RFID reader manufacturer ThingMagic of Cambridge, Massachusetts, this morning announced private funding from networking giant Cisco Systems and Nicholas Negroponte, the Wiesner Professor of Media Technology at MIT.
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Smarter Products Is Smart Business
Companies are gaining a strategic advantage by embedding RFID tags, and in some cases interrogators, in their products—and they’re finding a return on their investment in areas that may surprise you.
Rethinking Privacy
Radio-based technologies change the way we gather, access and protect data.
Taking RFID to New Depths
Water is high on the list of items that are not RF-friendly, but that didn’t deter French startup Enertag from creating an RFID system to monitor undersea oil pipelines.
Research Will Overcome
An aggressive program is under way to reduce barriers to RFID adoption in the aerospace industry.
Tag Proposal Addresses Industry Needs
RFID tag data specialists from EPCglobal, ISO and an auto industry group have found a way for tire makers to include industry-specific data in EPC Gen 2 tags. Other industries could use the same approach.
RFID to Ride N.Y. Subways
New York City Transit, MasterCard International and Citi will test MasterCard’s contactless PayPass payment system in 25 New York City subway stations.
Gillette RFID Mastermind Shares Secrets
Forbes.com has posted an interview with Dick Cantwell, Gillette vice president and chairman of EPCglobal’s board of governors. As the article notes, Cantwell “is in an unusually good position to judge where EPCglobal and RFID are going.” This article recaps the interview’s highlights.
Merck KGaA Funds Printable RFID
The German pharmaceutical and chemical company is partnering with the Technical University of Darmstadt to develop printable RFID chips based on inorganic materials.
Golfing for a Good Cause
RFID Journal LIVE! will include a golf outing to raise money for the Mike Sullivan Memorial Scholarship.
UPM Keeps Its Eye on RFID
Now part of UPM’s Raflatac label-stock division, the company formerly known as Rafsec says it retains its commitment to meet the global demand for low-cost inlays and tags.
Six Sigma and the Single Tag
How do you achieve flawless read performance from your RFID system? By making sure it interrogates only one tag at a time.