Posted on January 31st, 2006 by Clay McCarter
TAPPI is seeking qualified speakers to deliver educational presentations at its first RFID Symposium, which will be held June 7-8, 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Designed in partnership with RFID4U, a leading provider of radio frequency identification learning solutions, the symposium will offer opportunities for professionals in the paper and converting industries to learn about […]
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Posted on January 31st, 2006 by Clay McCarter
G2 Microsystems Inc., a developer of integrated circuits for the Mobile Resource Management (MRM) market, today announced that Siemens Venture Capital (SVC), a subsidiary of Siemens AG, has made a strategic investment in G2 Microsystems. Siemens investment will advance G2 Microsystems’ research and development efforts in the design of ultra low-power, active MRM chips for […]
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Posted on January 31st, 2006 by Clay McCarter
The fifth annual event from IDTechEx and the worlds largest on Smart Labels, hosted in Boston, MA, on March 28-29, 2006 covers new ground. Raghu Das, CEO IDTechEx, explores why this event is different and highlights massive needs - and opportunities. www.smartlabelsusa.com
RFID is acknowledged as an enabling technology impacting many areas of human […]
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Posted on January 30th, 2006 by Clay McCarter
Comptia will soon make availible a new entry-level qualification for individuals working on RFID, in anticipation of an shortfall in employees who will soon need to deal with the technology.
Experts welcomed the news and predicted demand for RFID skills is set to soar as large retailers such as Tesco and Marks & Spencer undertake wider […]
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Posted on January 27th, 2006 by Clay McCarter
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Kimberly-Clark has made a decision to adopt the Alien ALR-9800 reader for operations. Initially planned to be placed in key supply chain locations KC will use the technology to monitor shipments of goods from manufacturing to distribution facilities.
One quarter of the world’s population uses a Kimberly-Clark product on a daily basis. […]
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Posted on January 25th, 2006 by Clay McCarter
Volvo is thinking about using RFID to keep track of material in its warehouses.
The company has already worked with Nokia to test RFID tracking of automotive parts through its supply chain, and could now use the technology to track IT assets such as computers.
“RFID could be something quite big for us at Volvo in terms […]
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Posted on January 23rd, 2006 by Clay McCarter
Read the press release here.
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Posted on January 20th, 2006 by Clay McCarter
Privacy advocates and their partner coalitions are pleading with the Department of Homeland Security not to include the use of Radio Frequency Identification chips in its regulations for implementing the Real ID Act for state drivers licenses.
In a Jan. 13 letter to Secretary Michael Chertoff, the groups assert that RFID costs a lot, lacks standardized […]
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Posted on January 20th, 2006 by Clay McCarter
It has been reported that in five years, banks around the world will have shorter lines and personalized welcomes with the use of RFID and biometric scanning.
A Reuters article on Yahoo.com reports that consultancy firm Accenture believes these technologies will be tested and put into place at banks and retailers. At banks, for example, a […]
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Posted on January 19th, 2006 by Clay McCarter
Avery Dennison RFID and Printronix Inc. have recently published specifications for all of Avery Dennison’s UHF RFID inlays used in Printronix’s family of RFID printers and printer applicators.
With this qualification, the Printronix SmartLine family becomes the first UHF printers and encoders to support Avery Dennison’s entire line of inlays, including the new Gen 2 AD-220. […]
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