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News for the Week of Oct. 28, 2002
Nokia Moves to Item-Level Tracking
Power Paper To Produce Active Smart Labels
Evirotainer, Savi Will Offer Real-Time Air Cargo Tracking
Next-Generation Smart Card: Fast, Cheap, Secure
Vendor Profile: TrenStar Wants to Take
The Risk Out of RFID
OP-ED: Item-Level Trend Spotting
Nokia Tests Cell Phone Tracking
Nokia has been working with DHL and Tri-Mex to track shipments of cell phones as part of the U.K.’s Chipping of Goods initiative. The project has been so successful that the partners are expanding it. The Finnish phone maker will embed chips in individual cell phones, and Tri-Mex will track them as they move through DHL's distribution chain.
Full Story
New Unit for Active Smart Labels
Power Paper, a five-year-old Tel-Aviv company that makes thin, flexible batteries, has formed a new division called PowerID. The unit will develop battery-powered smart labels for applications in access control, supply chain management, security, transportation and ticketing.
Full Story
Partners To offer Air Cargo Tracking
Envirotainer, a leading provider of temperature-controlled air cargo containers, has teamed with Savi Technology to develop a system for securing and tracking air cargo containers in real-time.
Full Story
Inside's Next-Gen Smart Card
Inside Contactless, a French company that focuses on RFID-enabled smart cards, plans to introduce a next generation product that uses a 16-bit microprocessor. The company has licensed encryption technology from NTRU to secure data stored on the card.
Full Story
VENDOR PROFILE
TrenStar: RFID With Less Risk
The Denver-based asset-management company has purchased millions of beer kegs from two leading U.K. brewers. It’s putting RFID tags on the kegs and will track them for clients for a fee. And it’s moving into other industries. Is this the model that will spur adoption?
Subscribers Only
OP-ED: Item-Level Trend Spotting
A lot of people I meet say item-level tracking is many years away. Yet, in the last week we've published three stories about companies tracking unique items. Perhaps when a company announces that they have gone live with item-level tracking, people will begin to believe that RFID is about to cross the chasm.
Full Story
Nokia has been working with DHL and Tri-Mex to track shipments of cell phones as part of the U.K.’s Chipping of Goods initiative. The project has been so successful that the partners are expanding it. The Finnish phone maker will embed chips in individual cell phones, and Tri-Mex will track them as they move through DHL's distribution chain.
Full Story
New Unit for Active Smart Labels
Power Paper, a five-year-old Tel-Aviv company that makes thin, flexible batteries, has formed a new division called PowerID. The unit will develop battery-powered smart labels for applications in access control, supply chain management, security, transportation and ticketing.
Full Story
Partners To offer Air Cargo Tracking
Envirotainer, a leading provider of temperature-controlled air cargo containers, has teamed with Savi Technology to develop a system for securing and tracking air cargo containers in real-time.
Full Story
Inside's Next-Gen Smart Card
Inside Contactless, a French company that focuses on RFID-enabled smart cards, plans to introduce a next generation product that uses a 16-bit microprocessor. The company has licensed encryption technology from NTRU to secure data stored on the card.
Full Story
VENDOR PROFILE
TrenStar: RFID With Less Risk
The Denver-based asset-management company has purchased millions of beer kegs from two leading U.K. brewers. It’s putting RFID tags on the kegs and will track them for clients for a fee. And it’s moving into other industries. Is this the model that will spur adoption?
Subscribers Only
OP-ED: Item-Level Trend Spotting
A lot of people I meet say item-level tracking is many years away. Yet, in the last week we've published three stories about companies tracking unique items. Perhaps when a company announces that they have gone live with item-level tracking, people will begin to believe that RFID is about to cross the chasm.
Full Story
