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News for the Week of April 28
Metro Opens "Store of the Future"
Tyco Places Big Bet On RFID
Startup Claims RFID Breakthrough
RFID Touted for Tote Tracking
Intellident Offers Portal Reader
FEATURED STORY: Startup Puts RFID in the Spotlight
OPINION: RFID's Consumer Benefits
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TOP NEWS
Metro Opens "Store of the Future"
Metro AG, Germany's largest retailer, has opened what it calls the "store of the future." The concept store is designed to test RFID and other technologies under real-world conditions to see how they perform and how consumers respond to them. Metro and its partners hope to learn, in particular, whether RFID can really really out of stocks.
Full Story
Tyco Places Big Bet On RFID
Tyco International, maker of Sensormatic EAS systems, has formed a dedicated team to champion RFID technology in the retail market. The new Tyco SensorID RFID Solutions Team aims to be a single-source, global partner for retailers and retail merchandise companies looking to deploy large-scale RFID systems.
Full Story
Startup Claims RFID Breakthrough
SmartCode Corp., a Tel Aviv company founded by former Israeli Intelligence RF experts, claims it has developed a patented process that enables it to assemble 1.2 million integrated circuits per hour, compared to about 10,000 per hour for existing reel-to-reel machines. The company says it will be able to produce RFID inlays for 5 to 10 cents for orders of 1 billion or more units.
Full Story
RFID Touted for Tote Tracking
After a successful pilot RFID deployment at its own third-party logistics operations in Austin, Texas, tote management company Beal Solutions will roll out RFID across its international operations, and it plans to market the back-end software it developed to process and analyze RFID data.
Full Story
Intellident Offers Portal Reader
Intellident, an RFID systems integrator based in Manchester, UK, is now marketing a ruggedized MultiScanner system, which was originally developed for use in Marks & Spencer's supply chain. The portal reader can be split a part or equipped with more than one antenna to read tags at different frequencies. Full Story
FEATURED STORY
Startup Puts RFID in the Spotlight
In 1996, Warsaw-born Wlodek Mandecki founded a company called PharmaSeq to use RFID to help identify mutant genes. The company developed ultra-small, ultra-low cost RFID transponders that are powered by laser light. When coated with special polymers, they can be used to identify specific genes. Without the coating, the micro-transponders can be used to authenticate goods and protect against counterfeiting. They have a built-in photovoltaic cell, which turns the laser light into energy to power the chip and an onboard antenna that transmits a unique serial number to a reader.
Paid Subscribers Only
OPINION
RFID's Consumer Benefits
You'd never know it from the press coverage, but RFID offers many consumer benefits -- from reducing the costs of everyday products to preventing the sale of counterfeit drugs.
Full Story
Metro Opens "Store of the Future"
Metro AG, Germany's largest retailer, has opened what it calls the "store of the future." The concept store is designed to test RFID and other technologies under real-world conditions to see how they perform and how consumers respond to them. Metro and its partners hope to learn, in particular, whether RFID can really really out of stocks.
Full Story
Tyco Places Big Bet On RFID
Tyco International, maker of Sensormatic EAS systems, has formed a dedicated team to champion RFID technology in the retail market. The new Tyco SensorID RFID Solutions Team aims to be a single-source, global partner for retailers and retail merchandise companies looking to deploy large-scale RFID systems.
Full Story
Startup Claims RFID Breakthrough
SmartCode Corp., a Tel Aviv company founded by former Israeli Intelligence RF experts, claims it has developed a patented process that enables it to assemble 1.2 million integrated circuits per hour, compared to about 10,000 per hour for existing reel-to-reel machines. The company says it will be able to produce RFID inlays for 5 to 10 cents for orders of 1 billion or more units.
Full Story
RFID Touted for Tote Tracking
After a successful pilot RFID deployment at its own third-party logistics operations in Austin, Texas, tote management company Beal Solutions will roll out RFID across its international operations, and it plans to market the back-end software it developed to process and analyze RFID data.
Full Story
Intellident Offers Portal Reader
Intellident, an RFID systems integrator based in Manchester, UK, is now marketing a ruggedized MultiScanner system, which was originally developed for use in Marks & Spencer's supply chain. The portal reader can be split a part or equipped with more than one antenna to read tags at different frequencies. Full Story
FEATURED STORY
Startup Puts RFID in the Spotlight
In 1996, Warsaw-born Wlodek Mandecki founded a company called PharmaSeq to use RFID to help identify mutant genes. The company developed ultra-small, ultra-low cost RFID transponders that are powered by laser light. When coated with special polymers, they can be used to identify specific genes. Without the coating, the micro-transponders can be used to authenticate goods and protect against counterfeiting. They have a built-in photovoltaic cell, which turns the laser light into energy to power the chip and an onboard antenna that transmits a unique serial number to a reader.
Paid Subscribers Only
OPINION
RFID's Consumer Benefits
You'd never know it from the press coverage, but RFID offers many consumer benefits -- from reducing the costs of everyday products to preventing the sale of counterfeit drugs.
Full Story
