Alien Technology to Open a Division in Korea
The RFID hardware provider’s new venture, scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2007, will provide sales, distribution, marketing, R&D and manufacturing for the Asian RFID market.
GAO Report Highlights RFID Weaknesses in US-VISIT
Citing low read rates of an RFID system that US-VISIT is testing, as well as other concerns, the Government Accountability Office wants an updated report on the goals and progress of the program.
RFID Keeps City Sewers Running Smoothly
In Warendorf, Germany, workers use RFID to track the maintenance of the city’s 127-mile network of sewage canals and pipes.
Call For Academic Papers
The RFID Academic Convocation has issued a call for papers for the fifth RFID Academic Convocation, which will be held in conjunction with RFID Journal LIVE! 2007. I am pasting the call below so that all interested researchers can contact the organizing committee.
Dealing with “False-Positive” Reads
Companies no longer need to shield interrogator antennas to ensure they don’t read tags they don’t want to read, because software can now address the problem.
UWB Vendor Announces Pure RFID Platform
Multispectral Solutions’ new Sapphire Vision RFID interrogator works with the same active UWB tags used with the company’s real-time location system.
Environmental Concerns Lead Deutsche Post to RFID
The courier is considering switching to passive RFID labels with integrated display screens to avoid consuming 500 million paper labels per year.
Dealing with “False-Positive” Reads
Companies no longer need to shield interrogator antennas to ensure they don’t read tags they don’t want to read, because software can now address the problem.
Summary of Baird RFID Monthly for December
Baird has released its December report. The 13-page document is a worthwhile read for anyone requiring an overview of the industry’s last 30 days. For those without time to do so, we have reprinted here the report’s summary.
Top 10 RFID Trends of 2006, Part 2
This article is the second of a three-part series looking at the top ten trends in RFID over the past year. Today’s article looks at trends 6 through 4.