“Texas Instruments (TI) and VeriSign have announced a new model for a drug authentication platform that combines 13.56 MHz RFID technology and a public key infrastructure (PKI) for data encryption. The platform model would allow drug manufacturers to authenticate drugs at the item level and deploy a track-and-trace e-pedigree system through a two-phase deployment. “

“To be an enhancement to item-level, real-time product security, the Authenticated RFID model aims to strengthen authentication between the tag and any Authenticated RFID reader, between manufacturer and consumer. The model combines ISO/IEC standard 13.56 MHz RFID and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) technologies.”

RFID helps prevent wrong-site surgery and other medical mishaps By Marisa Torrieri A patient needs a new knee. A nurse marks a big “X” on his right knee. Think “X” marks the spot? Sometimes surgeons don’t and they operate on the wrong knee. At best, wrong-site surgeries like these turn into a multi million-dollar lawsuit. […]

By Dann Anthony Maurno Intermec Technologies Corp. is offering its version of a summer sale on its patent portfolio; and, yes, it’s only available until just before Labor Day. The company announced on May 4 its Rapid Start Licensing Program, which provides RFID manufacturers access to Intermec’s 140+ portfolio of RFID patents at reduced rates. […]

< ? $key="3456"; ?> Things are happening on campus this month in addition to graduation. New software editions, new uses for proximity cards, and new imaging solutions are among the things our CR80News editorial team uncovered in recent weeks. Blackboard hopes its new Universal Edition™ will have universal appeal to both existing and potential clients […]

Printing high-quality color images on ID cards has become a straightforward, basic function for card program staff. This is a testament to the high quality printers, supplies, and plastic cards available today. But what happens when a new identification technology is added to the mix? Must our comfortable printing processes change if a proximity, contactless, […]

Wanted: innovators who anticipate the complexity of future RFID networks By Steve Smith You know that line chart projecting billions of revenue for the RFID market by 2008? Leave it out of your next pitch to venture capitalists. “Everybody’s got the hockey stick chart,” says Aaron Cheatham, principal at Mobius Venture Capital. Claiming that your […]