Be Wary of Religious Opposition to RFID
While people have a right to their religious beliefs, invoking God to oppose RFID could hinder attempts to address privacy concerns in a rational way.
While people have a right to their religious beliefs, invoking God to oppose RFID could hinder attempts to address privacy concerns in a rational way.
The technology press is awash in articles today proclaiming yet another RFID security vulnerabilty, this time with respect to electronic passports of the variety the US will begin issuing by the millions in October. The news appears, at first blush, to be damning. But as usual, upon even the slightest examination, it is revealed to be typical doomsday sensationalism.
The founder failed to delegate enough to enable the company to grow, and that led to its recent problems.
The founder failed to delegate enough to enable the company to grow, and that led to its recent problems.
Alien Technology has requested that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission withdraw its registration statement for an initial public offering.
The consumer products firm is applying Gen 2 EPC tags to thousands of cases of goods, and using a system based on EPCglobal’s draft EPCIS standard to access tag data with retailers automatically.
The Singapore distributor and manufacturer of industrial automation components is using high-frequency passive tags to manage inventory and track production at its factory.
STMicroelectronics, the $9.5 billion semiconductor manufacturer, has very recently entered the market with Gen2 RFID chips that will compete against similar offerings from Impinj and, as of this week, Texas Instruments. RFID Update spoke with Francis Dell’ova, ST’s RFID Business Unit Manager, about the new chips.
Was it “market conditions” or “poor fundamentals” that caused the maker of UHF EPC systems to postpone its IPO.
Was it “market conditions” or “poor fundamentals” that caused the maker of UHF EPC systems to postpone its IPO.