Progress Continues
Despite several hiccups, including questions related to intellectual property, development of the EPC Gen 2 standard continues.
Despite several hiccups, including questions related to intellectual property, development of the EPC Gen 2 standard continues.
Linked to a real-time location system, Sybase’s enterprise applications will aggregate and process asset-location data and deliver it to mobile devices.
Swedish company Cypak has received $4 million in funding to develop its disposable RFID tag technology.
Meta Group asserts that the pharmaceutical industry’s use of RFID will outstrip retail’s within 18 months.
Subdermal RFID chip implanting raises both the hackles of privacy advocates and the prospect of a safer, more efficient future.
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Deloitte & Touche warns that regardless of whether China establishes its own RFID standards, users of RFID technology need to stay tuned.
RSI EPC-enables RFID software; SATO offers Class 1 label printers; new active asset tracking system; Dynasys opens Online “RFID Superstore”; RFID alternative for pharmaceutical drugs.
Despite uncertainty regarding IP and standards, companies should move forward with RFID technology to capitalize on its long-term benefits.
Washington Hospital Center will install a UWB real-time location system throughout the facility’s emergency department.