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News for the Week of Nov. 18, 2002
Vendors Show Off EPC Technology
Philips Unveils Low-Cost Chip Plans
STMicro Teams Up with Alien
SAMSys Eyes Smart Shelf Market
Zebra and PDC Target Healthcare
SPECIAL REPORT: Part 6: Improving Logistics
OP-ED: The World Just Changed
Vendors Show Off EPC Technology
Alien Technology, ThingMagic, Markem and other Auto-ID Center sponsors showed off RFID tags and readers at a board meeting held in Cambridge, Mass., last week. The demonstrations signal that the technology behind the electronic product code is ready for primetime.
Full Story
Philips Unveils Low-Cost Chip Plans
At the Auto-ID Center’s board meeting in Cambridge, Mass., last week, Philips Semiconductor, one of the world’s largest chipmakers, laid out a road map for producing hundreds of millions and eventually billions of low-cost chips that can be used in RFID labels and smart packaging.
Full Story
STMicro Teams Up with Alien
STMicroelectronics, the world’s third largest semiconductor company, has signed a letter of intent to form a strategic partnership with Alien Technology, a startup based in Morgan Hill, Calif. The deal creates another source of low-cost chips for Auto-ID Center-compliant RFID tags.
Full Story
SAMSys Eyes Smart Shelf Market
RFID reader maker SAMSys Technologies is looking to establish itself as a leader in the nascent market for smart shelves. The company has signed a reseller agreement with LG&P In-Store, which designs merchandising displays and marketing programs. More deals are in the works.
Full Story
Zebra and PDC Target Healthcare
Zebra Technologies, the barcode printing equipment provider, has teamed with Precision Dynamics Corp. to offer a printer that can produce patient wristbands with RFID tags. The technology, when used with software applications, could prevent life-threatening mistakes in hospitals.
Full Story
SPECIAL REPORT
Part 6: Improving Logistics
When combined with other wireless technologies, RFID can secure cargo, improve visibility and lower the cost of moving goods. In time, adaptive software technologies will reroute trucks automatically in response to disruptions.
Subscribers Only
OP-ED: The World Just Changed
The news that Gillette plans to purchase 500 million RFID tags from Alien Technology forces vendors and end users to confront a new reality.
Full Story
Alien Technology, ThingMagic, Markem and other Auto-ID Center sponsors showed off RFID tags and readers at a board meeting held in Cambridge, Mass., last week. The demonstrations signal that the technology behind the electronic product code is ready for primetime.
Full Story
Philips Unveils Low-Cost Chip Plans
At the Auto-ID Center’s board meeting in Cambridge, Mass., last week, Philips Semiconductor, one of the world’s largest chipmakers, laid out a road map for producing hundreds of millions and eventually billions of low-cost chips that can be used in RFID labels and smart packaging.
Full Story
STMicro Teams Up with Alien
STMicroelectronics, the world’s third largest semiconductor company, has signed a letter of intent to form a strategic partnership with Alien Technology, a startup based in Morgan Hill, Calif. The deal creates another source of low-cost chips for Auto-ID Center-compliant RFID tags.
Full Story
SAMSys Eyes Smart Shelf Market
RFID reader maker SAMSys Technologies is looking to establish itself as a leader in the nascent market for smart shelves. The company has signed a reseller agreement with LG&P In-Store, which designs merchandising displays and marketing programs. More deals are in the works.
Full Story
Zebra and PDC Target Healthcare
Zebra Technologies, the barcode printing equipment provider, has teamed with Precision Dynamics Corp. to offer a printer that can produce patient wristbands with RFID tags. The technology, when used with software applications, could prevent life-threatening mistakes in hospitals.
Full Story
SPECIAL REPORT
Part 6: Improving Logistics
When combined with other wireless technologies, RFID can secure cargo, improve visibility and lower the cost of moving goods. In time, adaptive software technologies will reroute trucks automatically in response to disruptions.
Subscribers Only
OP-ED: The World Just Changed
The news that Gillette plans to purchase 500 million RFID tags from Alien Technology forces vendors and end users to confront a new reality.
Full Story
