Chipmakers are integrating nearly all of the vital components used in passive UHF readers onto a single chip.
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Keeping RFID Tags from Prying Eyes
RFID tools are emerging to help consumers protect their privacy.
Gun Maker Hits the Mark with RFID
FN Manufacturing has complied with the DOD’s RFID mandate by integrating RFID with its back-end systems.
RFID World Reveals Opportunity Outside Mandates
This year’s RFID World demonstrated that vendor and end-user focus has shifted away from compliance, to the point that asset tracking and closed loop implementions have established themselves as the applications de jour for the RFID industry.
RFID Helps Passengers Get a Seat on Lufthansa Flights
The German airline is using RFID to speed up the process of switching between business-class and economy-class seats, based on real-time demand, on intercontinental flights to and from Frankfurt.
RFID News Roundup
Alien unveils faster encoding scheme; ADT introduces new RFID mobile cart; Tyco Electronics introduces passive RFID stands with integrated readers and antennas; tagmakers roll out new UHF, HF inlays; Atmel launches LF RFID microchip; Fluensee offering asset-tracking startup kit; American RFID Solutions upgrades RF tool; IBM upgrades Premises Server.
RFID World 2007 Announcement Wrap-Up
The RFID World exhibition and conference was held this week in Dallas, and the RFID Update team was on site to cover this leading industry event. Today’s dispatch focuses on the announcements that were made at the show.
Cephalon to Tag Cancer Drug at Point of Manufacture
The company says the performance it has seen from the Gen 2 tags and readers it has tested is encouraging.
MasterCard to Offer Paper or Plastic
The credit card company is developing a paper RFID payment ticket for transit systems, sporting arenas and other applications.
New Office Laser Printer Encodes Tags
Lexmark has introduced a laser printer able to print 8.5-by-11-inch paper and encode RFID tags.
Scottish Hospital Locates and Maintains Equipment with RFID System
Royal Alexander Hospital is using RFID to phase out equipment libraries and the costs associated with checking equipment in and out.
ATT Expands Its RFID, Sensor Service Offerings
The telecom company says it is taking what it learned from RFID trials it performed last year and growing its base of managed services using RFID and sensors.