ABI Research of Oyster Bay, New York, has released a new study regarding adoption and growth of RFID technology in South Korea. ABI’s central prediction is that, after coming from behind, South Korea’s RFID adoption is an increasingly fast-moving target.
Gillette’s first EPC-enabled product launch of its Fusion razor proved RFID is a powerful tool for monitoring retailers’ actions.
Bill Hardgrave, director of the University of Arkansas RFID Research Center, will unveil more results of a study into how EPC technology is reducing out-of-stocks at Wal-Mart.
With interest in item-level tagging on the rise, end users are trying to figure out whether to use high-frequency or ultrahigh frequency tags on individual products. Millions of dollars ride on the outcome.
EPCglobal will soon publish a standard for the EPC Information Services, which might not sound sexy, but it is the key to leveraging RFID in the open supply chain.
Until encryption methods are employed to protect tag data, RFID will continue to face challenges in the marketplace.
This week saw an announcement from Precision Dynamics Corporation that its Smart Band solution has been implemented at the Great Wolf Lodge in the Poconos, a popular tourist region in the mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania.
In a pilot project involving the HIV medication Trizivir, the company is testing its ability to commission and later read RFID tags, which could be used to verify the drug’s authenticity.
The Finnish RFID inlay and label maker unveils a new line of HF tags using chips produced according to Magellan’s patented phase-jitter modulation design.
Logis-Tech to test NATO UID specs; study looks at RFID’s growing use by auto industry; Exxon Mobil Speedpass enrollment gets speedier; Domino, Systech partner on print-encode system; Brite iD’s e-passport technology gets certified.