“For the last couple of years,” says Robert Stuart, Product Manager at Sharp Microelectronics of the Americas, “smart cards have had to compromise on application capability due to size constraints in integrated circuits (ICs).” Mr. Stuart believes that this compromise is no longer necessary. That is because in May 2005 Sharp will launch a new […]

FDA-approved SurgiChip™ supports JCAHO National Patient Safety Goals by helping to eliminate wrong-site, wrong-patient, wrong-procedure surgeries AMTSystems announced today several new pilot programs for SurgiChip™ – the market’s first FDA-approved RFID verification system to help prevent wrong-patient, wrong-procedure and wrong-site surgeries. “With The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) reporting five to eight […]

Dates: April 25-26, 2005 Venue: Hyatt Regency McCormick Place Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA URL: http://www.eyefortransport.com/natech Contact: Jessica Thurber, [email protected] Description: Industry leading carriers, logistics providers and shippers come together to discuss the hottest issues and opportunities facing the transport and logistics industry today. In just two days, learn about where the industry is going, why, […]

“Efforts to introduce electronic-ticketing systems in Germany’s huge mass transit sector have moved forward with the successful testing of a smart card system that uses RFID (radio frequency identification).”

Awards could mean $200 million in contracts By Peter A. Buxbaum WASHINGTON D.C.—Five vendors won approval to supply the U.S. military with passive tags as part of a larger program that could be worth $200 million in government contracts over the next several years. This is the first of five groups of RFID sales awards. […]

By Andy Kowl, Editor RFID Operations When Wal-Mart announced on Jan. 11 at ProMat in Chicago that 57 suppliers were then shipping RFID-tagged cases and pallets, eyebrows were raised. The retailer has been under increasing scrutiny by the growing RFID industry and the business press, with rumors of poor compliance, low read-rates and broken machines. […]

Suppliers take a variety of routes to reach the RFID destination By Gene J. Koprowski Wal-Mart flexibly managed its 2005 mandate for leading vendors to RFID-enable their containers. The retailer allowed some strategic suppliers to slip past that date, as they worked out an array of compliance problems. By the end of January, the required […]