Seen that? - RFID Businesses - the New Startup Darlings?

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RFID Businesses - the New Startup Darlings? The RFID Weblog

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's right. The site is: "an experiment about building a dotcom business (on paper) and then making it grow. It will be similar to 'paper' stock trading in nature. I will go through the complete process of building a business, right [...] Read More


Injecting RFID Tags Into People The RFID Weblog

Remember Mikey Sklar and the Faraday cage pants? Back in October 2005 I wrote about him and his experimental project in "Building a Faraday Cage in Clothing to Shield RFID Tags." Well, Mikey's at it again. This time he had a surgeon friend implant an RFID tag in his hand. Now before you go "Eeeeewww" just keep in mind that implanting an RFID tag is probably no more invasive than some [...] Read More


RFID UHF Reader Prices to Fall The RFID Weblog

We have talked a lot on this blog about RFID tag prices dropping. New production techniques as well as increased demand did their fine work, and resulted in lower tag prices -- especially in large volumes. Now one research firm is predicting that prices will likewise fall for RFID readers that use the UHF band. According to ABI Research: "RFID readers using the UHF band are among the most expensive purchases for [...] Read More


Shaw selects ODIN technologies to design and install a radio frequency identification (RFID) system Supplychainer

Carpet and rug company Shaw Industries Group has tapped selected ODIN technologies to design and install a radio frequency identification (RFID) system for supply chain optimization and to also comply with the RFID mandate from retailer Wal-Mart. According to Supply and Demand Chain Executive, Shaw, which is part of the Berkshire Hathaway portfolio, plans on leveraging RFID technology to solve multiple business issues. "We believe RFID holds great promise to improve [...] Read More


RFID Can Stop Your Heart... The Wireless Weblog

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Jeffrey Smith A new study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association has found that electromagnetic interference generated by RFID chips can interfere with key medical equipment in hospitals. "Scientists set up two different kinds of RFID devices inside an empty intensive care unit room," writes TechNewsWorld's JR Raphael. "They measured whether electromagnetic interference from the chips was reaching 41 nearby Medical devices, ranging from [...] Read More