that RFID is driving sales of supply chain management systems. Companies had been cautious about investing in supply chain solutions. But RFID seems to have...
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Mark Roberti, the Founder and Editor of RFID Journal, has an interesting opinion piece suggesting that company executives need to educate themselves about RFID. and not simply expect to rely on a...
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From Paul Golding's Weblog on Wireless: "...an emerging-technology expert from Deloittes produced a figure from Walmart that the expected daily data flow from RFID tags will be 2.6 Petabytes....
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