Internet-based rumors that proposed health-care reform bills in Washington, D.C., call for everyone to be tracked with radio frequency identification are absurd.
This time, readers correct an ill-informed blogger.
Interested vendors can respond to a recently released request for proposal.
Rumors are rife that the company will add RFID capability to its next phone, which could be a big deal.
If more RFID product manufacturers leverage the technology's benefits, it will provide potential end users with greater confidence in radio frequency identification.
The Global Retail Theft Barometer Study finds retail theft reached $115 billion worldwide. There are areas where RFID can make a difference.
It's not because the ROI isn't there—it's because change takes time.
ChronoTrack Systems, which developed the system with Impinj, says its single-use tags make life easier for race organizers and runners.
Tracking tainted beef is once more an issue in the United States, after two people have died from eating ground beef tainted with E. coli.
I doubt it—and here's why I believe adoption will eventually become widespread.
An article suggesting that Wal-Mart will pull the plug on its RFID effort—and that food suppliers and retailers will never achieve a return on investment—is highly misleading.
A group calling for a moratorium on the deployment of RFID systems and other technologies completely misunderstands the nature of technology and the role it plays in an evolving world.
Some of our readers agreed with my view that the RFID industry needs to promise less, deliver more and educate end users about how systems can provide benefits, without being perfect.
Two events in the region will showcase successful deployments.