What does the story of another low-power, low-cost radio standard tell us about the future of RFID?
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RFID 2.0
Next-generation UHF systems promise to bring a new level of performance previously thought impossible.
Green Is Good
I've never bought into the view that says the world is made up of "tree huggers" who care more about the spotted owl than unemployed workers and businesspeople who are prepared to pollute rivers, lakes and the air to make a quick buck. Just ask Wal-Mart CIO Rollin...
Startup Touts 600-foot Read Range for Passive RFID
Mojix is a startup led by former NASA deep space scientists who used their digital signal processing expertise to develop passive RFID technology with 600-foot read range. Mojix says its STAR system can identify individual Gen2 tags within a 250,000 square foot area.
Suppliers Find No Incentive to Adopt RFID for Direct Store Delivery
A report issued by international trade association Global Commerce Initiative recommends suppliers and retailers initially focus instead on using RFID for products shipped to distribution centers.
American Apparel Makes a Bold Fashion Statement With RFID
The retailer has already adopted item-level tagging at its Columbia University store, and expects to RFID-enable its 16 other New York City locations during the next three months.
Mojix Takes Passive UHF RFID to a New Level
The startup draws on RF expertise from deep-space signal processing to create a system that it says will offer improved performance, new capabilities and lower deployment costs.
Getting Beyond Compliance
There are so many ways RFID technologies can help companies improve the way they do business that those focused on compliance alone are missing huge opportunities.
IBM and OAT Land Multi-Million Dollar RFID Contract
Airbus has selected IBM and OATSystems to deliver a software platform upon which the aircraft manufacturer’s ambitious RFID deployment will run. While financial specifics were not disclosed in the announcement, the companies did characterize it as “the manufacturing industry’s single largest RFID software transaction to date.”
Weyerhaeuser Offers High-Volume Source Tagging, But Demand Still Low
The company is supplying pretagged cardboard boxes to several of its customers, and plans to license its process for manufacturing RFID-tagged cardboard to International Paper and other firms.
Washington RFID Law Could Pave Way For More
Some RFID industry observers think RFID regulations recently enacted in the state of Washington will lead to a bevy of similar laws around the country. At least 28 states are believed to have pending RFID legislation, and there are federal-level efforts underway around the world.
All Eyes on FDA for Drug E-Pedigree
Now that California has extended its electronic-pedigree deadline to 2011, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration could become the first governing body to issue e-pedigree requirements for protecting the pharma supply chain—assuming it meets its goal.