“Encryption protects the password transmission. But renowned cryptographer Adi Shamir of Weizmann University claims to have found a way to bypass the encryption scheme and obtain the self-destruct password using technology no more sophisticated than that in a common cell phone. Shamir announced the discovery this morning at the 2006 RSA Conference, a large computer […]

“Plastic-electronics developer PolyIC GmbH & Co. KG has contested a claim by Philips Research that Philips engineers realized the first plastic-electronics-based radio-frequency ID tag capable of transmitting multibit digital identification codes at 13.56 MHz. The performance details of the Philips plastic circuit are being presented in San Francisco this week at the International Solid-State Circuits […]

“Officials there plan to use it to stop the theft of manholes. The country’s state-run media reported this week that the government will tag about 1,000 manholes in Beijing. The tags store data about utilities and are expected to help utility workers and others with readers locate missing manholes.”

“NTT Communications and Tmsuk will test an RFID-driven shopping assistant robot at a shoping mall in Fukuoka. The robot reads RFID tags embedded in the floor and get information about its location (it doesn’t use GPS or other location technologies). The pilot test will take place on the 9th of February and lasts till the […]

“Westhues was able to read and copy her chip in around two hours, using a simple reader about the size of an MP3 player, with an antenna about five inches long. Once Westhues cloned the chip, he’d be able to use it for anything Newitz used it for. If she were using the chip to […]

“After much experimentation in the marketplace, Real Time Locating Systems (RTLS) have found there place across a range of industries, from healthcare to manufacturing, according to Frost & Sullivan, which says that the RTLS market was worth some US$201.3 million in 2004, and is forecast to reach some US$1.26 billion in 2011. There are several […]

“The Jimei University Library in Xiamen, China, is installing radio frequency identification (RFID) in its main library on campus with assistance from Shanghai RFID System Technology Co. Ltd. and UPM Raflatac, the vendors said Wednesday. Shanghai RFID System Technology and UPM Raflatac will initially deliver 300,000 RFID tags to get the project underway. The library […]

“Privacy advocates are asking the Homeland Security Department “not to include the use of Radio Frequency Identification contactless chips in its regulations for implementing the Real ID Act for state driver’s licenses,” according to published reports.”

“Nosco Inc. has launched a new RFID service under the (‘Nosco RFID Package Integration’ brand) to help pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device manufacturers, and distributors meet US Federal guidelines and State legislation to protect the country’s drug supply.”

Zebra Technologies reveals the following Gen 2 “do’s” and “don’ts” to help companies avoid potential implementation pitfalls. Do go straight to Gen 2 if you are starting RFID pilots now. Gen 2 protocols offer significant performance enhancements over the first generation of EPCglobal UHF protocols, including superior tag throughput, improved accuracy and compliance with global […]