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| New System Puts RFID at Core of Paper Handling | 07/02/2008 |
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A new RFID system designed for the paper industry uses combination 125 KHz/6.8 MHz tags to identify industrial-sized paper rolls in production and supply chain environments. The complete system from IPICO and Sonoco includes application software to support end-to-end product tracking. |
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| Alien Adds Major Capabilities to Gen2 RFID Readers | 06/23/2008 |
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Alien Technology introduced software that gives its readers the ability to determine the location, speed, and movement direction of RFID tags. The software also improves the ability to isolate individual tags in dense or fast-moving environments, which can improve airline baggage handling and other sortation applications. |
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| HP Launches RFID Service for IT Assets | 06/09/2008 |
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Hewlett-Packard announced it will install RFID reader systems at customer sites to track HP servers and other IT gear that ship with pre-installed Gen2 tags. HP previously provided these services on a project basis, but has now formalized them under the HP Factory Express Service banner. |
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| New RFID Line Optimized for Textile Rental, Laundry | 05/29/2008 |
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TAGSYS announced a new line of high frequency tags and readers optimized for textile applications, including commercial laundry and uniform rentals. |
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| In Finland, Your (RFID) Chip's in the Mail | 05/27/2008 |
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Itella, which operates the postal system in Finland, is implementing passive RFID readers at its 11 postal distribution systems to track, time, and analyze the flow of 7,000 to 8,000 sample pieces of mail with embedded RFID tags that will be placed into the system monthly. |
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| VeriChip Sells an RFID Business, More Change May Come | 05/19/2008 |
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VeriChip, maker of controversial human-implantable RFID tags by the same name, sold a subsidiary that provides patient protection solutions and said the entire company could be available for sale. It also announced former chairman and CEO Scott Silverman will no longer serve as an officer of the company. |
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| RFID, Sensors Could Help Army Keep Guns On Target | 05/14/2008 |
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The US Army is testing RFID tags integrated with sensors mounted on the heavy gun barrels of tanks to record each time the weapon is fired. The data will be used for maintenance planning and to determine when each weapon should be retired. |
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| Startup Says System Can Detect, Block Cloned RFID Tags | 05/13/2008 |
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NeoCatena Networks is a startup that plans to soon release RF-Wall, a firewall for networked RFID systems that promises to block malware from entering enterprise systems through RFID readers and to detect tags that have been cloned or tampered with. |
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| US Army Issues RFP for Large RFID Purchase | 05/06/2008 |
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The US Army issued a request for proposals (RFP) to supply more than 8,000 fixed position and handheld RFID readers, 53,000 tags, 600 printer/encoders, 3,800 software licenses plus personnel, services, and maintenance during the next three years. |
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| Firms Want to Take Out the Garbage With RFID | 05/05/2008 |
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Routeware and Texas Instruments partnered to integrate RFID reading capabilities into waste removal systems. Garbage cans and dumpsters receive low frequency passive RFID tags that are read by antennas integrated into garbage truck arm lifts to record the pickup in an on-board computer. |
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