New RFID Gate Technology Aims to Improve Read Rates
NEC wants to make a dent in the typical 10 to 20 percent error rate that occurs when scanning multiple RFID-tagged packages simultaneously.
Honda Next Automaker to Get On Track with RFID
A Honda UK manufacturing facility is spearheading what solution provider Intellident calls the automotive industry’s largest RFID tracking application of its kind in the world. Honda of the UK Manufacturing (HUM) is applying EPCglobal Gen2-standard RFID tags to 350,000 reusable logistics containers.
Why Motorola Should Focus on RFID
As Motorola integrates Symbol Technology’s products and its own, Motorola should put RFID at the heart of its strategy.
Zebra Set to Expand Its Footprint in RFID Space
The vendor plans to leverage newly acquired technology patents for reader-tag communications and transponder designs in future products.
RFID News Roundup
Construction-safety firm using RFID tracking tool; Fluensee expands asset-tracking product to Europe; Dimatix shrinks printhead to enable 20-micron printing; Chevron to use OTI for automated fleet fueling; Fractus announces compact antenna patent.
PolyIC Announces Printed 13.56 MHz RF Tags
At the Organic Electronics Conference, the company claims it has used a roll-to-roll printing process to create a precursor to printed HF RFID tags, consisting of printed polymer electronic components applied to foil-based antennas.
CE RFID Holds Its First Meeting
Formed by Metro Group, Deutsche Post World Net, UPM Raflatac and other key European players in RFID, the organization met to develop recommendations on RFID standards and regulations for the European Commission.
PolyIC Announces Printable RFID Prototypes
PolyIC claimed a breakthrough in the development of printable RFID tags with the announcement that its printing process has successfully produced miles of prototype rolls of 13.56 MHz integrated circuits.
Why Motorola Should Focus on RFID
As Motorola integrates Symbol Technology’s products and its own, Motorola should put RFID at the heart of its strategy.
Motorola’s False Starts in RFID
It’s not clear how much emphasis Motorola would give to Symbol’s RFID efforts, if the proposed acquisition goes through, but Motorola doesn’t exactly have a stellar track record in the RFID field.