Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline yesterday announced that it has begun an RFID pilot for the HIV drug Trizivir. The news represents the most significant pharma-tagging announcement since Pfizer announced in January that it had begun tracking and tracing Viagra.
The Computing Technology Industry Association will officially debut the CompTIA RFID+ exam on Mar. 28.
Procter & Gamble yesterday announced that it will use the TrueVUE RFID platform from item-level tagging solution provider Vue Technology in its RFID innovation center. RFID Update spoke with Tim von Kaenel, Vue’s senior vice president of product management, about the announcement and what his company’s technology brings to P&G.
The resort chain has launched a system allowing guests to use RFID-enabled wristbands to unlock guest room doors and make payments.
Two of the leading research firms for the RFID market have released reports on the technology’s application in the automotive sector, both of which predict the waning dominance of vehicle immobilizers as the technology is increasingly adopted in the manufacturing process.
After 18 months of intense R&D, the company says it has developed a flexible new interrogator architecture that will enable it to bring products to market more quickly.
Last week’s proclamation by a group of computer scientists that RFID tags represent a vehicle for the transmission of computer viruses and worms precipitated a frenzy of headlines from both within and without the RFID industry. This article summarizes the key takeaways of the whole episode.
Only when RFID becomes integrated with industrial automation, process control and manufacturing systems will the technology become truly ubiquitous.
Remote Play says it is bringing RFID technology to the consumer world to help keep people from losing their belongings, or their children.
The German retailer invested millions in a massive display at CeBIT. The big question is, Why?