Five Predictions for ’06
What’s in store for the RFID industry? Executives can count on another good year.
Cache Is King
Auto-ID Labs is developing a software simulation called the Realm, which will determine optimal architectures for the EPCglobal Network.
The Value of Trust
EPCglobal certification programs will ensure that hardware and software products meet approved standards.
Bike Rental Program Peddles Smart Cards
In France, people use RFID-enabled prepaid cards to rent bicycles from 175 locations across Lyon and its suburbs.
RFID Journal Unveils Conference Program
The world’s leading RFID media company has published its preliminary agenda for the RFID Journal LIVE! 2006 Conference and Exhibition.
Frost: RFID Pharma-Healthcare to Top $2B in 2011
Frost & Sullivan today released a report on RFID’s application in the pharmaceutical and healthcare verticals, predicting the market will top $2 billion by 2011. This article has more details.
Boeing Reveals More About Its Tag Plans
The company outlines the types of data that will be encoded to specialized UHF tags for Dreamliner airplane parts, and moves closer to establishing a timeline for the tags’ creation.
TI Buys Impinj Gen 2 Chips for Inlays
Texas Instruments is the latest tag manufacturer using the Impinj Monza chip for Gen 2 inlays and chip-and-strap assemblies.
Summary of Baird RFID Monthly for November
Baird has released its November report. The eighteen-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.
Loggers Use Tags to Track Trucks, Timber
Papermakers and sawmills deploy RFID systems in forests to facilitate the loading, weighing and unloading of logging trucks.