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RFID News Roundup
Dow joins EPCglobal; Gartner says RFID to grow to $3 billion in 2010; Zebra announces Gen 2 firmware availability; Symbol, Vue developing item-level tracking solutions; RFID in China: uneven growth; Gen 2 start kits from Avery Dennison Printer Systems; ToP Shop selling Rafsec, other RFID goods; NCR partnership targets Mediterranean market; Inside Contactless raises €9 million.RFID News Roundup
ABI report says UHF chipsets may lower reader prices; costs stymieing RFID in European supply chains; Avery Dennison RFID names 17 qualified converters; AeroScout, Alanco team up on Wi-Fi tracking; HID, INSIDE partnering on access control apps; New Zealand passports carrying Philips chips; South Korea approves use of Savi 433.92 MHz systems; AIM Global unveils RFID Emblem.
Smart Soccer Ball Misses Its Goal
Soccer’s international governing body has canceled plans to use an RFID-enabled scoring system at the 2006 FIFA World Cup international soccer tournament.
An RFID Cure for the Checked Bag Blues?
Secure Tag, a Toronto-based startup, has developed an RFID device it says could be used to both identify and secure airline passenger baggage.
The Art of RFID
Think RFID is just for tracking boxes in the supply chain? Think again.
Loggers Use Tags to Track Trucks, Timber
Papermakers and sawmills deploy RFID systems in forests to facilitate the loading, weighing and unloading of logging trucks.RFID Tracks Tires at NASCAR
Goodyear used handheld interrogators and embedded tags to keep track of leased racecar tires.
RFID Helps Gamers Break Out of Jail
An interactive game in Madrid uses radio frequency identification to track players as they try to escape from a simulated futuristic high-security jail.
Paris Transit to Test Phones as Fare Cards
The city's public transportation authority will carry out a trial enabling Paris subway and bus riders to use RFID-enabled cell phones as contactless transit cards.