Veratag is a startup that is using MEMS resonator technology to create RFID tags with unique “voiceprints” that make them virtually unclonable. The company plans to pursue authentication and transaction security applications.
The health-care product manufacturer provides insights into some of its RFID deployments, such as tracking orthopedic components and monitoring promotional products and displays.
The maker of a new long-range passive UHF reader system edges out Lexmark’s RFID laser printer system and Omni-ID’s high-performance tag.
The organization’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health is requesting input from RFID vendors and end users regarding the effects RFID has on other transmissions in a hospital setting, and on the devices themselves.
Consumers don’t realize RFID cards and documents can be read without their knowledge or from more than a few inches away, according to a small study conducted by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. The study suggests consumers can’t adequately assess the risks associated with RFID.
German researchers have developed a system enabling robots and humans to use passive RFID tags to map out a disaster area and send information to a command center.
A growing number of end users of RFID technology are clearly ready to move forward with significant projects, and vendors are responding with new products that are easier to deploy.
RFID Journal LIVE! 2008 showed signs the RFID industry is maturing. Many vendors emphasized their partnerships and ease of integration rather than touting proprietary technology and hard-to-verify performance claims.
The three CPG manufacturers have been piloting Mojix’s RFID system, which employs a single interrogator to read tags from up to 600 feet away.
Our second day of coverage from the RFID Journal LIVE! 2008 event in Las Vegas includes a number of major contract announcements, in addition to more product and partnership news. This is the second part of our two-day coverage of the event. Yesterday’s includes other announcements.