Relatively young, as card programs go, East Stroudsburg University’s eCard began just four years ago. The small four-year Pennsylvania school located in the Pocono Mountains was using a photo ID card that included the Social Security Number, a rising cause for concern in today’s ID-theft-prone world. In March 2000, the 6,200-student university recarded the campus, […]

In the face of recurring animal disease epidemics, the European Union (EU) wants to ensure that its meat products meet high safety standards, and the semiconductor division of Royal Philips Electronics has already implemented its RFID technology for animal tracking through a Spanish reference project and an Italian pilot scheme. In recent years, the repeated […]

MSNBC – Cloaking system for RFID tags unveiled “The blocker tags work by emitting radio frequencies designed to trick RFID readers into believing that they are being presented with unwanted data, or spam, causing the information collection devices to shun the incoming transmission. RSA claims that by placing an RFID-loaded product into a parcel bearing […]

RFID leader supporting development of EPC UHF Gen2 standard DALLAS, TX (February 24, 2004) – Texas Instruments Radio Frequency Identification (TI-RFid™) Systems, a worldwide leader of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, today announced it is has joined the Hardware Action Group (HAG) of EPCglobal, Inc., the technical action group responsible for developing RFID technology standards. […]

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a final report highlighting steps the agency is taking to keep the US drug supply secure in the face of increasingly sophisticated criminal efforts to introduce counterfeit drugs. And, with new technologies brought to the fore, RFID suppliers have been quick to announce their support and […]

Integrated RFID Offering Safeguards Pharmaceutical Supply Chain SANTA CLARA, Calif. and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/– Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW), and SupplyScape Corporation announced today a Pharmaceutical Anti-Counterfeit RFID Package, an offering enabling companies in the pharmaceutical supply chain to combat counterfeiting and diversion while gaining efficiencies throughout the supply chain. The offering addresses […]

The CPG-packaging RFID integrator, Checkpoint Systems Inc., has made an initial minority investment in Goliath Solutions, a start-up developer of RFID technology for point-of-purchase advertising and display compliance, targeting grocery stores, drugstore chains, mass merchandisers, and convenience stores. Strategically positioned advertising and marketing displays within a retail store’s dynamic selling space can dramatically increase consumer […]

The UK department store, Marks & Spencer, has reported on the results and findings of its first item-level RFID technology trial on a selection of men’s suits, shirts, and ties at its High Wycombe branch from October 13th to November 7th, 2003. Consequently, the company has announced a second, much wider trial. Marks & Spencer […]

CBC Saskatchewan “By this time next year, farmers must start using a brand new identification system aimed at tracing cattle and minimizing the risks associated with mad cow, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Cattle producers have only been using mandatory ear tags for a couple of years, but now they are being told to replace […]

Technology – story – canada.com network “Business conference name tags could soon be doing as much networking as the people wearing them. Developers of the technology behind the name tags, dubbed nTags, see a huge potential in their application for everything from post-seminar interaction to conducting customer and employee surveys. … nTags reveal to the […]