RFID Increases Sour Cream Maker’s Visibility
This spring, Daisy Brand will start using radio frequency identification to increase product visibility in its own warehouse, and eventually throughout its distribution chain.
German Clinic Uses RFID to Track Blood
A hospital in Saarbrücken, Germany, is tagging patients and bags of blood to make sure every patient receives the right blood product.
RFID Security: A Reality Check
The news that someone might be able to kill your EPC tags with their cell phone is not as scary as some news stories made out.
Summary of Baird RFID Monthly for February
Baird has released its February report. The thirteen-page document is a worthwhile read for anyone requiring an overview of the industry’s last 30 days. For those without time to do so, we have reprinted here the report’s summary.
EPC Tags Subject to Phone Attacks
At last week’s RSA security conference, renowned cryptographer Adi Shamir said EPC RFID tags are very vulnerable to attack—one that could be deployed using a cellular phone.
Tag Tester Aims to Increase Yield
Confidex claims its new tag tester will help inlay makers and label converters improve the volume and quality of the RFID labels and tags available to end users.
RFID News Roundup
MIT, HID working together to address privacy; Citizens becomes latest bank to offer PayPass debit; Argent, Vue collaborating on asset-tracking solutions; Alien OKs NCR as Gen 2 label converter; Weber helping Alien demo automated labeling; NFC Forum shows membership growth; OTI expanding EasyFuel to Costa Rican market.
ODIN Deploys for Roex Nutritional Supplements
RFID solutions provider ODIN technologies today announced a deployment for Roex, a leading manufacturer and distributor of nutritional supplements. The deployment accomplishes two goals for Roex’s supply chain: increased efficiencies and enhanced quality control.
EPCglobal Focuses on Item-Level Tagging
A work group has prepared several use cases for RFID at the item-level and will soon evaluate a variety of technologies to determine what steps need to be taken to create an item-level standard.
NCR Announces RFID Software Suite
The company says its TransitionWorks software pulls RFID and other data into applications targeted at specific business needs and can be deployed on any enterprise platform.