Danish Dairies Adopt RFID to Improve Yield
The system enables them to analyze animal movements in order to predict which individuals are ill or entering heat.
Idaho College to Test Secure NFC Phone Module
Brigham Young University students will try out RFinity’s microSD NFC card, installed in handsets, to purchase items at the school’s bookstore and make encrypted peer-to-peer transactions.
RFID News Roundup
Metro Group expands RFID program in Asia, India; ThingMagic unveils Gen 2 readers for fleet, trucking applications; TOP Food & Drug expands RFID-based loyalty program; Rush Tracking Systems acquires patents from International Paper; Nice RFID-enabled bicycle rentals; IDTronic launches new readers.
RFID Weekly News Roundup — July 24, 2009
Politics, patents, market projections and new products feature prominently in this week’s roundup of RFID industry news.
Can RFID Track Information Use?
How can radio frequency identification technology be utilized to monitor whether a particular piece of data is used? —Name withheld ——— The answer depends on what that information is, and how it is supposed to be utilized. If you have data indicating that a delivery...Widening the Gap
Stronger retailers have an opportunity not just to survive the current downturn, but also to greatly distance themselves from the competition.
Golf Tournament Tees Up RFID
Open de Saint-Omer, an annual French event, deployed passive RFID tags to streamline access to special areas for VIP guests, as well as better plan future tournaments.
BRIDGE Researchers Demo Highly Secure EPC Gen 2 RFID
The group says its prototype shows it is possible to create a passive EPC Gen 2 tag that employs cryptographic keys to protect its data.
ZDNet Continues to Spread Misinformation About E-Passports
Blogger Robin Harris gets his facts wrong about RFID transponders in passports yet again.