“The guidelines suggest businesses must inform consumers when they embed RFID tags in clothing seams, labels and packages, and alert them on ways to disable and dispose of the tags once items are purchased. Businesses also should alert consumers when they’re entering a commercial or public place where RFID technology is used. Businesses and consumer […]

“We think that RFID offers the easiest and most effective way to manage industrial tool rooms,” said Tom McDonald, president of Data Support, Inc. Mr. McD’s talking about Data Support’s partnership with General Dynamics, which just hit the wires. Data Support’s automated data collection and label printing solutions will help General Dynamics Land Systems track […]

According to ABI Research: “When Wal-Mart’s new CIO, Rollin Ford, addressed his troops upon taking office last week, he confirmed the company’s unabated enthusiasm for RFID, saying, ‘When Gen 2 was released we planned to make it our standard at the beginning of this year. We have done that, and I can confirm that we […]

Comparing RFID tags used in supply chain applications to contactless cards is like comparing go-carts to military tanks, says an HID Global spokesman in response to recent claims that RFID technology can spread viruses. RFID Viruses Pose No Threat for Access Control Applications IRVINE, Calif.– “RFID is a broad term that encompasses everything from simple […]

Tackling a 600 fpm conveyor at 10 feet per second, you better have a plan The situation: Armed with one RFID reader and four antennas, we had to figure out how to get a 100% read rate on tagged items as they moved along a conveyor. At first it seemed that the typical ‘box’ design […]

Back-room alliances, sleepless nights and billions at stake (This article originally ran in the May 2005 issue of RFIDOperations) By Dann Anthony Maurno, Contributing Editor RFIDOperations Until Sept. 10, 2003, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology had been nurturing the technology called Radio Frequency Identification. MIT’s Auto ID Center was a coalition of nearly 100 companies […]

By Rhea Wessel, Contributing Editor, RFID Operations LONDON—A recent study in the U.K. shows counterfeited or recalled medicine can be identified at the point of dispensing by pharmacists using RFID, which should increase patient safety and help pharmaceutical companies protect their brands. During the study, pharmacists were also alerted within minutes about a drug recall. […]

“From an equipment acquisition and maintenance perspective, it’s clearly optimal to have one reader that’s capable of any task – from reading linear and 2D bar codes to reading all RFID tags. From today’s cost perspective, however, it’s often more cost-effective to have a reader that is limited to the type of code reading that’s […]

“Digital Angel Corporation’s Denmark-based subsidiary, Daploma International A/S, has signed an exclusive three-year distribution agreement with South Africa-based IdAfrica Ltd to provide Digital Angel products in the cattle and sheep markets in South Africa. The agreement, which includes an initial order for 100,000 visual ear tags and a minimum order of 2 million tags during […]

Users of cell phone and PDAs with mini SD slots can now enable them to make contactless payments and more due to the NFC/RFID reader/writer introduced by Wireless Dynamics. The company’s SDiD 2010 integrates NFC and smart card functions into the mini-SD card from factor expanding the versatility of these phones and PDAs. Calgary, Alberta–Wireless […]