Intel Demos RFID-Enabled Projects

This article was originally published by RFID Update.May 17, 2004—RFID was one of the technologies used in the prototypes demonstrated by Intel at an event showcasing the company’s current R&D focus. The most notable RFID-enabled product was the iGlove, a...

NEC, Tagsys join hands for RFID

This article was originally published by RFID Update.May 17, 2004—The IT services branch of Japan’s NEC and RFID equipment maker Tagsys have announced a partnership in which Tagsys will provide RFID hardware and software which NEC will integrate and offer to...

RFID: The tags that would not die

This article was originally published by RFID Update.May 17, 2004—This article considers the arguments for an RFID tag “zombie” state in which a tag attached to a consumer good is not completely killed after purchase. Rather, it is shut down in such a way...

Kimberly-Clark On RFID Trial: So Far, So Good

This article was originally published by RFID Update.May 17, 2004—Consumer goods manufacturer and Wal-Mart supplier Kimberly-Clark announces that the recently launched RFID trial at the Dallas/Ft. Worth Wal-Mart facility is going smoothly.Read the article at...

RFID News Roundup

Exploring the Power of Printing; Power for handheld RFID readers; Indala unveils new prox card readers; reader control software for SAP.

Death of Class 0, 1 Exaggerated

Death of Class 0, 1 Exaggerated

EPCglobal says rumors that it has withdrawn support for the two currently accepted Electronic Product Code specifications, Class 0 and Class 1, are false.

Death of Class 0, 1 Exaggerated

This article was originally published by RFID Update.May 14, 2004—Amid news that EPCglobal had discontinued the Class 0 and Class 1 working groups, assumptions spread that it may be withdrawing support for the specifications. The standards organization has now...
Study Ranks RFID Implementors

Study Ranks RFID Implementors

A report by AMR Research finds that due to a shortage of experience, no RFID deployment service provider should be considered “low risk.”

South Korea’s house of the future

This article was originally published by RFID Update.May 13, 2004—By 2007, the South Korean government aims to have wired 10 million homes with comprehensive home networking, a technology that in large part depends on RFID. The idea is that doing so will significantly...