Entering the Blogosphere
RFID Journal has introduced a blog to provide readers with insights that might not find a place in our news and feature stories.
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.
Is Location Tracking in Your WiFi’s Future?
ARC Advisory Group’s Chantal Polsonetti discusses the burgeoning interest from manufacturers in WiFi-based real-time locationing systems, which offer rapid time to benefit of 12 to 18 months and can be overlaid on enterprises’ existing wireless LANs.
Missing: Specialty Apparel Retailers
With the most to gain from item-level tagging, why aren’t these retailers giving RFID the attention it deserves?
Alien Technology Postpones IPO
Market conditions have forced the company to delay its plans to offer shares to the public—but don’t read too much into this.
Alien Technology Postpones IPO
Market conditions have forced the company to delay its plans to offer shares to the public—but don’t read too much into this.
DOD Getting Gen 2-Ready
The Department of Defense is expanding its RFID requirements and infrastructure while it takes steps toward transitioning its requirements to support the EPC UHF Gen 2 standard.
BT Auto-ID Launches Service for Food Supply Chain
The company says its new BT Foodnet service can be used to aggregate RFID and other auto-ID data about food-related materials and products and share it across the supply chain.
RFID News Roundup
Paxar offering Headstart RFID Compliance Kits; Ohio bill would ban employee-mandated RFID implants; Intelleflex secures $15.5 million in funding; Savi Networks Partnering With Embarcadero Systems Corp.
What Is RFID, Anyway?
Some people don’t seem to have a clue what radio frequency identification is, and even some experts differ.