Putting Tags on Test Tubes

Putting Tags on Test Tubes

Maxell is winding up development of an RFID system, aimed at the life sciences sector, that will read and write to a trayful of tagged test tubes.

IBM slams RFID criticism as ‘anti-retail’

This article was originally published by RFID Update.April 29, 2004—A senior IBM executive says those criticising radio-frequency identification are confused and missing the benefits it will bring to all sectors of the communityRead the article at ZDNet...

RFID far from critical mass

This article was originally published by RFID Update.April 29, 2004—Retailers must adopt tagging in supply chain to make RFID viable, warn suppliersRead the article at vnunet.com

Wireless Tops List of CIO Priorities

This article was originally published by RFID Update.April 29, 2004—The emerging technologies most often mentioned by CIOs have to do with mobility — wireless devices and RFID. Although few enterprises are running large-scale initiatives, most are slowly getting...
Lost and Found in Legoland

Lost and Found in Legoland

One of Europe’s largest amusement parks deploys a Wi-Fi-based RFID system that helps parents retrieve children who have wandered off.

Sniper rifle may aim RFID tags at human targets

This article was originally published by RFID Update.April 28, 2004—EmpireNorth is currently demonstrating a modified sniper rifle as a means to inject unsuspecting targets with an RFID tag in order to track their movements.Read the article at Computerworld

Consumers warned about RFID tags

This article was originally published by RFID Update.April 28, 2004—Australian Privacy Foundation policy coordinator Nigal (Nigal) Waters said RFID was not yet in Australian stores but was widely used overseas and could pose a huge threat to the privacy of...

HP To Ship First RFID-Ready Goods

This article was originally published by RFID Update.April 28, 2004—After some experimentation, HP says, it’s getting 100% read rates on tagged cases and pallets.Read the article at InformationWeek