No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
An end-user award is good for RFID vendors.
CSI: Crime Scene Inaccuracies
A recent episode of CSI:NY showed an RFID cell phone reader being used in ways that are totally absurd and damaging to the public.
RFID E-Pedigree’s Potential to Improve Pharma
This article recaps a recent webinar on how the electronic pedigree solutions based on EPCglobal’s new Drug Pedigree Standard could help pharmaceutical companies improve patient safety, speed recalls, and improve inventory management.
VeriChip Launches IPO
Although the provider of human-implantable RFID chips scaled back the size of its IPO, demand for the company’s stock seemed fairly strong, with more than 2 million shares trading hands.
Video Puts Faces to Names, Heightens RFID Visibility
ComCam and AAID Security Solutions’ platform combines active RFID technology, surveillance cameras and facial or license plate recognition software.
RFID News Roundup
Intermec unveils new fixed-position reader; AeroScout launches formal reseller program; Worldlabel.com offers custom label converting; Mind Commerce issues ZigBee report; NFC Forum holding innovation competition; epcSolutions, A2B offer DOD labeling solution.
RFID Cures Medical Record Access
MedicAlert, a provider of medical information services and personal health record management, has tapped RFID technology to streamline and facilitate access to personal health information. Teaming with chip manufacturer AMD and Siemens, MedicAlert will launch aimed at enhancing university student access to their medical records.
U.S. Military Resumes TacMedCS Testing
The Marines will try out an improved version of the Tactical Medical Coordination System, which combines RFID technology and satellite communications to track and transport wounded soldiers.
RFID4SME Seeks to Help Small-to-Midsize European Companies
Four research institutes in Ireland, Spain and Germany are carrying out RFID information campaigns, demonstration projects and proof-of-concept studies for SMEs in their regions.
RFID is Key Element to Germany’s High-Tech Strategy
The government sees RFID as an emerging technology in which the country can play a leading global role, and is investing millions of euros in research that includes RFID.