Keeping Fresh Foods Fresh

Keeping Fresh Foods Fresh

Produce, meat, poultry, seafood and dairy products often travel cross-country or between continents before ending up on store shelves. Given this lengthy journey, using RFID to improve food safety and shelf life has become a top priority for suppliers and retailers.

RFID Goes Vertical

RFID Goes Vertical

In 2006, end user companies will focus on technological solutions that can solve problems within their specific vertical industry.

Cisco Invests in ThingMagic

RFID reader manufacturer ThingMagic of Cambridge, Massachusetts, this morning announced private funding from networking giant Cisco Systems and Nicholas Negroponte, the Wiesner Professor of Media Technology at MIT.

Cisco Backs ThingMagic

Cisco Backs ThingMagic

The networking company has increased its stakes in RFID technology by funding ThingMagic, bringing the RFID reader manufacturer’s total funding to nearly $21 million.