Posted on November 18th, 2004 by Clay McCarter
Pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma LP is working closely with law-enforcement agencies to use radio-frequency identification technology to protect shipments of OxyContin, Purdue’s painkiller drug that’s a frequent target for theft. This week Purdue said it will even donate handheld RFID scanning equipment to law-enforcement and cargo-theft investigative agencies around the country.
Purdue is also starting […]
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Posted on November 18th, 2004 by Clay McCarter
As a leading global logistics supplier, United Parcel Service of America Inc. is closely monitoring radio-frequency identification technology. UPS has several tests under way and says its package-tracking processes will leverage RFID as soon as customers want it.
The company’s RFID efforts are part of a four-pronged strategy to be ready to lead as the […]
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Posted on November 18th, 2004 by Clay McCarter
BANGALORE, India — RFID software developer OATSystems Inc. has opened a center here to serve as its global RFID research and development hub. The center will also serve as a service arm for Asian, European and North American customers.
OATSystems (Waltham, Mass.) also announced it will partner with Indian software developer Infosys Technologies Ltd. to […]
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Posted on November 18th, 2004 by Clay McCarter
A year ago, Steve Halliday, president of High Tech Aid (724-443-7518) and the former vice president of technology for AIM, the trade association for the automatic identification industry, predicted that 2004 would be the year of the RFID pilot.
As 2004 comes to an end, Halliday believes those pilots have raised at least four key questions […]
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Posted on November 18th, 2004 by Clay McCarter
From our friends at Engadget comes news that, for tracking purposes, a school district in Texas has issued each of their students an ID badge with an RFID chip embedded inside it. Supposedly this will help track attendance, as if kids aren’t smart enough to figure out ways to bypass technology. Right.
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Posted on November 16th, 2004 by Clay McCarter
The Food and Drug Administration announced an initiative to prevent theft and counterfeiting of prescription drugs through the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. The effort involved publication of an FDA Compliance Policy Guide for implementing RFID feasibility studies and pilot programs that are designed to enhance the safety and security of the drug […]
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Posted on November 16th, 2004 by Clay McCarter
No one has complained of a security breach related to an RFID deployment–yet. Businesses and vendors alike acknowledge that security remains a question mark and that it has taken a backseat to the focus on bottom-line results and returns on investment for RFID-enabling their supply chains, for now.
However, with a technology as ubiquitous as radio-frequency […]
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Posted on November 12th, 2004 by Clay McCarter
Last month, the FDA approved an implantable, rice-grain-sized microchip for use in humans. The tiny subcutaneous RFID chip, made by a company called VeriChip, is being marketed as a lifesaving device. If you’re brought to an emergency room unconscious, a scanner in the hospital doorway will read your chip’s unique ID. That will unlock your […]
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