Schering Plough uses Accu-Sort’s tagging solution; SAMSys releases Gen 2 reader module; automaker launches OpenCrib; Minnesota utility powers up RFID; Savi signs international sales, marketing deals; Paxar, SYS-TEC partner for government clients; IP Smart Packaging names lift truck partner.
Last month, IDC and Manufacturing Insights hosted the second annual RFID Update Conference in Boston. The overriding message from the speakers was that there is no substitute for experience.
Chicago’s Click Commerce, whose company focus is on the exterprise, recently announced the formation of Strategy 18 to offer RFID strategic consulting.
A Taiwanese hospital is issuing RFID-enabled wristbands to identify surgical patients and record clinical data.
The first of five lawsuits between the RFID hardware companies will start with a pretrial hearing in September.
If justifying an RFID expenditure persists as a damper to wider adoption stateside, it is only more so across the pond in Europe.
Research done by the Michigan State University School of Packaging reveals the effects common packaging materials have on RFID systems.
CNET ran an article last week on the developments in RFID-enabled robots, a field that is fast moving from science fiction to reality.
At a new cargo facility in Dubai, the airline will use active RFID to track assets and move to passive tags on cargo.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors’ Budget Committee rejected a request by the city’s library system to reserve funds for an RFID project in the coming fiscal year.