| Title | Description | Comments | Date added |
| RFID Lowdown | Interesting Blog on RFID and the latest news | Has the entries listed by date as well as by category - eg Healthcare, Libararies, Software etc. | 10/30/2005 |
| Battery Assisted Tags in Plastic Pallets | One company is introducing plastic pallets that it says offer better RFID readability and performance options than wooden versions | Interesting use of battery assisted passive tags, where additional data and increased range can be obtained by powering the chip in the passive tag. | 7/23/2004 |
| RFID 2003 published - RFID Patents | A new report, RFID 2003, has just been released. This 750+ page blockbuster report captures and analyzes the substance of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) related patents issued before December 31, 2003 | Very comprehensive study of all RFID related patents. | 6/27/2004 |
| Consensus Reached on EPC Gen 2 | After several long, intense meetings, leading RFID vendors supporting two rival proposals for a second-generation UHF Electronic Product Code standard have agreed to a consensus proposal | This will pave the way to lower cost tags, as all main manufacturers can develop to the same standard | 6/24/2004 |
| ODIN benchmarks Readers | ODIN Technologies, a Reston, Va.-based RFID systems integrator, has released a report on its benchmark analysis of four UHF readers designed to read tags based on the Class 1 Electronic Product Code specification. There was no clear-cut winner among the readers from Alien Technology, AWID, Matrics and SAMSys | The analysis is available for purchase from their web site | 6/22/2004 |
| Intermec Sues Matrics | Intermec Technologies, the Everett, Wash., company that is one of the largest holders of RFID intellectual property, has taken its first legal action to protect that property by filing a patent-infringement lawsuit against Matrics of Rockville, Md | Interesting to see if Matrics fights this or decides to settle for a reasonable royalty payment? | 6/8/2004 |
| RFID Tag Market in Flux | EPCglobals selection of Generation 2 standard will cause a swift surge in supply and demand and a shift in market share, predicts ABI Research | Will EPC choose the tags from the newcomers Matrics and Alien or the more established players such as TI, Philips etc. The chosen design could get a lead in the marketplace | 6/7/2004 |
| Oat Systems move to version 3 | Building on its early work with the Auto-ID Center in developing software to manage EPC networks, RFID middleware specialist OATSystems has launched a version 3.0 of EPC-IS Edge Server. The Edge Server 3.0 software enables the management of dozens of readers on an RFID network and can link that network with enterprise applications | A step ahead in the issues of data management and the integration of readers into the back office systems? | 5/25/2004 |
| EPC Networking on Display | In Europe and the United States, VeriSign and several data-synchronization providers will show how the EPC Network can be used to gather product data from various sources | Verisign and others demo systems | 5/24/2004 |
| Wal-mart suppliers discuss RFIDs | During a panel discussion at the recent Retail Systems event in Chicago, four of Wal-Mart's top 100 suppliers discussed the challenges they face in achieving RFID compliance | Interesting discussion about the issues of reading items on pallets moving at speed | 5/24/2004 |
| Companies Show RFID Reluctance | Many companies are still struggling to define how they will deploy RFID despite having already begun investing in RFID pilots and tests, according to a new survey of U.S. and European retailers, manufacturers, distributors and transportation firms. The survey interviewed executives from 90 companiesnone of which have yet announced any plans for RFID deployment | Interesting that it shows a lack of understanding, commitment to RFID implementation. There were earlier articles in the year suggesting a boom and bust year - maybe this is one of the sign | 5/20/2004 |
| Intel Demos RFID-Enabled Projects | Researchers from Intel's many research laboratories gathered earlier this month at Intels headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., to provide journalists a glimpse into the future. The open house featured a handful of demonstration projects in which RFID plays or could play an important role | Interesting article - especially with the discussion that is going on in the forum about how to find things in a home - this seems to be one way! | 5/17/2004 |
| Vendors Back New EPC Protocol | Six RFID vendors calling themselves the Performance Team have lined up behind a proposal for a second-generation UHF (868 to 956 MHz) Electronic Product Code (EPC) air-interface protocol, which determines how tags and readers communicate. The six companies are Atmel, BTG International, EM Microelectronic Marin, Matrics, Nanopower Technologies and RFIP Solutions | The start of international consolidation on one standard? | 5/13/2004 |
| States move on RFID Privacy issues | The California Senate passed an RFID privacy measure this week, and legislators in Virginia, Massachusetts and Maryland are drafting bills or conducting studies to address the impact of RFID technology on consumer privacy | Prohibits use of RFIDs in such a way as to indentify the consumer | 4/30/2004 |
| Wal-Mart begins RFID Rollout | The retailer today begins tracking pallets and cases of product with EPC tags at one of its distribution centers and seven of its stores in Texas as part of a test being conducted with eight suppliers | Wal-mart starts the deployment. The eight suppliers are major food/household suppliers. The article doesn't mention the names of the RFID companies involved | 4/30/2004 |
| Lost and Found In Legoland | One of Europes largest amusement parks deploys a Wi-Fi-based RFID system that helps parents retrieve children who have wandered off | Interesting use of WiFi - see forum for more discussion on this topic | 4/28/2004 |
| Suppliers Must Slap and Ship | If suppliers are to meet Wal-Mart's January 2005 deadline to include RFID EPC tags on pallets and cases, they must focus just on adding RFID technology to their shipments and not simultaneously try to lower operating costs by restructuring operations around RFID, according to Forrester Research, a technology consulting and research firm based in Cambridge, Mass. | This is an unfortunate approach - to meet a relatively arbitrary deadline by needlessly throwing money at a problem and not getting the full benefits is not in the industries long term interests... | 4/2/2004 |
| Alien Cuts Tag Price | EPC tag and reader pioneer Alien Technology has cut the price of its ALL-9238 EPC Class 1 label to less than 20 cents each for orders of 1 milliona cut of between 5 and 10 cents per tag over its previous pricing | Interesting step towards the 5c goal for RFID tags. I hope the issue date of 1 April wasnt significant! | 4/1/2004 |
| TROLLEYSCAN SMASH ANOTHER UHF RFID TECHNOLOGY BARRIER | Trolley Scan have developed and put into production the most sensitive passive single chip UHF RFID system ever developed. With this system, it is possible to read the credit card sized Ecochiptag(TM) tag at an amazing 11 meter range when the transponders are attached to metal objects | I have no idea whether this is true! | 2/22/2004 |
| FDA Endorses RFID Technology | In its final report on ways to reduce the counterfeiting of drugs, the U.S. Food and Drug administration says RFID could play an important role in anticounterfeiting strategies beginning next year | FDA set 2007 as the likely time when the technology and infrastructure will be in place to fully support RFID tagging of individual packages of drugs. Very interesting development as the security comes from the combination of a unique tag ID and the ability to use something like the EPCGlobal network to validate the tag against the manufacturers database | 2/18/2004 |
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