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Worries over potential RFID threat to medical equipment

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:10:49 +0000

A report by the American Medical Association has claimed that healthcare applications using RFID can induce electromagetic interference in medical equipment. In 123 tests, RFID induced 34 EMI incidents, 22 of them "hazardous". The report concludes that international standards may need to be updated in the light of the risk.

Tracking the mail with RFID

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:43:52 +0000

Last year at the IDTechEx RFID Europe event in Cambridge, there was a presentation about how postal services were tracking mail using RFID. Now, a recent page on EurActiv.com has updated what is happening in this area.

Have chair, will follow: video footage of RFID robotic chair

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:29:39 +0000

It may not be fashionable to visit a library these days as much (if at all!) as some of us may have done in our childhoods. But if there are RFID applications around like this there, visiting the library could catch on again.

It's probably only a precursor for even wackier ideas to follow that will show RFID intersecting with everyone's lives in a fun, non-threatening way, all allied to the use of an RFID tag/chip that we'll probably come to take for granted as much as we now do the bar code.

EPCglobal completes EPC Information Services pilot

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:32:31 +0000

The RFID specialist, EPCglobal, which is a subsidiary of the GS1 standards group, has completed the second phase of a transportation and logistics pilot examining the use of EPC IS (EPC Information Services) middleware, increasing the prospect of improved data visibility between trading partners exchanging RFID-sourced data.

GS1 produces EPC RFID Guide

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:34:35 +0000

The global standards organisation, GS1, has produced a guide for retailers and suppliers about how to implement RFID and Electronic Product Codes (EPCs). The Guide also discusses the use of EPCglobal standards, and in particular, EPC Infomation Services (EPCIS)

A corporate plan for RFID adoption

Thu, 15 May 2008 09:11:49 +0000

A recent article in RFID Journal makes interesting reading about how RFID is now moving beyond trials and is being adopted within companies. Pulling the results together of various pilots and trials and implementing RFID throughout the organisation requires a new approach and it means someone having to pull best practices and corporate policies together.

The benefits of closed-loop RFID systems

Mon, 12 May 2008 08:03:48 +0000

The public focus on many RFID systems to date has been around large supply chain systems and compliance mandates for suppliers. But current thinking on RFID is now more towards the benefits of smaller 'closed-loop' systems that can serve as a basis for future, 'open' systems.

Aberdeen Group identifies RFID retail challenges

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:26:51 +0000

A new survey by the Aberdeen Group has isolated the challenges for retailers of RFID and predicted that best of breed players in the sector are already overcoming those challenges.

RFID and security at the Infosecurity Show

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:39:09 +0000

I'm at the Infosecurity Show in London today, and one of my main goals will be to find out more about RFID and security. There have been a series of news stories about supposed weaknesses in RFID. I'd like to get a first-hand look at what the real picture is.

American Apparel follows M&S RFID example

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:09:33 +0000

Much has been written about Marks & Spencer's success with its 'intelligent labelling' of clothes in its stores. Now over in the US, American Apparel is going down the same RFID route.

Transport card security concerns increase as evidence grows on MiFare RFID hack

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:58:09 +0000

Recent questioning of RFID security, particularly related to the chips used in transport schemes such as the Oyster card used on the London Underground, is beginning to gain momentum. This week, a cryptography conference in Istanbul heard more revelations over how quickly the encryption key can be recovered on a MiFare Classic Card.

The EC Public Consultation on RFID - add your voice!

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:43:28 +0000

There are only ten days left for those with an interest in RFID to make their views known to the European Commission on the technology's privacy implications, so it's time for those who care how the EC will deliberate about RFID and privacy to start weighing into the debate.

Deep space technology to drive large-scale RFID revolution

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:02:19 +0000

This week sees the start of a major exhibition in the US organised by RFID Journal at which a new RFID company with significant potential to create change will make its bow.

RFID takes off at Airbus

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:59:09 +0000

European planemaker Airbus is to invest millions of dollars in a multi-year deal to use RFID to streamline its manufacturing and supply chain operations.

RFID is 'not reaching the C-suite'

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:39:47 +0000

According to an article in RFID Journal, the message that RFID can transform business processes is still failing to percolate its way up to the Board, and particularly to grab the attention of the CEO.