The Demand For RFID Tags is Expected to Reach 5.5 Billion Units by 2010
... After describing RFID technology and system, this report analyses the structure and trends of the RFID industry, both worldwide and in China. Then it gives full details about mainland China following companies: RFID chip manufacturers, RFID antennas, tags and readers manufacturers, RFID system integrators, RFID product agencies, RFID relevant organizations and institutions ... (28 May 2006)
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RFID golf balls find themselves in the rough
... Summer is almost here, and for the golfing duffers RFID offers some hope... (26 May 2006)
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Cardinal Healths RFID Adoption Expands
... Cardinal Health, the $75 billion medical distributor and supplier, yesterday announced that it is moving into the next phase of its end-to-end RFID pilot. It will now begin tagging pharmaceuticals at the item, case, and pallet levels... (11 May 2006)
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Retailers are seeing returns from RFID
... Retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) has scanned its 10-millionth radio frequency identification (RFID) food tray ... (Sept 29th 2005)
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Active RFID Installed by Boyd Gaming to Reduce Casino Expenses
... a leading provider of Active Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems announced that one of the Boyd Gaming properties, Sams Town Hotel & Gambling Hall, located in Tunica, MI has integrated AXCESS ActiveTag system to monitor over 100 slot machine keys, reducing the potential that a key is lost during daily operations ... (July 28th 2005)
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Survey says RFID is red hot
... Prospective RFID users are plunging ahead with wireless radio ID technology, according to a new report ... (July 25th 2005)
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RFID in the Nursery
... It's a big day for blogging about RFID and ankle bracelets. A couple in North Carolina was recently prevented from abducting their daughter from the hospital by an RFID security system from VeriChip ... (July 22nd 2005)
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RFID Beyond The Supply Chain
... A Quebec construction firm recently adopted radio frequency identification (RFID) tags to speed up, simplify and streamline tracking of its power tools on job sites ... (July 21st 2005)
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RFID tracks power tools
... The many potential uses of RFID are expected to produce massive amounts of data that, once analyzed, could be a gold mine of useful information, says database guru Michael Stonebraker ... (July 20th 2005)
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Former Bush official to get RFID tag
... Tommy Thompson, the Health and Human Services Secretary in President Bush's first term and a former Governor of Wisconsin, is going to get tagged ... (July 19th 2005)
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Point-to-Point PIDC Traceback for Freight Guarantees Source Verification
... Applying RFID and barcode labeling technology, and Web-based Site-Specific Recordkeeping, closes the Homeland 'security gaps' in national and International freight container shipping in every country around the world ... (July 18th 2005)
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UAE : Emirates to deploy RFID systems for cargo management
... Leading airline of the world based in Dubai, Emirates will deploy radio frequency identification tags to ensure smooth passage of cargo ... (July 16th 2005)
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Apparel Maker Tags RFID For Kids' Sleepwear
... Lauren Scott of California will launch a line of kid's pajamas sewn with RFID tags. Readers placed in a house will be able to scan the tags within a 30-foot radius and trigger an alarm if boundaries are breached ... (July 14th 2005)
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RFID apps go beyond supply chain
... Victorian ICT Minister Marsha Thomson has predicted an RFID-enabled world where the chips are embedded in fruit, and are used for 'strange bathroom activities' ... (July 13th 2005)
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RFID Industry Worth $27Billion By 2015
... By 2015, according to a report from Research and Markets, the RFID market will be valued at $26 billion. Considering that the 2005 market is at $1.95 billion, that's quite a growth spurt ... (July 12th 2005)
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China RFID market poised for growth
... Growth in the radio-frequency-identification (RFID) market in China is expected to reach US$616 million by 2009, up from US$146 million the segment generated in 2004, new analysis suggests ... (July 11th 2005)
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India : Analysts foresee RFID market growth to reach $616m
... Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) market growth in China is likely to reach $616million by the year 2009, up comparing to last year, generated figures of $146million ... (July 11th 2005)
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RFID system boosts productivity
... Picture a typical playground. It's a sunny day and kids are playing tag, smacking tetherballs around and hanging off the monkey bars. Now imagine this: There's not a single parent or adult in sight, but a 3-foot, 260-pound robot on patrol instead ... (July 9th 2005)
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Will RFID-guided robots rule the world?
... Catalyst International says its supply chain management software coupled with radio frequency identification (RFID) technology can help companies increase productivity and decrease costs ... (July 8th 2005)
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Microsoft to build RFID into Windows
... Microsoft is planning to make RFID applications and tag-readers compatible with Windows. According to Scott Woodgate, group product manager of business processes for Microsoft, the company is trying to integrate RFID programs with the operating system and make the majority of devices work with plug-and-play functionality ... (July 7th 2005)
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RFID Tags: Preventing or Promoting Identity Theft?
... The California Senate recently agreed and passed legislation to prohibit the use of RFID in any state-issued document, including driver's licenses, ID cards, student ID cards, health insurance cards, professional licenses and library cards. The bill does make exceptions in use of RFID IDs for state employees to access secured areas ... (July 6th 2005)
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Cost Reduction in Retailing & Products using RFID
... Consumers usually welcome price reduction. For that to be enduring, the supplier and retailer must reduce costs. RFID on trucks, pallets and cases is achieving this in many ways but the tagging of individual items is revealing yet richer rewards, even though it is at a much earlier stage ... (July 5th 2005)
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Oman steps up border security with RFID-friendly system
...The identity technology provider Viisage, in partnership with GET Group (through its company in Oman, Almadina Development & Supply) has been awarded a contract by the Sultanate of Oman to help secure Oman's borders using its iA-thenticate document authentication solution ... (July 4th 2005)
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Embedded Systems Will Be Everywhere, Expert Predicts
...TOKYO Embedded systems will be ubiquitous, according to a University of Tokyo professor. In a keynote speech at the Embedded Systems Expo & Conference here this week, Ken Sakamura described a future in which information access is constant and ubiquitous. The later term describes Japan's future vision of embedded systems, which is dubbed "pervasive computing" in the United States and "ambient intelligence" in Europe. ... (July 2nd 2005)
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RFID heads down to the farm
... FARMERS in New South Wales, Western Australia and South Australia will be required from today to electronically tag cattle so they can be tracked in case of a disease breakout and to boost exports ... (July 1st 2005)
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TAGSYS Item-Level RFID Systems Adopted by Leading Life Science Research Labs
... TAGSYS, the global leader in item-level RFID infrastructure, announced today that its item-level RFID solution for the life sciences industry is successfully being used in four of Frances most prestigious hospital research laboratories: La Timone, Marseille Medical Faculty, Hospital La Conception and the Paoli Calmettes Institute ... (June 30th 2005)
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RFID privacy concerns are global
... Privacy concerns over the use of radio frequency identification technology aren't confined to the United States. Officials in Europe and Asia have completed or are developing guidelines and directives to ensure that RFID technology is used properly ... (June 29th 2005)
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DHS tests RFID technology for foot, vehicle traffic at entry points
... The Homeland Security Department plans to install antennas in travel lanes at five locations to detect RFID chips embedded in travel documents carried by international visitors passing through ports of entry into the United States ... (June 28th 2005)
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The case for active RFID
... RFID is a generic term that refers to more than just the cheap tags that companies slap onto pallets to comply with the edicts of retailers like Wal-Mart, Tesco and Marks & Spencer. ... (June 27th 2005)
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Symbol, Philips and IBM Demonstrate Gen 2 RFID Solution
... Symbol Technologies Inc, IBM and Royal Philips Electronics have put together an RFID Electronic Product Code (EPC) Generation 2 solution demo ...(June 24th 2005)
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Consumer Awareness and Attitudes About RFID Are Stabilizing
... A June 2005 RFID Consumer Buzz Study by BIGresearch and Artafact Reports That 43.6% of Consumers Are Aware of RFID and 42.9% Think It's a GOOD Idea ... (June 22nd 2005)
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CVS Prescribes RFID for Retail Payment Terminals
... CVS Corp. is installing RFID-enabled terminals for processing various types of payment-card transactions at its 5,400 pharmacy retail stores nationwide, according to Hypercom Corp., the maker of the terminals ... (June 21st 2005)
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Microsoft, BT Go Item-Level With RFID Tagging
... The software company and the telecom firm will be working together to provided radio frequency ID as a managed service to the retail sector ... (June 18th 2005)
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Retail Giants Drive RFID Deployment
... This renewed interest in RFID technologies is fuelling a 'frenzy of activity' as different verticals prepare to become RFID compliant ... (June 16th 2005)
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DHL to deliver RFID globally
... DHL will this month start developing a global IT infrastructure to let it use RFID tags to track more than a billion packages a year by 2015 ... June 15th 2005
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Federal Agencies To Use RFID, But Cite Concerns About Security And Privacy
... Thirteen of the largest federal agencies are using or plan to use radio-frequency identification technology, according to a study released last week by the Government Accountability Office ... June 2nd 2005
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RFID poses serious privacy risk, says report
... Radio frequency identification is becoming increasingly popular inside the US government but agencies have not seriously considered the privacy risks, federal auditors said ... June 1st 2005
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Tagging makes RFID labels secure, says Creo
... Canadian packaging technology company Creo has developed a new type of conducting ink for printing radiofrequency identification (RFID) antennas, in collaboration with XINK Laboratories, that can be used to make covertly tagged RFID labels ... May 31st 2005
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RFID chips injected into Barcelona ravers
... The Verichip, made by Applied Digital Solutions is injected by a quack under local anaesthetic and is made of glass. The chip contains RFID, your name and the amount of dosh you have in your Baja account, said Discovery ... May 30th 2005
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Federal report warns of RFID misuses
... Radio frequency identification is becoming increasingly popular inside the U.S. government, but agencies have not seriously considered the privacy risks, federal auditors said ... May 28th 2005
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Postal service combats theft with RFID readers
... The Swedish postal service Posten is using embedded radio frequency identification (RFID) technology in parcels to cut down on internal theft ... May 27th 2005
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Microsoft: Retailers want RFID, biometrics, wireless
... Windows has taken the wraps off its only vertical-specific operating system: Windows Embedded for Point of Service ... May 26th 2005
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Global RFID Market to Top $2 Billion in 2005
... RFID technology has been growing steadily in the past 3-4 years and is expected to grow rapidly in the 2006-2009 period, before stabilizing and settling on a steady growth path ... May 25th 2005
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Hospital tags patients with RFID wristbands
... A German hospital is to use radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to help track patients and administer the correct drug dosages ... May 24th 2005
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RFID labels keeping track of library books
... Students and teachers will be more comfortable using library services with the addition of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology into the library database system ... May 23rd 2005
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Do You Know if Your Boss Knows Where You Are?
... Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags are finding their way into a broad range of new applications that have raised concerns about privacy ... May 23rd 2005
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IBM Has Some Tall RFID Plans
... Its important to move the data processing to the edge of a network," says IBM exec Ann Breidenbach. Not only does it cut down on network traffic, but it also reduces the load on enterprise applications -- which run on expensive servers ... May 21st 2005
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Chase To Issue RFID-Embedded Credit Cards
... The technology, called "blink," will let consumers make purchases by passing RFID-chip-embedded cards in front a point-of-sale terminal ... May 20th 2005
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VeriSign buys RFID consulting boutique
... VeriSign has purchased technology consulting firm R4 Global Solutions for $15 million, expanding its presence in the emerging radio-frequency identification market ... May 19th 2005
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L.A. County jail tags inmates with RFID
... The next fashion accessory for some inmates at the Los Angeles County jail will be a radio frequency identification bracelet. The countrys largest jail system has launched a pilot project with Alanco Technologies to track inmates using the technology, also known as RFID ... May 18th 2005
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Oracle and Sybase offer RFID enterprise integration to databases and applications
... Software suppliers are beginning to provide ways for businesses to integrate data radio frequency identification technology into their databases and applications ... May 17th 2005
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RFID: Coming Soon to an Application Near You
... The first and most pervasive application, of course, is retail. Thats the one thats been on the front pages since Wal-Mart (now joined by a number of other companies and the DOD) mandated that all of its suppliers will apply RFID tags at the pallet level ... May 16th 2005
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RFID is in the toilet
... Today, AquaOne Technologies announces the H2Orb, an RFID-enabled water monitoring device that will recognize when your toilet is leaking, overflowing ... May 15th 2005
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RFID chip sales boost equipment supplier
... Robust sales orders for radio frequency identification casino chips have boosted a French gaming equipment manufacturer with U.S. headquarters in Las Vegas ... May 14th 2005
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Zicom to introduce RFID in schools
... RFID technology from Zicom will enable parents to keep track of their children ... May 13th 2005
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RFID Steps Closer To Protecting Borders
... Airports, maritime ports, and land borders will be test sites for RFID as part of government customs processes this summer, says a Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman ... May 12th 2005
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UPM Rafsec To Build RFID Plant In The United States
... The decision to build a manufacturing facility, scheduled to open later this year, is part of a $24 million investment that will enable the Finland-based company to produce 1 billion RFID tags annually ... May 11th 2005
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RFID: The Billion-Dollar Savings Plan
... Despite technological advances in supply chain management, its estimated that as much as $45 billion worth of inventory is lost in retail supply chains at any given moment, and the Food and Drug Administration claims that up to 20% of foods spoil in transit each year ... May 10th 2005
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2005 a key year for RFID solutions, says Datamonitor
... This year will be a key year for radio frequency identification (RFID) solutions. At least, thats what a Datamonitor research report has concluded ... May 9th 2005
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National US ID Cards Coming in 2008 (RFID?)
... Wow, US ID Cards now appear to be a reality! Looks like the recent military spending vote had the ID cards attached and the law was approved by the house. It also doesnt look like the senate is going to do much to stop it due to the required military funding ... May 8th 2005
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Patent holder to ease way for RFID licenses
... Responding to complaints that it has become a roadblock to new technology that uses radio signals to identify and track consumer goods, Intermec Technologies said Wednesday that it planned to license four broad portfolios of its radio-tagging patents on terms that it said should spur development ... May 7th 2005
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Privacy Groups Challenge Ciscos RFID Staff Tracker
... Using RFID in fixed objects is one thing, using it in moving objects and embedded in uniforms is another. This allows employers to track behavior and movement during work hours ... May 6th 2005
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Cisco slammed for RFID staff tracker
... Cisco has come under fire from privacy groups as it prepares to launch a wireless RFID server that can track people and equipment using existing Wi-Fi networks ... May 5th 2005
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RFID tags: 200 billion a year until 2015
... Hossein Eslambolchi, AT&Ts CIO, CTO and president of global networking technology services, told delegates at the Networld + Interop show today that the current buzzword technologies - IP, RFID and the virtual office - will be unavoidable in a few years time ... May 5th 2005
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RFID Drives Food, Fashion Operations in Europe
... European retailers, like Germanys Metro and the UKs Marks &Spencer, are aggressively moving forward with RFID projects -- with a creative flair that appears to exceed that of their American rivals, experts say ... May 4th 2005
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RFID Tags Gallery
... Granite State MetalWorks, an art gallery and studio in Littleton, N.H., is making use of RFID tags to convey information about the individual pieces to visitors and potential customers. Using the Art-FID system from Sapago, the RFIDs are placed beside works in the gallery, and visitors use a pen-shaped tag reader in combination with a Dell Axim handheld to read a pieces unique ID number and call up its information ... May 3rd 2005
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Calif. Bill Seeks to Ban Tags in IDs
... The California state senate judiciary committee has approved a bill that if passed into law would prohibit California state-, county- or municipality-issued identification cards from containing a contactless integrated circuit, such as an RFID inlay ... May 2nd 2005
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Airport operator tests RFID for mystery application
... Airport operator BAA is experimenting with RFID, a technology which it says could create a step-change in the way it does business ... April 30th 2005
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California bill would ban tracking chips in IDs
... A bill that would put strict limits on Californias use of such devices in all state-issued identity documents is making its way through the states legislature and was approved this week in a 6-to-1 vote by a senate judiciary committee. Its the first bill of its kind in the nation, said state Sen. Joe Simitian, the measures author ... April 29th 2005
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If you think RFID is simply a replacement for bar code think again
... Although RFID has become a hot technology for inventory control and a supply chain requirement for companies such as Wal-Mart, its not just an advanced version of bar coding ... April 28th 2005
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Feds Rethinking RFID Passport
... Following criticism from computer security professionals and civil libertarians about the privacy risks posed by new RFID passports the government plans to begin issuing, a State Department official said his office is reconsidering a privacy solution it rejected earlier that would help protect passport holders data ... April 27th 2005
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RFID Monitoring Increases Globally
... Many large foreign businesses and organizations are going to demand that suppliers replace bar codes with RFID technology to monitor inventory and for product identification in the near future, according to Erik Cramer, global RFID program director for France-based Atos Origin ... April 26th 2005
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Wireless Industry Defends RFID for Passports
... The Department of State is not calling the passports RFID-enabled; rather, it calls them contactless smart-cards. Leading privacy rights groups like the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and some conservative religious groups are speaking out against the technology ... April 26th 2005
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Radio frequency ID system gains adherents
... The use of radio frequency identification (RFID) to monitor goods as they pass through the supply chain is becoming more commonplace in the global market, according to a major European information technology company ... April 25th 2005
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RFID Technology Seen Replacing Bar Codes
... An RFID tag carries data like a bar code, and acts as a link between a product and information about it. This can include anything, but some uses are to record a best-before date, batch number, storage location, and so on. This information will typically be stored on various databases throughout the supply chain ... April 24th 2005
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Food companies set to be first with RFID
... Major food companies are likely to be the first adopters of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology in Ireland rather than retailers, according to Jim Bracken of GS1 Ireland ... April 23rd 2005
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RFID comes to European hospitals
... The Klinikum Saarbrucken in Germany is launching a trial that will tag 1,000 people in an effort to improve administration and cut clinical errors ... April 22nd 2005
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RFID Rides High On Jet Engines
... Boeing and Delta Air Lines are testing RFID tags on commercial jet engines to see how well they hold up under the extreme heat and vibrations of an engine environment ... April 21st 2005
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CBS Technology sees double-digit RFID profit growth
... CBS Technology Bhd, which specialises in radio frequency identification (RFID) solutions, expects double-digit growth in profit and revenue this year ... April 20th 2005
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RFID products to boost sales by 30 percent
... RADIO frequency identification (RFID) software developer CBS Technology Bhd expects its products, Solmate and Paymate, to each contribute 20 to 30 per cent of sales growth this year ... April 19th 2005
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RFIDs positive identification
... Radio frequency identification (RFID) has been around for a while some would argue 50 years but has only now entered the mainstream ... April 18th 2005
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School Studies RFIDs Effect on Wal-Mart
... The University of Arkansas is carrying out research at Wal-Mart stores in order to quantify the ability of RFID to decrease retail out-of-stocks ... April 18th 2005
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Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Conference, Canada
... The second Canadian RFID conference opens next Tuesday in Markham. The conference aims to promote education of RFID technology and its practical applications, and to dispel myths about the technology ... April 17th 2005
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Las Vegas casino goes for RFID
... The largest casino group in Las Vegas has told silicon.com it is currently running trials with controversial RFID tracking tags and believes at least one of its rivals is on the verge of an even bigger implementation ... April 16th 2005
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Interview with RFID implanter
... We interviewed Amal Graafstra about his creepy cool human RFID project. Amal embedded a RFID tag in his hand to easily open his car door, home and to be used as his password for a Windows login prompt all by simply waving his hand ... April 15th 2005
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Oracle and Intel join forces for RFID push
... Oracle and Intel have teamed up to co-develop RFID and sensor-based technologies based on what they describe as a common service-oriented enterprise framework ... April 14th 2005
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Chief Information Officer gets RFID Implant
... David Grober -- Harvard Medical School CIO John Halamka is on the cutting edge of technology, both professionally and personally. Not only does he manage 2 million patients, 3,000 doctors and 150 major applications, hes got an RFID chip implanted in his arm ... April 13th 2005
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Keep RFID Simple
... The state of Texas is thinking about replacing vehicle inspection stickers with RFID tags. The state likes the idea because it would enable drive-by enforcement of insurance requirements. Privacy partisans dont, because it could expose car owners personal information to anyone who scans their vehicles with an RFID reader ... April 12th 2005
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RFID market to reach $7.26Bn in 2008
... A new market research report covering RFID from 2005 to 2015, researched by IDTechEx, reveals some surprising new disruptions. The bottom line is that this years global market for RFID including tags, systems and services is $1.94 billion but it will be driven by demand and new laws to $26.90 billion in 2015 ... April 11th 2005
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Suppliers Eye RFID Data, Search for Potential Uses
... Jeff Woods, a Gartner Inc. analyst, said early-adopter retailers are being aggressive in trying to use RFID-generated data to improve their business processes. Woods added that such efforts have been more spotty among suppliers, most of which have taken a slap-and-ship approach ... April 10th 2005
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DoD, Not Wal-Mart, Driving RFID
... Most of the public attention given to RFID has focused on the retail supply chain, especially Wal-Marts mandate to its top 100 suppliers. But the U.S. Department of Defense is also mandating its use this year - to all of its 43,000-plus suppliers ... April 9th 2005
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Consumers More RFID-Aware, Still Wary
... U.S. consumers are becoming increasingly aware of RFID, and although many remain wary of the technology, a new report maintains that acceptance of the technology is linked to direct benefits to individuals rather than benefits for the businesses deploying RF ... April 8th 2005
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RFID policy panel raises privacy concerns
... Radio frequency identification technology has many benefits, but U.S. policy-makers need to be aware of its potential privacy and security problems, a privacy advocate and a security expert said yesterday ... April 8th 2005
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RFID Helps To Track Cargo Containers
... Marine terminal operator SSA Marine is testing a new cargo-container tracking system to more accurately track shipping containers as they move through ports ... April 7th 2005
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RFID Put to Work in SA Mines
... South African mines are using radio frequency identification (RFID) tags to track lighting, rescue, gas detection and first aid equipment. They have implemented locally developed dual-frequency (DF) RFID technology from Pretoria-based iPico Holdings ... April 6th 2005
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Horses get RFID chipped
... No one can talk to a horse, of course, but a New York state department intends to use donated microchips to help communicate the identity, health and whereabouts of horses to protect the states equine population ... April 5th 2005
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Is The RFID Chip The Mark Of The Beast?
... Recently, talk of the implantable RFID Chip has been in almost every newspaper, on every Cable News Show, and heard about on nearly every radio station at some point. This implantable chip could have huge ramifications for Christians all over the world ... April 4th 2005
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Police State America, RFID, and You!
... Homeland Securitys sure got it all figured out. Theyve given the RFID tags the spin treatment, rebranding them as contactless chips in an effort to quell increasing speculation and criticism. A simple rebranding of this malign technology, and the general public is none the wiser ... April 3rd 2005
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RFID chips in world soccer tournament tickets questioned
... All 2.9 million tickets now on sale for next years FIFA World Cup soccer tournament in Germany include an embedded radio frequency identification (RFID) smart tag that will allow entry to the games, according to Gerd Graus, a spokesman for the FIFA World Cup Organizing Committee ... April 2nd 2005
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RFID-Chip-Embedded Passports Nearing Reality
... As the U.S. government prepares to issue the first RFID-chip-embedded passport midyear, the voice of opposition is rising among some privacy and business-travel groups ... April 1st 2005
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RFID and VoIP make Europe a merger battleground
... Europe will become a takeover battlefield this year as IT companies scramble to buy rivals offering hot technologies including Voice over IP, Radio Frequency Identity (RFID) and web services ... March 31st 2005
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Man with RFID implant aims to simply life
... site serving the body modification community, has a detailed interview with Amal Graafstras, a techie with a penchant for tinkering with gadgets, who recently had an RFID chip implanted into his hand ... March 31st 2005
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RFID Cards Get Spin Treatment
... Conspiracy theorists and civil libertarians, fear not. The U.S. government will not use radio-frequency identification tags in the passports it issues to millions of Americans in the coming years. Instead, the government will use contactless chips ! ... March 30th 2005
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RFID - between spying and utility
... Are you hallucinating? Is this a bad scenario of a poor SF movie? No! Welcome to the wonderful world of RFID! (where we know everything about how to serve our favorite customer) ... March 29th 2005
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Wal-Mart Looks To New Uses For RFID
... Retailer tests RFID to monitor frozen-food temperature and do mobile scanning ... March 26th 2005
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RFID-Enabled Credit Cards Apt to Lead
... The report notes a number of pilot projects underway throughout Asia to test RFID in credit cards. It says that in Malaysia, Visa is testing a system called VisaWave, a credit card with both a magnetic strip and an embedded RFID chip ... March 25th 2005
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RFID Times: Radio Frequency ID Blog Launches
... Radio Frequency IDentification ( RFID ) technology is quickly becoming an important B2B technology ... March 23rd 2005
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International Paper Rolls Out First RFID Forklift
... The company says the RFID-equipped forklift can eliminate the need for readers at every warehouse dock or store entrance, thereby saving thousands of dollars ... March 22nd 2005
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RFID progress at Wal-Mart
... Linda Dillman, CIO at Walmart, confirmed early this month that Wal-Marts RFID strategy has been a success so far ... March 21st 2005
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RFID crack raises spector of weak encryption
... With a little bit of technical acumen and a few hundred dollars, enterprising thieves can walk away with some late-model cars and gas them up for free to boot, according to research published by computer security experts at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore ... March 18th 2005
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Medicines could be RFID-tagged
... Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology could be introduced in chemists across the UK within the next 12 months, following a successful trial ... March 17th 2005
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RFID set to revolutionise retail payments
... Contactless payments and radio frequency identification technology will transform the way people pay for goods, shop from home and identify themselves at work ... March 15th 2005
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SAP enables RFID adoption for SMBs
... Consistent with its leadership in providing solutions to enable radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies, SAP AG has announced a broad agenda and partnership to address the needs of small and midsize businesses (SMBs ) in adopting the new technology ... March 14th 2005
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Vending machine spies and RFID kids
... Think twice before stealing that Coke, kid. The Japanese city of Osaka has got your number via a seriously high-tech method of crime prevention ... March 13th 2005
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A shortage of RFID skills
... A shortage of workers skilled in radio frequency identification technology may hamper the industrys ambitious plans to deploy the wireless tags for homeland security, retail and other applications in the coming years, experts told UPIs Wireless World ... March 12th 2005
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Intel and SAP announce deal on RFID
... SAP AG and Intel today announced a joint effort that aims to make radio frequency identification (RFID) technology easier to use ... March 11th 2005
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Microsoft Plans RFID Software
... Microsoft is looking to slap its name on radio frequency identification (RFID) with new software that is designed to help companies manage the bar-code replacement technology, the software giant announced this week ... March 10th 2005
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ASK RFID Smart Label Selected by DHL Fashion to Track Garments
... DHL has successfully implemented RFID in the world of fashion and used UHF labels for logistics on a large and industrial scale ... March 9th 2005
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Europe tries on RFID
... RFID may have gotten its start as a technology for supply chains, but three top European retailers see it as so much more ... March 8th 2005
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Labeling Leader Changing Its Stripes with RFID
... But RFID promises to be every bit as revolutionary in remaking the world of supply chain management ... March 7th 2005
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Philips announces major RFID project in its semiconductor supply
... Philips Asian RFID project covers the tagging and tracing of wafer cases and carton packages for flows of goods between its manufacturing facility in Kaoshiung ... March 5th 2005
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China Works Out RFID Standards
... The government and industries within China are developing RFID standards that should be compatible with specs used elsewhere in the world ... March 4th 2005
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Wal-Mart CIO Says RFID Is Here To Stay
... Addressing thousands of execs at RFID World, Wal-Mart CIO Linda Dillman said the debate about whether RFID will happen is over ... March 3rd 2005
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Sun shining for RFID
... At the recent National Retail Federation Convention in New York, Sun Microsystems announced the availability of the Sun Java System RFID Tag and Ship Solution and the Sun RFID Reference Architecture ... March 2nd 2005
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RFID set for growth explosion
... US government spending on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology is expected to rocket 120 per cent by 2009, public sector analyst firm Input has predicted ... March 1st 2005
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EU pioneers RFID privacy guidelines
... The European Union is worried that the growing use of RFID by businesses and governments might threaten privacy and data protection rights. In response, the organization has published guidelines for businesses and agencies planning on using the technology ... February 28th 2005
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Move over barcodes, here come the RFIDs
... A busy Saturday afternoon may leave shelves at a typical Wal-Mart bare of Pampers diapers or Ol Roy dog food or even size-10 Levi jeans. Busy employees may get around to restocking only one of every 12 items cleared out, mainly because they dont know which shelves are bare ... February 28th 2005
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Royal Mail to spend 2m on RFID
... Following a recent review of its quality of service targets by mail watchdog Postwatch, the Royal Mail hinted that it would be looking at the technology to better track items in its supply chain in its response to the regulator ... February 26th 2005
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RFID market to hit $7 billion by 2008
... RFID Forecasts, Players and Opportunities 2005-2015, a new market research report from independent experts IDTechEx, reveals some surprising predictions in the RFID market--including a prediction that the market will hit $7 billion by 2008 ... February 25th 2005
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Cash under threat from RFID payments
... Cash is increasingly coming under threat from Radio Frequency ID contactless payment systems that require a user only to wave a small object such as a credit card, key ring or mobile phone near a reader terminal ... February 24th 2005
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M&S expands RFID trial, includes lingerie
... Marks &Spencer is to extend its ongoing trial of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology for the management of its clothing stock from nine of its stores to 53 in the second quarter of next year ... February 24th 2005
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EU offers privacy guidelines for RFID
... The European Union (E.U.) has expressed concern that the use of RFID (radio frequency identification) technology by businesses and governments could violate human dignity as well as data protection rights and has published guidelines for businesses and agencies intending to use the technology ... February 23rd 2005
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Slashdot - Student RFID Tracking Suspended from School
... Sutter County, CA, elementary school unilaterally took the dubious step of forcing students, under penalty of disciplinary action, to wear RFID badges ... February 21st 2005
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RSA looks ahead on RFID security - The Register
... RSA 2005 Cryptographic researchers are working out ways to make RFID technology more palatable to consumers ahead of its expected widespread deployment ... February 20th 2005
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IDTechEx predicts explosion in RFID market
... Almost three times the volume of RFID tags will be sold in 2006 than over the previous 60 years since their invention, claims a new technology analyst IDTechEx ... February 19th 2005
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Marks &Spencer Prepares To Expand Item-Level RFID Tagging
... Marks &Spencer Group plc next year will expand its test of putting radio-frequency identification on individual items to include clothes with complex sizes such as bras, womens suites and pants, and mens suites and pants ... February 19th 2005
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Kid tracking RFID badges binned by schools
... The US primary school that was forcing its young pupils to wear RFID identification badges at all times has dropped the scheme, following an outcry from the pupils parents and the American Civil Liberties Union ... February 18th 2005
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Student RFID Tracking Suspended from School
... a Sutter County, CA, elementary school unilaterally took the dubious step of forcing students, under penalty of disciplinary action, to wear RFID badges with their name, grade, and photo ... February 17th 2005
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School drops RFID Tag program
... The California grade school that required students to wear radio frequency identification badges has ended the program because the company that developed the technology pulled out ... February 17th 2005
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The man with the RFID arm!
... Joseph Krull, an executive at Flanders, N.J.-based Virtual Corporation, had a doctor stick an RFID tag from VeriChip under his skin on Jan. 10. The residual blemish amounts to a small red dot ... February 16th 2005
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Tom Ridge to speak at RFID Journal LIVE!
... The former secretary of homeland security will explain the important role technologies such as RFID play in securing the supply chain ... February 15th 2005
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RFID, electronic eavesdropping and the law
... So the question is: What laws currently on the books, if any, in the United States could protect consumers against invasion of privacy using RFID systems? ... February 14th 2005
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Sun Microsystems helps hospital safeguard patients
... The Orthopedic Hospital of Oklahoma (OHO), uses RFID technology and thin client computing solution from Sun Microsystems Inc ... February 13th 2005
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School RFID test met with anger
... Parents of children attending the Brittan Elementary school in California were in an uproar when they found out their children were being used as part of an RFID tracking test being carried out by a local company ... February 12th 2005
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School RFID plan gets an F
... Parents of elementary and middle school students in a small California town are protesting a tracking program their school recently launched, which requires students to wear identification badges embedded with radio frequency, or RFID, chips ... February 11th 2005
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Majority of European Consumers Worry RFID Threatens Their Privacy
... Consumers surveyed see privacy-protection laws as way to make them feel more comfortable with buying RFID-enabled merchandise ... February 10th 2005
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Consumer Concern over RFID tags
... Consumers are very concerned about the use of radio frequency ID (RFID) tags in shops, a survey shows. More than half of 2,000 people surveyed said they had privacy worries about the tags ... February 10th 2005
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Symbol Technologies to Demonstrate RFID Technology at Annual Technology Fair
... Company Will Showcase RFID-Empowered Baggage Tracking System that Increases Airport Security and Efficiency ... February 9th 2005
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Wal-Mart tunes in RFID tags
... Attendees filled the main convention hall last month to hear the Wal-Mart chief information officer discuss the rollout of RFID ... February 7th 2005
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Item level RFID gathers pace
... Item level RFID is the Mount Everest of RFID, with by far the largest potential at up to ten trillion tags yearly as most barcodes are replaced ... February 7th 2005
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Understanding RFID adoption in China
... As 2005 begins, we are seeing signs of progress toward adoption of RFID in the United States and Europe, ... February 7th 2005
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Tesco expands number of stores testing RFID
... RFID tags continue to work long after a product is bought and can be scanned through clothing, according to CASPIAN ... February 5th 2005
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Tesco sparks RFID protest
... Caspian called for a worldwide boycott of Tesco stores after the retail giant announced plans to expand trials of radio frequency identification (RFID) wireless tags ... February 4th 2005
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Radio Frequency Identification Explained
... Radio Frequency identification is beginning to revolutionize the way business is done ... February 3rd 2005
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Wal-Mart begins RFID process changes
... Wal-Mart has begun rolling out the first applications and process changes based on RFID data at the original seven Wal-Mart stores in Texas ... February 2nd 2005
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RFID vulnerability exposed
... Standards are needed for RFID security, because these types of devices are now appearing in many different forms, from passports to consumer devices ... February 1st 2005
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The Math Behind RFID in Logistics
... RFID is a hot technology. Metro, Target, Tesco and Wal-Mart are deploying it, and every magazine on earth seems to be writing about it. ... January 31st 2005
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Harvard Med School CIO Gets Injected RFID tag
... Im not necessarily an advocate, but as a CIO and a physician, I think its important for me to evaluate it fully," Halamka said in an eWEEK.com interview. "Im just experimenting with the technology ... January 30th 2005
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Boycott Tesco over RFID, says consumer group
... Consumer group CASPIAN this week launched an attempted boycott of Tesco, following the supermarkets announcement that it would expand trial programmes that use RFID (radio frequency identification) tags ... January 30th 2005
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Homeland Security Using RFID tags
... still vague. It *looks* like they will be issuing some sort of RFID tag-call it ID-lite to visitors and vehicles entering ... January 28th 2005
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Sun unveils RFID offerings, including Java-based package
... a leading provider of Active Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems today announced that it will present at the RFIDinvesting online Forum ... January 28th 2005
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