The RFID Future

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Aplus Flash Technology introduces new
high-performance, low-current RFID
EEPROM IP: Secure and cost-efficient,
Aplus’ RFID EEPROM IP offers RFID chip
designers the first easy drop-in EEPROM
memory solution

Aplus Flash Technology introduces new
high-performance, low-current RFID
EEPROM IP: Secure and cost-efficient,
Aplus’ RFID EEPROM IP offers RFID chip
designers the first easy drop-in EEPROM
memory solution 05/31/2004 02:13 PM
Aplus Flash Technology has introduced a new version of its silicon proven 0.35um 2P3M CMOS based EEPROM IP that is targeted for RFID applications. This embedded memory IP can be used in RFID applications such as contactless smart cards, RFID tags, security and surveillance, and other supply chain tracking purposes. Aplus Flash Technology is a fabless IC design company specializing in non-volatile memory IP and products. [PRWEB May 19, 2004]

RFID development kits come with
compactFlash RFID readers for pocket PC

RFID development kits come with
compactFlash RFID readers for pocket PC 08/12/2004 06:48 PM
RF Design Aug 12 2004 11:20PM GMT

RFID Labels Test 100% Readable by the
RFID Alliance Lab

RFID Labels Test 100% Readable by the
RFID Alliance Lab 12/17/2004 06:31 PM
Worldlabel.com shipped a roll with 105 pieces of 4” x 6” Xtrack™ RFID Smart Labels to the RFID Alliance Lab for testing. The tags embedded were a Rafsec dipole design with EPC UHF Ucode 1.19 chip. Tests were performed at the University of Kansas under the supervision of Dr. Daniel Deavours, Director of Research at the RFID Alliance Lab and Assistant Professor at the University of Kansas. Dr. Deavours issued the following statement on behalf of the RFID Alliance Lab. “On December 14, the Lab tested all 105 labels with a ThingMagic Mercury 4 reader. The Lab observed that all 105 labels were readable”. [PRWEB Dec 16, 2004]

The International RFID Technology Center
Locates in Frisco, TexasThe IRTC Will
Provide Leadership, Guidance and
Services for the RFID Industry

The International RFID Technology Center
Locates in Frisco, TexasThe IRTC Will
Provide Leadership, Guidance and
Services for the RFID Industry 12/19/2004 03:04 PM
The International RFID Technology Center, Inc. (IRTC) announced today that they have reached an agreement with the Frisco Economic Development Corporation (FEDC) to locate the IRTC’s headquarters in the City of Frisco, Texas, one of the fastest growing cities in the thriving Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) area. This enables the IRTC to take advantage of DFW’s technology talent pool and geographic location as a focal point for activity in the RF (radio frequency) and RFID (radio frequency identification) sectors. [PRWEB Dec 18, 2004]

Where is RFID going?

Where is RFID going? 05/20/2004 01:11 PM
Privacy advocates are worried that RFID tags will end up being used to companies every growing arsenals of technology to...

RFID-EPC-0.002

RFID-EPC-0.002 07/08/2004 12:24 AM

RFID::EPC 0.002

RFID::EPC 0.002 07/13/2004 01:46 AM
A Perl interface to EPC tags.

RFID y Microsoft

RFID y Microsoft 06/28/2004 11:30 AM

Keep RFID Simple

Keep RFID Simple 04/11/2005 05:47 PM
Computerworld Apr 11 2005 9:24PM GMT

RFID Privacy Gap?

RFID Privacy Gap? 06/10/2004 06:13 PM
InternetNews.com-24 minutes ago ... to take charge of engineering and keep informed of how engineering may affect consumer privacy, according to Nicole Wong, senior compliance counsel for Google. ...

Man RFID Implants Self

Man RFID Implants Self 03/29/2005 08:34 PM

This chap placed an RFID sensor in his hand (or had a doctor do it, rather) and plans on wiring up his house and car with sensors that will allow all sorts of wireless magic to happy when he waves it around. He has a nice FAQ up explaining why he won't be burning in the lightless flames of hell for such an implant, among other minor technical details.

FAQ Page [Amal]
Photo Gallery [Flickr]

RFID soccer

RFID soccer 01/23/2004 02:18 PM
Researchers in soccer-obssesed Germany are working on putting RFID tags actually into soccer balls themselves and into players' clothes:A prototype has been developed in cooperation...

RFID Not Just for Kids

RFID Not Just for Kids 09/16/2004 05:16 AM
Slashdot Sep 16 2004 9:32AM GMT

RFID: 'You know you want it'

RFID: 'You know you want it' 01/07/2004 03:11 PM
Silicon.com Jan 7 2004 12:27PM ET

The rush to RFID

The rush to RFID 04/09/2004 06:46 PM
In an airport at Frankfurt, Germany, a maintenance worker crawls through the cramped ventilation system, wearing a small device that reads data from chips positioned throughout the system to verify that he?s done his job. At a U.S. theme park, a teenager on a waterslide wears a special wristband with an embedded chip that will remember how many rides he has taken, no matter how wet he gets. And at a large drug company?s warehouse, a shipment of the regulated narcotic OxyContin gets tagged with chips to track its route, and discourage theft and counterfeiting.

RFID: Is it soup yet?

RFID: Is it soup yet? 05/06/2004 07:19 AM
Taking charge of MIT-developed technology, Tom Laffey of the EPCglobal consortium says real standards are about to emerge to govern radio frequency identification technology.

Static over RFID

Static over RFID 09/13/2004 06:55 AM
A key patent holder wants royalties. If that starts a trend, adoption of radio frequency identification technology could suffer.

Man RFID Impants Self

Man RFID Impants Self 03/29/2005 01:56 PM

This chap placed an RFID sensor in his hand (or had a doctor do it, rather) and plans on wiring up his house and car with sensors that will allow all sorts of wireless magic to happy when he waves it around. He has a nice FAQ up explaining why he won't be burning in the lightless flames of hell for such an implant, among other minor technical details.

FAQ Page [Amal]
Photo Gallery [Flickr]

RFID-Matrics-0.002

RFID-Matrics-0.002 07/08/2004 12:24 AM

RFID-Alien-0.002

RFID-Alien-0.002 07/08/2004 12:24 AM

RFID-Base-0.002

RFID-Base-0.002 07/08/2004 12:24 AM

RFID moves along

RFID moves along 12/28/2004 09:09 AM
USA Today Dec 28 2004 1:33PM GMT

RFID::Alien 0.002

RFID::Alien 0.002 07/13/2004 01:46 AM
A Perl module for interfacing with an Alien RFID reader.

RFID::Matrics 0.002

RFID::Matrics 0.002 07/13/2004 01:46 AM
A Perl module for interfacing with a Matrics RFID.

Get this RFID tag off my fatigues

Get this RFID tag off my fatigues 10/28/2003 11:07 PM
Letters Surplus tracking

You Can't Spell RFID without "If"

You Can't Spell RFID without "If" 11/03/2003 02:35 PM
Radio frequency identification tags are coming, but are they friend, foe, or just too expensive?: WalMart's mandate of RFID tags on products entering their maelstrom will push the adoption of the technology, but some of the futurists' visions of milk carton's reporting in to their home base when they're empty seem like a combination of The Jetsons and 1984. RFID tags are also way too expensive for this vision of the future -- whether AT&T "You Will" utopic or Brave New World dystopic. The cost has to come way down to make them useful for individual products and shelves. Right now, the palette level is the right price point. (Intrepid staffer Nancy Gohring filed the story for The Seattle Times; Nancy is on vacation this week.)...

RFID::Base 0.002

RFID::Base 0.002 07/13/2004 01:46 AM
Base classes for interfacing RFID readers with Perl.

Wal-Mart Looks To New Uses For RFID

Wal-Mart Looks To New Uses For RFID 03/26/2005 04:12 PM
Information Week Mar 26 2005 7:18PM GMT

RFID For Dummies

RFID For Dummies 04/17/2005 02:50 PM

RFID For Dummies: Does the existence of a "For Dummies" book mean your technology just went mainstream? Half-tempted to buy this so I can RFID my kids.

Retailing with RFID

Retailing with RFID 09/27/2004 08:44 AM
CNN Sep 27 2004 12:40PM GMT

RFID: Hit or Myth?

RFID: Hit or Myth? 02/11/2004 04:26 PM
Extreme Tech Feb 11 2004 8:06PM GMT

Don't regulate RFID--yet

Don't regulate RFID--yet 08/30/2004 08:07 AM

Are You Ready for RFID?

Are You Ready for RFID? 11/15/2003 07:45 AM
SiliconValley.Internet.com Nov 15 2003 6:26AM ET

RFID, where do you want to go today?

RFID, where do you want to go today? 06/24/2004 04:46 PM
Microsoft plans to target large corporations and small businesses with a blitz of new radio frequency identification products.

SOA as RFID Middleware

SOA as RFID Middleware 07/19/2004 06:23 PM
The DoD uses Web services to marry legacy systems with RFID technology.

RFID gets under your skin

RFID gets under your skin 07/28/2004 11:11 AM
ZDNet Jul 28 2004 1:53PM GMT

The RFID Imperative

The RFID Imperative 12/24/2003 01:26 PM

RFID Privacy

RFID Privacy 12/29/2003 11:56 PM

RFID News has an excellent analysis of a recent USA Today column on hypothetical nightmarish privacy violations by companies utilizing RFID tags. The gist of the analysis is that USA Today is sensationalizing the concept. Companies, governments, and individuals already have far easier and more effective ways of gathering information about you than RFID can provide.

One example of the "sky is falling" reporting is their scenario of marketers watching what you are interested in:

A department store’s RFID system recognizes that you’re carrying an item you bought there last week. Now it knows who you are. And if there are readers scattered about, it knows where you’re going. Come home to a phone call, "Mr. Kantor, we noticed you were shopping for a television…"

Retailers are smarter than that. They tend to avoid behavior that consumers are going to find creepy. When I worked for a telecomunications company I found that when someone called our call center, the systems automatically looked up the phone number of the incoming call (this was before caller ID was popular or widespread), looked up the corresponding account, and displayed the account details on the operator’s screen.

They had initially experimented with answering the phone, "Thank you for calling us Mr. Johnson. How can we help you today?" Callers understandably found this a little spooky, so the operators began answering the phone as if they had no idea who was on the other end.

If a retailer were to use RFID or any other method of identification to discover who was browsing for what products, they would likely use this information in a way that was much less overt. Email offers sent would magically include deals on products that the consumer was interested in. Direct mail would be targeted with products that a large number of people in a particular zip code had shown interest in.

It’s also important to note that, at this point at least, most companies don’t have their databases integrated to the point that they can target marketing in this method. Retailers spend billions of dollars on products that don’t sell, merchandising that doesn’t work, and marketing that falls flat. Many of these companies have the data that could have prevented these problems but are unable to properly analyze it to extract valuable information.

At least right now, that’s what’s going to prevent wholesale intrusions into our privacy—the inefficiencies and ineptitude of corporate data operations. Companies are already drowing in data. Turning that data into useful information is a lot harder than it sounds.

IBM, Sun put RFID to the test

IBM, Sun put RFID to the test 04/29/2004 04:18 PM
ZDNet Apr 29 2004 8:18PM GMT
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Defense Department Tests Hybrid
Active/Passive RFID

Defense Department Tests Hybrid
Active/Passive RFID 12/30/2004 09:50 AM
Although more costly than passive RFID, active RFID work has already been integrated with anti-terrorist technologies such as radiological sensors. Big retailers like Wal-Mart and Target might someday follow suit, according to some.

FTC to explore RFID consumer
implications

FTC to explore RFID consumer
implications 04/12/2004 03:23 PM
The Federal Trade Commission will host a workshop on June 21 that will include privacy and security issues around consumer uses of radio frequency identification technology that have riled privacy advocates.

Wal-Mart RFID Suppliers to Top 100

Wal-Mart RFID Suppliers to Top 100 06/14/2004 04:15 PM
Wal-Mart expects to have more than 100 suppliers shipping products to the retailing giant with radio wave tracking devices by January, according to a top executive.

RFID creates market for suppliers

RFID creates market for suppliers 05/11/2004 06:30 AM
Computer Weekly May 11 2004 11:15AM GMT

RFID better for retailers than for
suppliers, study says

RFID better for retailers than for
suppliers, study says 11/11/2003 04:42 AM
InternetRetailer.com Nov 11 2003 3:56AM ET

Wal-Mart promises RFID will benefit
suppliers

Wal-Mart promises RFID will benefit
suppliers 06/17/2004 07:40 PM
Wal-Mart wrapped up its three-day RFID event for suppliers this week in Springdale, Ark., with additional RFID product tag compliance dates for tier one and tier two suppliers and some optimistic words about the benefits of RFID for its supplier network.

Wal-Mart revises RFID expectations for
suppliers

Wal-Mart revises RFID expectations for
suppliers 05/20/2004 05:42 AM
Computer Weekly May 20 2004 10:15AM GMT

RFID Makes Its Mark

RFID Makes Its Mark 09/13/2004 10:43 AM
Internet News Sep 13 2004 1:51PM GMT

NYT: Wal-Mart Slows RFID Plans,
Suppliers Resist

NYT: Wal-Mart Slows RFID Plans,
Suppliers Resist 12/27/2004 08:29 AM

Boeing readies RFID standards for
release to suppliers in 2005

Boeing readies RFID standards for
release to suppliers in 2005 09/16/2004 04:58 PM
Boeing plans to release a set of technical specifications for RFID devices to its suppliers during the first half of 2005, but the aircraft maker won't mandate that companies start using the technology right away.

Defense Systems Inc. contracts two RFID
industry heavy weights.

Defense Systems Inc. contracts two RFID
industry heavy weights. 07/02/2004 03:24 AM
DSI expanding RFID operations and West Coast market exposure. [PRWEB Jul 2, 2004]

Defense Dept. working to resolve RFID
standards issue

Defense Dept. working to resolve RFID
standards issue 12/04/2003 05:58 PM
The Defense Department plans to work with EPCglobal to develop RFID tag standards in a matter of months that would work with the tags Wal-Mart plans to use.

Patent-Pending Tech Sets New RFID
Accuracy Mark

Patent-Pending Tech Sets New RFID
Accuracy Mark 01/05/2005 09:40 PM
eWeek Jan 6 2005 12:18AM GMT

Patent-Pending Technology Sets New RFID
Accuracy Mark

Patent-Pending Technology Sets New RFID
Accuracy Mark 01/05/2005 09:40 PM
eWeek Jan 5 2005 10:16PM GMT

RFID boost

RFID boost 01/02/2004 06:04 AM
CNET Asia Jan 2 2004 4:51AM ET

The RFID Future

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