Bob Metcalfe Joins RFID Investor Seminar
The inventor of Ethernet, now a partner with Polaris Ventures, will moderate two panel discussions at RFID Journal LIVE! 2005.
Microsoft Middleware Slated for Early Next Year
Microsoft is targeting early 2006 for the release of its RFID Service Platform, a middleware solution it has had planned for over a year.
RFID Way Back When
What the world was like when RFID Journal launched.
RFID Key to New Dept of Homeland Security Card
In May, an RFID and biometric access card will start being issued to as many as 40,000 employees of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Despite RFID Baggage Tagging Benefits, Cost Remain Hurdle
The New York Times published an article today highlighting the potential cost savings to airlines from reduced lost luggage through the RFID tagging of bags.
Alien CEO: 10 Cent Tags in 2007
Alien CEO Stavro Prodromou said at last week’s RFID World that he expects tag prices to fall to only 10 cents by 2007.
RFID Misinformation Propagates
Until RFID purveyors and implementors start resonding by educating their consumers, the general public can’t be blamed for their resistance to the technology’s adoption.
RFID News Roundup
Alien Technology releases compliance package; retailer- and DOD-compliance packages from EIS; SmartCode providing education, materials for DOD suppliers; supply chain security courses available; IDVelocity updates software for RFID; Vizional receives $3.5 million; ScanSource to distribute Printronix goods.
RFID “Police Robots” to Debut in Japan
Japan will see the introduction of a new RFID-enabled crime-fighting technology next year in Osaka.
Early RFID Adopters Will Be Winners
Wal-Mart’s CIO and EPCglobal US’s president told conference attendees in Dallas this week that end users will reap RFID’s benefits by adopting the technology now.