The agency is requesting comments on using RFID and other auto-ID technologies to identify and track everything from bandages to insulin pumps.
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Apparel & Footwear Summit Attracts Wide Audience
Retailers and manufacturers from around the world shared experiences and discussed challenges at RFID Journal’s Apparel & Footwear Summit.
RFID News Roundup
SmartCode expanding manufacturing with new plant; Dover to acquire Markem; NFC Forum issues first four specifications; NFC chipmaker releases white paper; ODIN offering global tag-testing software; small-business credit cards get RFID’ed.
ERP Support Squeezes RFID Middleware
This is part two of a three-part series that examines middleware and other RFID integration options and the issues surrounding them. This second installment analyzes how forthcoming software standards from EPCglobal plus developments from mainstream IT, ERP and other application software providers may impact future RFID integration.
New Smart-Card Group Seeks to Educate Policymakers
The Secure ID Coalition says its mission is to promote the understanding and appropriate use of contactless (RFID-enabled) smart-card technology, while still maintaining user privacy.
IPICO Submits Its IP-X RFID Air Interface to ISO
The RFID systems provider is making its proprietary air-interface protocol available for use royalty-free, and has asked the International Standards Organization to approve it as a standard.
New Coalition Will Confront RFID Security Hype
A handful of chip makers and smart card producers have come together and formed the Secure ID Coalition with the goal of promoting smart card technology while simultaneously ensuring consumer privacy and data security.
New Zealand Retailer Plans RFID Pilot
The Warehouse, the nation’s largest general merchandise retailer, has completed tests of the technology and is preparing to launch a pilot using RFID to manage stock in one of its stores.
Will China’s RFID Standards Support EPC Protocols, Systems?
China has yet to release its much-anticipated RFID standards; some observers say it has produced too little, too late.
Playing the Field
To design better-performing tags, we need to understand how tags behave in near and far fields.
Maryland Court Tries UHF RFID File-Tracking System
The 7th Judicial Circuit Court for Prince George’s County plans to use EPC Gen 2 tags to track legal documents for 30,000 to 40,000 cases a year.
Calif. Startup Develops RFID-enabled Products to Track Medical Tests
Smart Medical Technologies’ line of RFID-enabled test tubes, vials and other containers incorporates proprietary 13.56 MHz tags that can store up to 4 kilobytes of data.