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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Item-level RFID solutions provider Tagsys today announced a new approach to item-level tagging using UHF Gen2 technology. Dubbed “The-Package-Is-The-Tag”, the approach represents an expansion into UHF technology from what had historically been a strong HF focus at the company.
A European trial to track hemophilia drugs—from source to patient—is using an EPC numbering system but not RFID, for now.
The company is starting a new and different family of UHF item-level inlays designed for integration into consumer products, as well as various other applications.