Smart Dummies
The owner of Mannequin Madness, a home-based business, wants to use RFID to better service her customers and improve her company’s productivity.
Fort Hood to RFID-Tag Medical Records
With more than 150,000 soldiers and their dependents using the base’s six health clinics, the Army is seeking a better system to track their medical files.
Alien Technology’s IPO Woes
Alien’s decision last week to delay its initial public offering has left industry watchers debating on whether the RFID company is a bellwether for the RFID industry as a whole.
IBM Launches Online Resource for RFID Software Developers
The informational Web site, part of IBM’s alphaWorks, includes a new application designed to help developers create solutions linking RFID data to enterprise applications.
World Kitchen’s Mandate
Randy Peterson first heard of radio frequency identification in the early 1980s, when he read a couple of articles in Science News, one about tagging cattle and the other about tracking high-value items. At the time, he worked in Corning’s finance department,...
Pay Attention!
Ignoring what the government does in RFID is like being in the lumber business and dismissing Home Depot.
Trading in Concert
How do you share data on the EPCglobal Network? Practice, practice, practice!
Privacy Is Simple
Let’s stop all the nonsensical arguing and take action.
RFID at Your Service
RFID systems can be used to greatly improve customer service, if companies could get past their fears of bad press.
Texas Instruments Announces Gen2 RFID Chips
Texas Instruments today announced the release and general availability of its new Gen2 silicon, becoming one of only two companies to offer the integral chips which constitute the “brains” of Gen2-compliant RFID tags. The company says the chips offer increased performance and functionality over the competition.