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Consulting firm Incucomm says that the adoption of EPC RFID technology will cause worldwide usage to exceed 20 billion RFID tags and labels in 2008.
The semiconductor company is introducing a UHF RFID chip with a proprietary protocol that can be used around the world.
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The Vatican Library is pursuing a plan to RFID tag 2 million pieces of its 40-million piece collection.
Snack maker Jack Link expects to achieve a return on its RFID investment in less than one year, a huge feat in this atmosphere of short term ROI-lessness.
Motorola will be partnering with MasterCard to roll out an RFID-based contactless payment system using the nascent PayPass technology.
Speakers at a conference on RFID intellectual property differed over the impact patents could have on RFID adoption
A label manufacturer says it has developed a more efficient technique for embedding an RFID inlay into a self-adhesive paper label.
Subdermal human RFID-tagging VeriChip won FDA approval yesterday, marking a moment of vindication for the heretofore controversial product.
According to Capgemini’s CTO, the flood of data produced by RFID implementations will be useful in in meeting the rigors of compliance.
Some high-volume Wal-Mart suppliers may welcome the RFID tag shortage as an excuse to ask for more time in meeting the retailers compliance deadline.