The father of RFID
This article was originally published by RFID Update.June 7, 2004—This article provides a brief and fascinating look at the process by which Charles Walton developed, enhanced, and patented the standard RFID design in use today. Unfortunately for Walton, his patent...Delta, Boeing to Test RFID on Engine Parts
This article was originally published by RFID Update.June 7, 2004—RFID use in the airline industry continues to heat up with both Delta and Boeing announcing their intention to track aircraft parts using the technology. Also this week, the Global Aviation RFID Forums...RFID helps monitor cold chain
This article was originally published by RFID Update.June 7, 2004—Sensitech, a cold chain monitoring specialist, and Ember, a wireless networking firm, have introduced a jointly developed RFID-based package tracking technology for the food and pharmaceutical...RFID Tag Market in Flux
This article was originally published by RFID Update.June 7, 2004—Research firm ABI Research sees the RFID tag market being “up for grabs” until October, when EPCglobal ratifies one of the two RFID standards proposals currently under consideration. At that...An Eye on RFID ROI
This article was originally published by RFID Update.June 7, 2004—At IDC’s RFID Update conference yesterday, Accenture announced results from a recent RFID study: almost 50% of North American decision-makers surveyed expect RFID to provide substantial return on...
And Then There Were Two
The number of proposals for a second-generation UHF EPC protocol was whittled down to just two after a lively meeting of EPCglobal’s Gen 2 Working Group last week
RFID News Roundup
Study: RFID will make people healthy; Integral RFID offers RFID compliance solutions; CapTech upgrades RFID middleware; new ruggedized RFID mobile computer; eXI introduces a hybrid RFID-bar code reader.