28 Jul, 2005Nedap’s “booster” enables existing prox IDs to power advanced vehicle access control
Automatic vehicle identification (AVI) technology can be used to track and authorize automobiles as they enter and exit parking facilities. A Dutch company called NedapAVI has added to this the ability to also identify the driver of the vehicle via the same system. Making this even more innovative, they can do it all using the […]
21 Jul, 2005“Mad Cow” Policy: The National Animal Identification System
David C. Wyld is the Mayfield Professor of Management and the Director of the Strategic e-Commerce Initiative at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, Louisiana. The word from the plains of Texas is not good. Earlier this month, investigators confirmed that the U.S. has suffered its second case in three years of “Mad Cow” disease (also […]
21 Jul, 2005Cape Systems’ Tag Location
One of the biggest challenges facing the RFID supply chain is choosing the right type of tag and then deciding where it should be placed on the product’s packaging. Incorrectly placed tags can lead to poor reading results and could mean failure to meet mandated compliance standards. This is where CAPE Systems, with its tag […]
21 Jul, 2005Boeing finds the simple approach to prevent spoilage
Taking it step-by-step means small upfront cost at St. Louis facility By Victoria Forlini Dipping RFID tags in liquid nitrogen may not be standard operating procedure for most projects, but Boeing IDS believes a sub-zero experiment may help reduce spoilage and track containers in their plant here. Supply chain manager Steve Georgevitch and his team […]
20 Jul, 2005A History of the EPC
The following is an excerpt of RFID: Applications, Security, and Privacy. This chapter is written by EPC pioneer Sanjay Sarma1. Although the concept of radio frequency identification (RFID) is not new, the term RFID has been in use for only a couple of decades.2 In the 1980s and 1990s, long after the early use of […]
19 Jul, 2005VeriChip Prevents Infant Abduction at NC Hospital
VeriChip Corporation, a subsidiary of Applied Digital (Nasdaq: ADSX – News), a leading provider of security and identification technology, announced today that its “Hugs” RFID infant protection system has prevented the abduction of a baby at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte, North Carolina. On July 15, the Hugs system went into alarm when the infant was […]
13 Jul, 2005Educating the public about the privacy-protecting potential of smart cards and identity solutions
By Dennis Bailey, Comter Systems COO & author of The Open Society Paradox Since 9/11, when a lack of a secure identification system in America made possible the terrorist attack, I am amazed at how far and fast the identification industry has developed. Along with many observers in the field, I believe that 2005 finds […]
06 Jul, 2005Bike-Gate System
“The Maruyoshi Cycle bike parking lot in Osaka (yeah, they have those over there) has reportedly cut theft from one bike monthly to zero for over a year now by implementing the system, which consists of one embedded tag in the front wheel of the user%u2019s bike, and a counterpart RFID tag that links the […]
17 Jun, 2005CVS Payment Terminals
“CVS Corp. is installing RFID-enabled terminals for processing various types of payment card transactions at its 5,400 pharmacy retail stores nationwide, according to Hypercom Corp., the maker of the terminals. Phoenix-based Hypercom announced this week that CVS has bought 12,000 of its Optimum L4100 terminals, which include embedded radio frequency identification readers that can capture […]
07 Jun, 2005RFID News Monthly
< ? $key="4567"; ?> This month editors explore more entrenched RFID programs. Manhattan Associates and Precision Dynamics are making headway into large-scale, live operations &mdash in this issue the prison system and a large California produce company. Dr. Peter Harrop of research group IDTechEx explains the state of the industry and makes some long term […]
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