The field of RFID middleware is still young. Technology vendors are feeling their way around and some still do not have a clear idea of what RFID middleware should do. But end users know what they...
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Answers.com is becoming my favorite search engine when I am looking for background information on a subject. The site has an extremely thorough and up-to-date section on RFID. For the most part, the...
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Last month I noted the recent workforce survey by RFID Tribe. One of the upshots of that survey was the realization of just how little formal training and experience in RFID most people have. The...
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RFID made the cover of InformationWeek in the most recent (June 20, 2005) edition. The story notes that RFID is proving itself in lots of unexpected ways: "We're starting to see a lot of...
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From InformationWeek comes this article about using RFID to keep track of tools that have a tendency to disappear: "Radio-frequency identification tags aren't just for the supply chain....
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A reader writes that he needs information on RFID-enabled shipping. He left this comment over at an earlier POSTing, RFID for Shipping Containers - Security AND Efficiency: "i need information...
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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...
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The RFID Society, a multinational group of professionals with expertise and an interest in RFID, have an interesting feature on their site: an RFID stock index. Here is how they describe the index:...
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A column at Supply & Demand Chain Executive suggests that the recent GAO report about usage of RFID in the U.S. government is too negative. It says, quote: "The GAO report is flawed and...
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Those of us here in the United States have heard some disturbing news about the threat of mad cow disease recently. Bloomberg has a good recap of the most recent concerns and the impact on markets...
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DHL plans to place tags on every package it ships. Except it won't happen for a while -- not until 2015. Still, even for a ten-year plan, DHL's goal is ambitious. One of the most notable...
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The Pondering Primate thinks the news about Microsoft teaming up with Symbol is the biggest news to come out of the RFID space thus far. He's referring to the news that Symbol has unveiled the...
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It's been over a year since I've written about sports ticketing using RFID (can it possibly be that long?). Back in March of 2004 I wrote about how RFID-tagged tickets would be used at the...
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Last September I wrote about the "Internet of Things" or ubiquitous computing. The Internet of Things is a description of a not-too-distant future time, where everyday objects, rooms and...
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RFID is the center of attention today at the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of arkansas. Today its RFID Research Center officially opens a new laboratory. The lab will be a...
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Interesting little piece in this week's RFID Insights newsletter from InformationWeek, about Microsoft's even bigger push into RFID. Editor Beth Bacheldor notes: "I've mentioned...
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In the past 12 months have you been hearing the term "smart label" much more frequently? I certainly have. The phrase has been in use longer than that, of course. But with RFID heating up it...
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Here's an interesting future use of RFID: RFID enabled clothing. Michael over at the Techwear Weblog (yes, wearable technology is an emerging new area), points to some student projects involving...
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Item-level tagging is the key to the retail store of the future. So says IBM. You are probably aware of the big push IBM has made into RFID. In fact, you can see it right on the IBM home......
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