Airbus and Boeing are introducing RFID in their supply chain. If you do business with either, or both, you need to understand how to meet their tagging requirements—and benefit from the technology internally to maintain your competitive advantage.
The hardware action group has assigned teams to develop specifications for Class 2 tags, evaluate conformance testing for tags and readers based on the Gen 2 standard and tackle other issues.
The western European RFID market will approach $1.9 billion by 2009, up from $464 million in 2004, according to a report.
In a recent Forbes.com Executive Toy Box section, Harvard Medical CIO John Halamka, the man who in January had the VeriChip implanted to test the controversial device’s medical merits, apparently loves the device.
A number of representatives from China were on hand at this week’s RFID World conference in Dallas.
Popular technology blog Engadget reports that a school in Japan where students go for special tutoring has deployed RFID to track its patrons comings and goings.
The semiconductor company will track cartons of microchips from a manufacturing and packaging facility in Taiwan to a distribution center in Hong Kong.
Kimberly-Clark will continue its aggressive RFID initiatives with RFID-tagged shipments in Europe, the use of GEN 2 compliant products, and an expanded and renovated RFID research lab.
This piece argues that it is the upcoming ISO’s RFID standard, not GEN 2, that will provide the base upon which widespread adoption can take hold and flourish.
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