TECHNOLOGY NEWS: Index

RFID NEWS ARTICLES - July 2004

Pentagon: Rough RFID Ride Ahead?
Date: 30 Jul 2004
Excerpt: So Wal-Mart Stores and the US Department of Defense have no doubt rattled some with their embrace of radio frequency identification, or RFID, as the next big ...
Source: Forbes

Report exposes potential RFID weaknesses
Date: 30 Jul 2004
Excerpt: 30/07/2004 - A leading consultancy firm has warned that the widespread adoption of RFID could open up the door to a range of potential scams, resulting in huge ...
Source: Food Navigator

Philips, TagSys, TI Team on RFID Paper
Date: 30 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...announced the release of a joint white paper, "Item Level Visibility in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain: A Comparison of HF and UHF RFID Technologies." As ...
Source: Wireless IQ (subscription) (press release)

Security Shocker: RFID Data Can Be Hacked
Date: 30 Jul 2004
Excerpt: At a time when the adoption of RFID is still at its nascent stage, especially in the Indian market, research data presented at the recent Black Hat 2004 ...
Source: CXOtoday.com

Omnicell to Showcase Industry's First Supply Chain Management RFID ...
Date: 30 Jul 2004
Excerpt: MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In a move to advance the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) for supply chain management in ...
Source: PR Newswire (press release)

RFID security woes
Date: 30 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Lukas Grunwald, a German information security consultant, is warning that RFID chips are not secure. Grunwald is a presenter at ...
Source: Geek.com

Supply Chain Management Expert and Author to Give RFID Seminars at ...
Date: 30 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Calif., July 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Supply chain management expert and author Charles C. Poirier will present "An Introduction to RFID (radio frequency ...
Source: PR Newswire (press release)

RFID More Hackable Than Retailers Think?
Date: 29 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Iphtashu Fitz writes "Lukas Grunwald, a senior consultant with DN-Systems Enterprise Solutions GmbH, is warning retailers that the RFID technology that they ...
Source: Slashdot -

RFID test centre for US-based pharma
Date: 29 Jul 2004
Excerpt: 28/07/2004 - A new RFID centre designed to help pharma companies test out new track-and-trace technology to combat the issue of counterfeiting is being set up ...
Source: In Pharma -

RFID Hack Could Allow Retail Fraud
Date: 29 Jul 2004
Excerpt: LAS VEGAS—A German consultant has released a tool that its creator says will allow modifications of the code stored within RFID tags, theoretically allowing ...
Source: eWeek -

Satyam Partners With Oatsystems For RFID
Date: 29 Jul 2004
Excerpt: In a bid to strengthen its presence in the RFID space and offer comprehensive solutions to customers, Satyam Computer Services announced today its partnership ...
Source: CXOtoday.com -

Operation RFID 2005: Will China Make the Grade?
Date: 29 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Inc.’s CIO, announced that the world’s largest retailer would be requiring its top 100 suppliers to place radio frequency identification (RFID) tags on all ...
Source: ChinaTechNews.com -

Zebra launches first XML-enabled RFID solution
Date: 29 Jul 2004
Excerpt: 29/07/2004 - Zebra Technologies has launched what it claims is the first Extensible Markup Language (XML)-enabled bar code and RFID smart label printing ...
Source: Food Production -

Psion Teklogix Expands Channel Program Through Emergent Technology ...
Date: 29 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Psion Teklogix (LSE: PON), a global provider of solutions for mobile computing and wireless data collection, including RFID technology, and Emergent Technology ...
Source: TMCnet -

New tool demonstrates hacks against RFID tags
Date: 29 Jul 2004
Excerpt: States. The Food and Drug Administration is issuing guidelines for the use of RFID technology on commonly counterfeited drugs. The ...
Source: GCN.com -

Portuguese Government Taps RFID Microchips for Mandatory Pet ...
Date: 29 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...of Agriculture to launch the first phase of a national mandatory dog identification project using the Company's proprietary implantable RFID (radio frequency ...
Source: Government Technology -

Sino the times: China to call the shots in tech?
Date: 29 Jul 2004
Excerpt: In research considering China's moves in areas such as operating systems, RFID tracker chips, entertainment media beyond DVD and mobile and satellite ...
Source: Silicon.com -

Under-the-skin ID chips move toward US hospitals
Date: 29 Jul 2004
Excerpt: VeriChip, the company that makes radio frequency identification--RFID--tags for humans, has moved one step closer to getting its technology into hospitals. ...
Source: Digital Silence -

Incucomm Offers Free RFID Market Research
Date: 28 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Incucomm announced today that it would provide its recent RFID market research at no cost. The latest research is from a series ...
Source: PR Web (press release) -

Wireless Data Services Are Just What the Doctor Ordered
Date: 28 Jul 2004
Excerpt: The FocalPoint study entitled “WIRELESS IN HEALTHCARE: A study tracking the RFID, wireless sensor solutions, and telemetry technologies� provides a ...
Source: PR Web (press release) -

RFID Exploration Zone, Educational Sessions Featured at CompTIA ...
Date: 27 Jul 2004
Excerpt: OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 27, 2004--A comprehensive educational track on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology usage in the ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

International Paper and HighJump Software Jointly Deliver RFID ...
Date: 27 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...that Ozburn-Hessey Logistics (OHL), a national third-party logistics provider, has completed a successful go-live of HighJump's RFID compliance solution ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

Outbreak of RFID tagging at medical facilities
Date: 27 Jul 2004
Excerpt: The Jacobi Medical Centre in New York is tagging patients with RFID chips in a pilot project run with Siemens Business Services. ...
Source: The Register -

Books that blab
Date: 27 Jul 2004
Excerpt: What if the publishing industry adopts RFID and in doing so encodes the ISBN number. Now you've got a tag that is revealing meaningful information.". ...
Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer -

Symbol Technologies Announces Agreement to Acquire Matrics, Inc. ...
Date: 27 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...to acquire Matrics, Inc., a leader in the design and manufacture of EPC (electronic product code)-compliant Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems. ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

IBM Unveils RFID, Data Synch, Other Product-Geared Wares
Date: 27 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...manage and gain control over product information and to enable increasingly popular initiatives such as radio frequency identification (RFID), global data ...
Source: ebizQ -

EasyCoder PM4i Printer Joins Intermec's Existing Suite of UHF ...
Date: 27 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...-- Purchase PM4i and Medallion Service(R) contract by Sept. 30 to receive a $2,000 RFID upgrade at no charge. Intermec Technologies ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

Zebra Introduces First XML-Enabled RFID Printer/Encoder for High ...
Date: 26 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...a global leader in delivering on-demand specialty printing solutions for business improvement, and a leader in the design and manufacturing of RFID smart label ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release) -

Mercury News
Date: 26 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Tracking children has become yet another use of a technology called RFID, for Radio Frequency Identification. Manufacturers and ...
Source: San Jose Mercury News (subscription) -

Korea, China, Japan to Prepare Joint Technology Standard
Date: 26 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...three countries will take part in and deal with the three countries’ eight joint pending issues, like radio frequency identification (RFID), next generation ...
Source: Chosun Ilbo -

RFID-enabled apparel store trial in India
Date: 26 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Wipro Technologies has announced the launch of its RFID-enabled concept store at its Electronic City campus in India, aiming to show how item level tagging can ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription) -

Wipro Starts Up RFID Retail Pilot
Date: 26 Jul 2004
Excerpt: July 26, 2004—To help it understand the issues surrounding RFID deployments in a retail setting, Indian software and IT services provider Wipro Technology ...
Source: RFID Journal -

RFID: Worth a closer look now
Date: 26 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Singapore: RFID technologies and standards may still be evolving, but you can start looking at building a business case around RFID now. ...
Source: Asia Computer Weekly -

The checkout line -- or the check-you-out line?
Date: 26 Jul 2004
Excerpt: July 26, 2004 | This week, staffers at the Berkeley Public Library will begin putting radio frequency identification (RFID) tags in half of the 500,000 items ...
Source: Salon (subscription) -

RFID vendor to tag Portuguese pooches
Date: 23 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Actually, RFID remains a hot topic in hardware, software and retail markets, but other applications of the technology, which marries microchips with radio ...
Source: ZDNet.com -

RFID watches aim to stop counterfeiters
Date: 23 Jul 2004
Excerpt: RFID, the much-hyped technology that's turned up on dirty laundry, on luggage and even on Japanese schoolchildren, has now made its way onto posh watches. ...
Source: ZDNet.co.uk -

ComReg: RFID can help increase business efficiency
Date: 23 Jul 2004
Excerpt: The Irish telecoms regulator ComReg issued a briefing note on developments in Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems as part of its forward looking ...
Source: Telecom Paper (subscription) -

Sonic Software and Avicon Co-Present at RFID for Supply Chain ...
Date: 23 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Vandervoort and Avicon CTO and Head of Operations Marc Linster will co-present a workshop on "Deploying Standards-Based Integration Strategies for RFID" at the ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

RFID for Hospital Care
Date: 23 Jul 2004
Excerpt: The FDA has already asked pharma manufacturers to look at RFID-tagging products, and economics show the price of tags is less critical for item-tagging drugs ...
Source: Line 56 News -

Siemens to pilot RFID bracelets for health care
Date: 23 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Siemens Business Services announced this week a pilot project with Jacobi Medical Center in New York to track patients by incorporating RFID chips into the ...
Source: InfoWorld -

Label Printing Software offers RFID programming.
Date: 23 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Enterprise features easy-to-use interface for RFID tag setup and programming, ability to use graphical tag image to protect against printing over and damaging ...
Source: Industrial News Room -

China to develop its own RFID standard
Date: 23 Jul 2004
Excerpt: China is developing its own standard for radio frequency identification (RFID) applications, according to market researcher iSuppli. ...
Source: Purchasing.com -

Airgate announces RFID 'Smart Buckle' child seats
Date: 22 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Airgate Technologies has initiated development of a radio frequency identification (RFID) prototype application for use with automotive child safety seats. ...
Source: AWKnowledge (subscription) -

Drug Industry Experiments With Item-Level RFID July 21, 2004
Date: 22 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...pharmaceutical manufacturers, distributors, and retailers are experimenting with item-level radio-frequency identification technology, attaching RFID tags to ...
Source: Information Week -

ComReg says opportunities in RFID
Date: 22 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a new generation of bar-code technologies that enable information, such as identification codes, to be accessed over ...
Source: Business World -

Radio Beacon RFID Pilot Kits
Date: 22 Jul 2004
Excerpt: By Jonathan Collins. July 22, 2004—Warehouse management software developer Radio Beacon has launched two new RFID pilot kits for its WMS customers. ...
Source: RFID Journal -

Building inspiring IT into the new home of football
Date: 22 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...in the future.'. These sophisticated systems include smartcard, wireless and radio frequency identification (RFID). 'We are planning ...
Source: VNUNet.com -

Oracle muscles into the China market by building strong ...
Date: 22 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Oracle has already seen a potential in the RFID (radio frequency identification) market, Phillips noted, saying that the R&D center in Shenzhen is now ...
Source: DigiTimes -

Microsoft-based RFID test kits launched
Date: 22 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Radio Beacon, a developer of warehouse management software for manufacturers, distributors and third party logistic providers, has released two RFID 'Pilot Kits ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription) -

Matrics unveils its Gen 2-upgradeable RFID reader
Date: 22 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...says it is soon to begin shipping its new Generation 2-ready AR-400 RFID readers, following its participation in the creation of EPCglobal's Generation 2 ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription) -

David Ticoll
Date: 22 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Today it's RFID (radio frequency identification), the tiny communicating chip that you can stick on or in just about anything — like Canada's new e-Passport ...
Source: The Globe and Mail -

Wristwatch RFID tags promise much and so far fall short
Date: 21 Jul 2004
Excerpt: The company in question is Winwatch, which has joined forces with Hitachi to put their (Hitachi’s) RFID µ-chips in the glass face of expensive Swiss watches ...
Source: engadget -

Wal-Mart supplier installs RedPrairie RFID technology
Date: 21 Jul 2004
Excerpt: 21/07/2004 - A leading Wal-Mart supplier is installing RedPrairie RFID transportation and warehouse management software in order to comply with looming RFID ...
Source: Food Production -

TEKLYNX Extends RFID Label Printing with CODESOFT 7.1; CODESOFT ...
Date: 21 Jul 2004
Excerpt: The CODESOFT Enterprise version, which, in October of 2000, became the first label design software product to support RFID label printing, now offers ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

RFID System automates storeroom/crib management.
Date: 21 Jul 2004
Excerpt: RFID badges identify user who carried items through Accu-Port and completes an issue transaction for inventory, which is marked with RFID label. ...
Source: Industrial News Room -

RFID World Australia
Date: 21 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Description: RFID World is Australia's only dedicated event on an exciting new tracking technology that will be deployed in many, many projects around the ...
Source: Wireless Week -

India Inc embraces RFID to match global practice
Date: 20 Jul 2004
Excerpt: NEW DELHI: From manufacturers to retail chains, hospitals to shrimp exporters, the buzz in corporate India is Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology. ...
Source: Times of India -

IBM Takes on Flood of RFID Data
Date: 20 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Many large businesses are already awash in a flood of RFID (define) data, much of it too poorly integrated and barely managed. IBM ...
Source: InternetNews.com -

Japanese Waste-Management Company Tests RFID July 19, 2004
Date: 20 Jul 2004
Excerpt: IBM is helping the Japanese company conduct the test at IBM Japan's RFID Solutions Center in Yamato, Japan. Kureha Environmental ...
Source: Information Week -

BOFH gets an RFID he can't refuse
Date: 20 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Ooooh," I blurt "I spy, with my little eye, something beginning with RFID transponder.". "Indeed! ... So you know about the RFID thing?" he sighs. ...
Source: The Register -

Australian Sheep Industry to Trial Advanced ID's RFID Technology
Date: 20 Jul 2004
Excerpt: CALGARY, Alberta--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 20, 2004--Advanced ID Corporation (OTCBB:AIDO), a pioneer in the radio frequency identification (RFID) market, today ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

Bruce Foods Leverages RedPrairie Functionality to Achieve ...
Date: 20 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Bruce Foods, a specialty US food manufacturer, will implement industry-leading RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), Transportation and Warehouse Management ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

Sterling Commerce Joins EPCglobal US
Date: 20 Jul 2004
Excerpt: 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Business integration leader Sterling Commerce announced today that it has joined Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology innovators ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release) -

Tags to track aircraft parts cut airlines' costs
Date: 20 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Interest in RFID among the region's airlines is expected to grow further after the Global Aviation RFID Forum, to be held in Hong Kong in August. ...
Source: Australian IT -

Which sector will host the next RFID gold rush?
Date: 20 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Many RFID tag and reader manufacturers are already part of the 'gold rush' that was started by the Wal-Mart, US Department of Defense, and other RFID mandates ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription) -

ABI vendor matrix singles out three RFID leaders
Date: 20 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ABI Research's new business intelligence tool, the Vendor Matrix (available by subscription) has identified three current leaders in the RFID field: Savi ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription) -

GMA urges no new regulations for RFID
Date: 19 Jul 2004
Excerpt: 19/07/2004 - The GMA has said that while there are legitimate privacy implications concerning RFID and EPC, the technology stills offers manufacturers and ...
Source: Food Production -

Japan school kids to be tagged with RFID chips
Date: 19 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Japanese authorities decide tracking is best way to protect kids. But how do they install the RFID chips? The tags will be read ...
Source: DevShed -

Congress Airs RFID Concerns
Date: 19 Jul 2004
Excerpt: RFID proponents insist that the tracking tags will be used to improve supply chains and not to track individual sales items or the people buying them. ...
Source: Ziff Davis -

ScoringSystem, Inc. and Semacode Corporation Launch Joint Venture ...
Date: 19 Jul 2004
Excerpt: This latest technology for data collection and ScoringSystem databank access joins the existing barcode scanning, RFID, and color-coded imaging currently ...
Source: Emediawire (press release) -

RFID for Meat Eaters
Date: 18 Jul 2004
Excerpt: July 19, 2004—Earlier this month, European retailer Metro Group opened an RFID demonstration and testing facility to help its suppliers familiarize ...
Source: RFID Journal -

'RFID Tracking' tags: Tool or threat?
Date: 18 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ..."The privacy issues raised by RFID tags are vitally important because they are representative of a larger trend in the United States -- the seemingly ...
Source: PC World Magazine -

Retail group supports RFID code of practice
Date: 18 Jul 2004
Excerpt: A Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) code of practice is being developed in conjunction with the Australian Retailers Association, EAN Australia and the ...
Source: Computerworld Australia -

epcSolutions offers free RFID/EPC middleware
Date: 18 Jul 2004
Excerpt: RFID middleware provider, epcSolutions, has announced a new release of its freely downloadable ThingsNet middleware, a fully integrated, reliable and ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription) -

RFID asset management can boost revenue, study finds
Date: 18 Jul 2004
Excerpt: According to the survey results for the 'RFID Enabled Logistics Asset Management Benchmark Report', almost half of respondents reported that logistics asset ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription) -

RFID pioneers discuss its origins
Date: 18 Jul 2004
Excerpt: I believe your article of June 7 describing Charles Walton as the person who pioneered Radio Frequency Identification Devices (RFID) is misleading. ...
Source: San Jose Mercury News (subscription) -

Royalties Expected To Increase Cost Of RFID Technology
Date: 17 Jul 2004
Excerpt: The price of electronic tags used to track supply-chain goods could swell if a key standard in the emerging technology, known as RFID, winds up including ...
Source: TechWeb -

Privacy Advocates Assail Radio-ID Tags; Companies Defend New ...
Date: 17 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Privacy advocates are urging Congress to enact legislation limiting government use of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and requiring retailers to ...
Source: CIO Today -

RFID Reader Has Split Personality July 15, 2004
Date: 16 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Project in the works at Oak Ridge National Lab to develop RFID readers that process signals from active and passive tags. By Laurie Sullivan. ...
Source: Information Week -

16 Jul 2004 : RFID revolutionises the supply chain
Date: 16 Jul 2004
Excerpt: RADIO frequency identification, or RFID, is a generic term for technologies that use radio waves to identify individual items automatically and is expected to ...
Source: Cape Business News -

FIVE STEPS TO RFID DEPLOYMENT
Date: 16 Jul 2004
Excerpt: RFID deployment is no different. *Leanne Kemp writes for FOOD Magazine. WHETHER you are responding to EPC-based mandates or simply ...
Source: Ferret -

Log Maker Warms Up to RFID
Date: 16 Jul 2004
Excerpt: 16, 2004—While 100 of Wal-Mart’s largest suppliers faced little choice in having to meet giant retailer Wal-Mart’s mandate for RFID tagging shipments to ...
Source: RFID Journal -

Possibilities: The Point of Sale Industry Global Markets and ...
Date: 16 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...research investigated a variety of technologies driving the evolution of the black box at the checkout such as IP enablement, Contactless Cards, and RFID Tags. ...
Source: Emediawire (press release) -

Vatican to manage historical artefacts with RFID
Date: 16 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Vatican Library in Rome, Italy - home to nearly 2 million books, manuscripts and other priceless items - has adopted Texas Instruments' 13.56MHz RFID tags to ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription) -

RFID users say no privacy law needed
Date: 15 Jul 2004
Excerpt: JULY 15, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - A US law enforcing privacy rules for radio frequency identification (RFID) isn't needed because companies experimenting with ...
Source: ComputerWorld -

New standards in-fighting surprises RFID players
Date: 15 Jul 2004
Excerpt: According to Michielsen, many other players in the RFID space are surprised and concerned at the prospect of Intermec putting its intellectual property into ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription) -

RFID Router for Remote Sites
Date: 15 Jul 2004
Excerpt: July 15, 2004—Specialist RFID systems developer RF Code has launched a new hardware component to its Tavis auto-ID network management platform. ...
Source: RFID Journal -

RFID Gets Shot in Arm
Date: 15 Jul 2004
Excerpt: RFID chips implanted under the skin of government officials in Mexico caught a lot of attention this week, but although having a an identification system lodged ...
Source: Wireless IQ (subscription) (press release) -

Zebra launches desktop-sized RFID printer/encoder July 15, 2004
Date: 15 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Radio frequency identification (RFID or ?smart-ID?) technology is no longer the preserve of large manufacturers and retailers with a new desktop RFID printer ...
Source: Computer Reseller News -

SAMSys Announces Production of Its New Multi-Protocol, Multi ...
Date: 15 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...(SMY: TSX), an international provider of Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) hardware solutions and consulting services today announces the introduction of ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release) -

eSmart Source Announces Partnership with SATO America for RFID ...
Date: 14 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...a leading system integrator of RFID–enabled solutions and a member of EPCglobal US today announced they have entered into a product partnership agreement ...
Source: PR Web (press release) -

Paxar's Q-Service For RFID Delivers Compliant Smart Labels
Date: 14 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...for the retail supply chain and the supplier of Monarch(R) brand products and services, today announced that its Q-Service(TM) for RFID--the industry's first ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

Wipro Launches India's First RFID Enabled Apparel Store; Store to ...
Date: 14 Jul 2004
Excerpt: WIRE)--July 14, 2004--Wipro Technologies, the global IT services division of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT), announced the launch of its RFID enabled concept store ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

RFID Reader Wrist Watch
Date: 14 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Networking Laboratory led by Professor Ken Sakamura of the University of Tokyo unveiled the "UC-Watch," a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader embedded ...
Source: Dark Vision -

Portable RFID reader in a Wristwatch
Date: 14 Jul 2004
Excerpt: The UC-Watch is based on "u (micro) UC," the portable RFID reader function set that the lab has specified on its own. Now it is ...
Source: PhysOrg.com -

AXCESS Inc. Selects TechSearch LLC to License Its Digital Video ...
Date: 14 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...(OTC Bulletin Board: AXSI.OB), a leading provider of RFID and video surveillance systems for physical security and supply chain management, announced today ...
Source: PR Newswire (press release) -

Japan school kids to be tagged with RFID chips
Date: 13 Jul 2004
Excerpt: The rights and wrongs of using radio frequency identification (RFID) tags on humans have been debated since the tracking tags reached the technological ...
Source: ZDNet.com -

RFID News: epcSolutions Leapfrogs Competitors With Latest Release ...
Date: 13 Jul 2004
Excerpt: GREAT FALLS, Va., July 12 /PRNewswire/ -- epcSolutions, Inc., the industry's leading EPC(TM)/RFID middleware provider, has announced a new release of their ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release) -

From A to RFID: Plumbing 101
Date: 13 Jul 2004
Excerpt: COMMENTARY--Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), the next generation supply chain technology is all the rage--for good reason. ...
Source: ZDNet.com -

Sun's European RFID centre refocused before launch
Date: 13 Jul 2004
Excerpt: In the pharmaceuticals sector, RFID is attracting considerable attention as a means of tracking inventory and guarding against diversion and counterfeiting, as ...
Source: In Pharma -

TRAXUS Technologies Introduces EPC Director 2.0; Universal ...
Date: 13 Jul 2004
Excerpt: MCLEAN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 13, 2004--TRAXUS Technologies, a leading RFID technology services company, announces EPC Director 2.0, a new software ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

Barcode maker sues RFID firm
Date: 13 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Barcode maker Intermec Technologies has sued RFID tag and reader maker Matrics, alleging it has infringed four Intermec patents. ...
Source: ComputerWeekly.com -

RFID and Logistics Assets
Date: 13 Jul 2004
Excerpt: But as RFID deployment grows, companies are connecting the technology with logistics asset management to reduce capital costs, improve customer satisfaction ...
Source: Line 56 News -

Israeli system to defend planes against missiles tested ...
Date: 13 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...to join the Microsoft Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Partner Advisory Council (PAC) focused on RFID technology solutions. ...
Source: Israel 21C -

Ocean Spray installs 3M packaging system
Date: 13 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...data and artwork. In addition, the data-enabled solution supports customer and industry initiatives such as RFID. This technology ...
Source: Food Production -

Startup Says It's Time for RFID
Date: 13 Jul 2004
Excerpt: A Swiss startup has patented a way of embedding a tiny RFID transponder in the glass crystal of a watch as a way of preventing counterfeiting and enabling ...
Source: RFID Journal -

RFID falls prey to patent trouble
Date: 13 Jul 2004
Excerpt: RFID's promise of low-cost tags for asset tracking seems set to sour thanks to a patent lawsuit that is casting a cloud over standards work in the previously ...
Source: Computerworld Australia -

SAMSys to supply RFID readers for Future Store
Date: 13 Jul 2004
Excerpt: The RFID hardware solutions and consulting services firm, SAMSys Technologies, has announced its selection and participation in the Metro Group's RFID Solution ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription) -

OTI enters US healthcare RFID market
Date: 13 Jul 2004
Excerpt: On Track Innovations Ltd (OTI), which provides contactless smart card solutions for security, micropayments, and fuel payments has signed a Value Added ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription) -

RFID Based Logistics Asset Management Reduces Cost and Grows ...
Date: 13 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Half of them are looking to place RFID tags on their assets over the next 12 months as part of their improvement strategy.". -- RFID ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

Impinj Raises $22M to Accelerate RFID Product Development
Date: 12 Jul 2004
Excerpt: SEATTLE, WA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 07/12/2004 -- Impinj, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company developing Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) solutions for ...
Source: Market Wire (press release) -

RFID Tempts, but Investment Opportunity Elusive
Date: 12 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Technophiles often tout RFID, or radio frequency identification, as the driver of the next revolution in the retail industry. But ...
Source: TheStreet.com (subscription) -

RFID Cruises Down The Highway
Date: 12 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Though RFID tags have yet to reach the hoped-for 5-cent-per-item level, Viper in April began putting the tags, which now cost about 50 cents a pop, on ...
Source: Information Week -

Power Paper Joins Microsoft RFID Partner Advisory Council
Date: 12 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...(Nasdaq: MSFT) to join the Microsoft Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Partner Advisory Council (PAC) focused on RFID technology solutions. ...
Source: Business Wire (press release) -

IDC predicts bright future for supply chain RFID
Date: 12 Jul 2004
Excerpt: RFID continues to be a bright spot on the technology landscape with spending in the US retail supply chain now being expected to reach US$1 billion by 2008 ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription) -

Singapore Seeks Leading RFID Role
Date: 12 Jul 2004
Excerpt: July 12, 2004—Having identified RFID technology as "an engine of growth," Singapore will spend US$ 5.8 million, mainly on research and training, to promote ...
Source: RFID Journal -

IBM opens RFID testing centre in France
Date: 12 Jul 2004
Excerpt: IBM has announced the opening of its new European RFID Testing & Solution Centre in La Gaude, France. The new centre, which complements ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription) -

Vatican Library adopts RFID
Date: 09 Jul 2004
Excerpt: The Vatican Library in Rome, home of nearly two million books, manuscripts and other items, has adopted radio frequency identification (RFID) tags to identify ...
Source: The Register

Ozburn-Hessey Logistics Launches RFID-Integrated Supply Chain ...
Date: 09 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...management company, announced today that it launched on July 1, 2004 a fully-integrated distribution network using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) at its ...
Source: PR Newswire (press release)

Printronix Expands RFID Offerings
Date: 09 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...builds on Printronix’s first smart label printer offering—an Electronic Product Code -compliant smart label developer's kit for EPC RFID pilots—which was ...
Source: RFID Journal

Odin technologies releases RFID reader benchmark
Date: 09 Jul 2004
Excerpt: 09/07/2004 - With deadlines for compliance looming, RFID specialist Odin technologies has released a report analysing the top four EPC (electronic product code ...
Source: Food Production

Schoolchildren to be RFID-chipped
Date: 09 Jul 2004
Excerpt: This has to be the work of a government sponsored council or very similar - someone without the first concept of actual security - teach children what dangers ...
Source: Silicon.com

Japanese to tag schoolkids
Date: 09 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Japanese primary school kids' bags will be tagged with RFID so that little darlings can be monitored on their way to and from school. ...
Source: The Register

RFID News Roundup
Date: 09 Jul 2004
Excerpt: IBM has opened its European RFID Testing & Solution Center in La Gaude, France. The company says the test center is designed to ...
Source: RFID Journal

Developing RFID-Enabled Phones
Date: 09 Jul 2004
Excerpt: July 9, 2004—Some major cell phone manufacturers are preparing the release communication devices incorporating RFID technology that they hope will change the ...
Source: RFID Journal

Major RFID investments will affect jobs, report says
Date: 09 Jul 2004
Excerpt: During the next 3 years, manufacturers are expected to spend approximately US$2 billion on EPC RFID tags and US$1-US$3 billion on infrastructure, and many jobs ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription)

Omron RFID R/W compatible with UHF, HF bands
Date: 09 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Omron Corp. has developed an RFID reader/writer (R/W) compatible with both UHF (super-high frequency) and HF (13.56MHz) frequency bands. ...
Source: Eetasia.com (subscription)

Vehicle distributors to promote RFID anti-theft devices
Date: 09 Jul 2004
Excerpt: C-Chip Technologies Corporation is expecting to ship over 45,000 units of its RFID-based Crime Stopper1 product through Northland Auto Enterprises ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription)

C-Chip Expects Sales to Northland to Reach $10 Million Before the ...
Date: 09 Jul 2004
Excerpt: This state of the art security system is based on wireless and RFID technology that has been acclaimed by the industry as "unbeatable" and quoted as possibly ...
Source: Business Wire (press release)

RFID seen improving patient safety, reduce costs
Date: 08 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Among its potential uses: Implanting RFID chips inside surgical instruments to ensure they're not left inside a sewn-up body, and affixing RFID labels onto ...
Source: CBS MarketWatch

IBM Providing RFID Backbone For METRO Group, The Huge Retailer
Date: 08 Jul 2004
Excerpt: METRO Group, the world's fourth largest retailer, has chosen IBM to provide the software to integrate the rollout of RFID throughout their supply chain, IBM ...
Source: ebizQ

Investors get mixed signals about RFID
Date: 08 Jul 2004
Excerpt: RFID, as it's called, has caught investors attention because of its planned usage by such big spenders as Wal-Mart (WMT), the world's biggest retailer, and the ...
Source: Investor's Business Daily (subscription)

Sirit teams up with Intel on new RFID readers
Date: 08 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Sirit Technologies (a provider of RFID reader technology) and Intel Corporation are to collaborate on RFID reader technology development. ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription)

Intermec: RFID is Proprietary
Date: 08 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Technologies, a division of UNOVA that specializes in supply chain technology around barcoding and radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, began ...
Source: Line 56 News

VeriSign EPC Network Services to Be Demonstrated in METRO Group's ...
Date: 08 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...infrastructure services for the Internet and telecommunications networks, today announced their participation in the METRO Group RFID Innovation Center located ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release)

Your phone will be with you…always
Date: 08 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...look at it. Each phone in the office has an RFID tag attached to it; you carry around a notebook PC with a tag reader. Scanning the ...
Source: engadget

Texas Instruments' RFID Technology Streamlines Management of ...
Date: 7 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Implementation Underway With Plans to Expand RFID to Access Control, Loan and Parking Management, and Tagging of Historical Artifacts DALLAS, July 7 /PRNewswire ...
Source: PR Newswire (press release)

Savi Technology Wins IFW's Logistics Security Award with RFID ...
Date: 7 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...real-time supply chain solutions and integrates them using its own line of active (battery-powered) Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technologies or other ...
Source: Business Wire (press release)

Royalty and legal moves surprise RFID industry, says ABI Research
Date: 7 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Other players in the RFID space are surprised and concerned at the prospect of Intermec putting their intellectual property into the most basic part of the ...
Source: Business Wire (press release)

RFID still facing barriers
Date: 7 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Johannesburg, 7 July 2004] - The cost of radio frequency identification (RFID) products has ... RFID tagging can also survive environments hostile to bar codes.�. ...
Source: ITWeb

MyVigo Selects IBSS Synapse for RFID Retail Point of Service ...
Date: 7 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...(IBSS) (OTCBB:IBSS), creator of the Synapse(TM) technology framework for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) applications, announced that MyVigo Corporation ...
Source: TMCnet

IBM opens European RFID testing centre
Date: 06 Jul 2004
Excerpt: IBM has expanded its radio frequency identification (RFID) research and development efforts with the opening of a European testing centre dedicated to the ...
Source: VNUNet.com

Labeling Software has RFID Wizard.
Date: 06 Jul 2004
Excerpt: With support for RFID-enabled Zebra and Printronix thermal transfer label printers, EASYLABEL® v5 employs 2 Wizards to aid in label creation. ...
Source: Industrial News Room

Deloitte and BT team up for RFID
Date: 06 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...chain. Up to now, large corporates looking to implement RFID have needed to engage both a consultancy and a niche integrator. This ...
Source: ic Birmingham.co.uk

New Report on RFID Patents
Date: 06 Jul 2004
Excerpt: July 6, 2004—The first RFID patent-infringement lawsuit was filed recently by Intermec (see link /article/articleview/979/1/1/ Intermec Sues Matrics>, and ...
Source: RFID Journal

DoD-initiated RFID think-tank goes to AIM Global
Date: 06 Jul 2004
Excerpt: A group of RFID expert advisors initially chartered by the US Department of Defense is to become an advisory group within AIM Global, the trade association for ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription)

Up-to-date RFID primer published online
Date: 06 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Jimandi Corporation has launched RFID 101: The Future is Here: A Beginner's Guide to RFID, a primer that is available online from RFID Gazette. ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription)

Microsoft announces RFID partners
Date: 06 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...has announced its list of partners creating Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) products on the Microsoft-based platform. RFID ...
Source: Globetechnology.com

Linux, VoIP, RFID surge, analysts say
Date: 5 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...case. Radio frequency identification (RFID) was stronger than expected, but actual implementations were fewer than predicted. Wireless ...
Source: Australian IT

SAS tags RFID as intelligence opportunity
Date: 5 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...in business intelligence, is uniquely equipped to help companies organise, harness, analyse and understand radio frequency identification (RFID) data, as well ...
Source: ITWeb

New temp-tracking RFID label from KSW
Date: 5 Jul 2004
Excerpt: 05/07/2004 - German radio frequency identification technology company KSW Microtec is gearing up to launch a new RFID label for tracking supply chain integrity ...
Source: In Pharma

Delta promises end to lost luggage with RFID
Date: 5 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Not such a new idea, I wrote a paper on this when doing my MSc back in 93. The suggestion being Travel Insurance companies provide ...
Source: Silicon.com

'Magic ink' that makes metal grow
Date: 5 Jul 2004
Excerpt: It means antennas for tiny mobiles or radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, used for tracking goods, could be made cheaply and quickly. ...
Source: BBC News

Reunert's Saco in tech solutions deal
Date: 5 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...subsidiary Saco Systems has concluded a deal with UK company Intellident to promote and deliver the latest technology in 'smart label' RFID library solutions ...
Source: Business Day, South Africa

Analysts confirm that RFID to save money, displace workers
Date: 4 Jul 2004
Excerpt: In deploying RFID, however, 4 million jobs in the US alone are expected to vanish. "Nothing is going to happen overnight, but there's ...
Source: Eetasia.com (subscription)

California RFID Legislation Rejected
Date: 4 Jul 2004
Excerpt: July 5, 2004—A California bill seeking to set privacy standards for RFID technology use in the state was defeated last week by members of the California ...
Source: RFID Journal

Strategic advantage of RFID still sought, says study
Date: 4 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Seven out of ten companies are in the discovery and information gathering phase of adopting RFID technology, according to a new joint study by BearingPoint ...
Source: UsingRFID.com (subscription)

Expert urges aggressive approach toward RFID
Date: 4 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Korean companies need to take an aggressive approach in adopting RFID (radio frequency identification) technology to improve manufacturing and supply chain ...
Source: Korea Herald

IBM opens European RFID Testing & Solution Center
Date: 2 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Jul 02, 2004 – (HostReview.com) - IBM announced yesterday the opening of an European RFID Testing & Solution Center in La Gaude, France, confirming its ...
Source: HostReview.com

RFID Investments Will Affect 4 Million US Jobs by 2007, Reports ...
Date: 2 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Yankee Group estimates that US manufacturers will invest $5 billion to $6 billion in RFID deployments during the next three years. ...
Source: Tekrati Industry Analyst Reporter (press release)

Delta Ups Service Bar with RFID Luggage Tracking
Date: 2 Jul 2004
Excerpt: While most companies are experimenting with radio-frequency identification, or RFID, to improve supply-chain operations -- either of their own volition or at ...
Source: Contact Center Today

RFID to affect four million jobs
Date: 2 Jul 2004
Excerpt: By Robert Jaques [02-07-2004]. Multibillion-dollar investments in radio frequency identity (RFID) tags will affect four million US employees by 2007. ...
Source: Computing

Defense Systems Inc. Expands RFID operations and West Coast ...
Date: 2 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Services range from systems integration and implementation including database design, development, network and systems security to RFID assessments and ...
Source: HostReview.com

IBM and Delta push RFID tagging
Date: 2 Jul 2004
Excerpt: IBM has officially opened its RFID Testing and Solution Centre in La Gaude, France, while in a separate move, Delta Air Lines said it will invest $15m (£8.2m ...
Source: ComputerWeekly.com

Is the RFID revolution here?
Date: 2 Jul 2004
Excerpt: 02/07/2004 - The retail-driven drive towards universal usage of RFID technology throughout the supply chain looks unstoppable, but are we getting a bit carried ...
Source: Food Production

IBM Opens European RFID Test Center
Date: 2 Jul 2004
Excerpt: The new center, which is based in Nice, France, will test RFID chips, data-collection readers and related applications software to find out if they integrate ...
Source: Computer Business Review

IBM, Delta Airlines add more buzz to RFID tagging
Date: 1 Jul 2004
Excerpt: By Laura Rohde, IDG News Service. Adding to the growing buzz surrounding RFID (radio frequency identification) tagging technology, IBM Corp. ...
Source: InfoWorld

Delta Plans US-Wide RFID System
Date: 1 Jul 2004
Excerpt: July 2, 2004—Building on two RFID trials it carried out within in the past nine months, Delta Air Lines has committed to spending up to $25 million during ...
Source: RFID Journal

RFID News Roundup
Date: 1 Jul 2004
Excerpt: In a new report, "Users and Vendors are Beginning to Explore the Utility of RFID Technology in the Supply Chain," the Yankee Group, a Boston-based research and ...
Source: RFID Journal

CIOs Still Learning About RFID
Date: 1 Jul 2004
Excerpt: ...across a range of industries in the US, Europe and Asia shows that the majority of companies are still learning about and evaluating RFID technology and have ...
Source: RFID Journal

Delta Turns To RFID To Cut Costs
Date: 1 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Misrouted baggage costs Delta about $100 million per year, but airline officials say they believe RFID technology could cut those costs significantly. ...
Source: Information Week

Delta will use RFID to track luggage
Date: 1 Jul 2004
Excerpt: The company announced that it is to spend between $15 million and $25 million to launch an RFID system across its US network. When ...
Source: CNET News.com

Delta to use RFID tags to track luggage
Date: 1 Jul 2004
Excerpt: Lines Inc. said today it will use radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to track luggage throughout its US network. The ...
Source: ComputerWorld

Ontario Privacy Commissioner publishes RFID guidelines
Date: 30 Jun 2004
Excerpt: As advocates battle retailers like Wal-Mart on the risks and benefits of radio frequency identification (RFID), Ontario’s Information and Privacy ...
Source: Out-Law.com

Shipcom Wireless to integrate RFID software in Psion Teklogix' ...
Date: 30 Jun 2004
Excerpt: Global provider of enterprise mobility, RFID solutions Shipcom Wireless will resell Psion Teklogix’ line of rugged mobile computing devices with its ...
Source: Telecom Paper (subscription)

VC invests in Aussie RFID start-up
Date: 30 Jun 2004
Excerpt: ...g2 Microsystems, an Australian venture in the Radio Frequency ID (RFID) market, is to receive an initial investment of US$500,000 ($715,000) from DB Capital ...
Source: Dial Infolink Electronics

Retrofitting Labelers for RFID
Date: 30 Jun 2004
Excerpt: June 30, 2004—Automated labeling equipment specialist Panther Industries has developed technology to RFID-enable its new and existing machines for printing ...
Source: RFID Journal

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Nanotechnology comprises technological developments on the nanometer scale, usually 0.1 to 100 nm. (One nanometer equals one thousandth of a micrometer or one millionth of a millimeter.) The term has sometimes been applied to microscopic technology. This article discusses nanotechnology, nanoscience, and hypothetical molecular nanotechnology.

The term nanotechnology is sometimes conflated with molecular nanotechnology (also known as "MNT"), a hypothetical, advanced form of nanotechnology believed by some to be achievable at some point in the future, based on productive nanosystems. Molecular nanotechnology would fabricate precise structures using mechanosynthesis to perform molecular manufacturing. The hypothetical molecular nanotechnology, though not yet existent, is posited by its proponents to have a great impact on society if realized. Current debate on whether molecular nanotechnology is likely to be developed can be seen on the web at the weblog of Richard Jones and other sites mentioned therein.

More broadly, nanotechnology includes the many techniques used to create structures at a size scale below 100 nm, including those used for fabrication of nanotubes and nanowires, those used in semiconductor fabrication such as deep ultraviolet lithography, electron beam lithography, focused ion beam machining, atomic layer deposition, and molecular vapor deposition, and further including molecular self-assembly techniques such as those employing di-block copolymers.

The term nanoscience is used to describe the interdisciplinary fields of science devoted to the study of nanoscale phenomena employed in nanotechnology. This is the world of atoms, molecules, macromolecules, quantum dots, and macromolecular assemblies, and is dominated by surface effects such as Van der Waals force attraction, hydrogen bonding, electronic charge, ionic bonding, covalent bonding, hydrophobicity, hydrophilicity, and quantum mechanical tunneling, to the virtual exclusion of macro-scale effects such as turbulence and inertia.

The size scale of nanoscience and nanotechnology make them susceptible to quantum-based phenomena, leading to often counterintuitive results. Furthermore, the vastly increased ratio of surface area to volume opens new possibilities in surface-based science, such as catalysis.

Nanotechnology is already having a considerable impact on the field of electronics, where the drive towards miniaturization continues and transistor gate lengths of 65 nm are routinely fabricated in prototype circuits. The device density of modern computer electronics (i.e. the number of transistors per unit area) has grown exponentially, and this trend is expected to continue for some time (see Moore's law). However, both economics and fundamental electronic limitations prevent this trend from continuing indefinitely. Some see further development of nanotechnology outside of the semiconductor roadmap, and the hoped-for advent of molecular nanotechnology, as the next logical steps for continued advances in computer architecture, while others are less sanguine.




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