Small retailers feel pressure to adopt RFID

This article was originally published by RFID Update.March 5, 2004—Radio frequency identification technology — dubbed RFID — is still in its nascent stages, but it is expected to be deployed much quicker than the bar code technology it may replace. And...

Consumer Groups, Lawmakers Scrutinize Retail RFID Systems

This article was originally published by RFID Update.March 5, 2004—Electronic tags used to track in-store inventory have just reached the testing stage, yet it’s already clear that the success of the technology expected to dramatically change global supply...

Food And Drug Retailer Albertsons Launches RFID Initiative

This article was originally published by RFID Update.March 5, 2004—Food and drug retailer Albertsons Inc. on Friday said it has launched an initiative to use electronic tags for tracking goods through its supply chain, and expects its top 100 suppliers to join the...

Chameleon Card Changes Stripes

This article was originally published by RFID Update.March 5, 2004—Chameleon Network, in Concord, Massachusetts, plans to replace the stacks of credit, bank and customer-loyalty cards burdening modern consumers with a single, rewritable Chameleon Card, which works...

Food And Drug Retailer Albertsons Launches RFID Initiative

This article was originally published by RFID Update.March 5, 2004—Food and drug retailer Albertsons Inc. on Friday said it has launched an initiative to use electronic tags for tracking goods through its supply chain, and expects its top 100 suppliers to join the...
RFID Network in a Box

RFID Network in a Box

Blue Vector claims that its suite of distributed-computing appliances can make installing and managing an RFID network as easy as plug and play.

Privacy concerns about library checkout device

This article was originally published by RFID Update.March 4, 2004—The San Francisco Public Library is ready to spend $1 million on technology that would make it easier to check out and track its collection and reduce costly workplace-related injuries. But critics...

It Had To Happen: The Disposable Computer

This article was originally published by RFID Update.March 4, 2004—A disposable paperboard computer has been developed and is already in use in Sweden. Developed by Cypak AB, the paperboard computer can collect, process, and exchange several pages of encrypted data,...