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From the editor's desk!
Welcome to the latest issue of the High Tech AIDCourier.
It seems like I was only just writing the January 2007 issue
of the newsletter, and here we are in 2007. Back then we were talking about
the Zebra acquisition of WhereNet and the Motorola acquisition of Symbol. It
looked like it might be a year of mergers and acquisitions which was not as
noticeable as we thought, though Honeywell's acquisition of Hand Held
Products was certainly a biggie. This year I believe we will continue to see
more consolidation, but we also see the impact of the closed loop
application. These applications are not always the small sibling of the open
loop application and they are just as important. Many large applications
will be announced this year.
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Technology News Briefs
RFID Standards
Well, 2007 started with a bang with several standards groups meeting the
first full week people were back in their office. We saw meetings of MH10.8,
the AIM RFID Experts Group, SC31/WG4, SC31 WG4/SG1 and SC31 WG4/SG5.
MH10.8 is concerned about Automatic Identification of Packages and
Unit-Loads. This covers many applications including cases, cartons, unit
loads, and containers. MH10 acts as the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to
ISO TC 122 Packaging. This group is looking hard at harmonizing their ANSI
standards with the standards of others including ISO.
The AIM RFID Experts Group works on a range of subjects and has provided
draft standards into SC31 WG4/SG1 on subjects like security, implementation
of UHF RFID, RFID labels and packaging using 18000-6C, and Recycling.
SC31 WG4 is the parent committee for RFID in SC31. All of the various
RFID groups report into this committee.
If you want more information on ISO standardization or on any issue of
RFID standardization, then email
steve@hightechaid.com.
Radio Frequency Identification
Disagreement
Awaits Imminent HF Gen2 RFID Standard
http://www.rfidupdate.com/news/12112007.html#article_1
502
New RFID Device
Helps Fight Counterfeiting
http://www.industryweek.com/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=1
5439
Via Licensing
Renews Call for UHF RFID Patents
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20071211005377&newsLa
ng=en
A Look Back
At RFID in '07
http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/articleview/3790/1/128/
PG&E CIO:
Pat Lawicki in a CIO Vision Series interview
http://video.zdnet.com/CIOSessions/?p=236
Motorola invests
In Intelleflex RFID
http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=3F1E6B0C-
0C77-4652-ADD9-9BEF47899D71
Avery licenses RFID strap attach technology
To Mühlbauer
http://www.global-identification.com/index.php?id=20&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=913&tx_ttnew
s%5BbackPid%5D=4
Tag-a-lag:
Chip implants mooted for UK prisoners
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/14/prisoner_chipping_s
cheme/
http://www.pcw.co.uk/vnunet/news/2207145/government-con
siders-rfid-tags
Review of RFID
In 2007
http://www.idtechex.com/products/en/articles/00000799.asp
Sam's Club Wants Item-Level RFID Tagging
By 2010
http://www.rfidupdate.com/articles/index.php?id=1521&from
=rss
IPICO receives order
To supply tags for South Africa vehicle number plates
http://ca.news.finance.yahoo.com/s/14012007/30/link-fina
nce-news-ipico-receives-order-supply-tags-south-africa-veh
icle.html
Fujitsu Develops World's First
64KByte High-Capacity FRAM RFID Tag for Aviation
Applications
http://www.itnews.it/2007/0109104801690/fujitsu-develops
-world-s-first-64kbyte-high-capacity-fram-rfid-tag-for-aviati
on-applications.html
Lack of Standards
Is Slowing Adoption of RFID for Cargo Security
http://thompsonahern.blogspot.com/2007/01/lack-of-stand
ards-is-slowing-adoption.html
RFID?
This CIO of the Year gets it
http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/RFID-blog/2007/01/r
fid-this-cio-of-the-year-gets-1.html
Boeing pilots RFID
To track aircraft parts
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/Boeing-p
ilots-RFID-to-track-aircraft-parts/0,130061791,339274221,00
.htm
RFID
Is Poised for Change
http://www.idtechex.com/products/en/articles/00000771.asp
NXP Semiconductors
Tops New ABI Research on RFID
http://www.globeinvestor.com/servlet/story/BWIRE.2007121
9.20071219005611/GIStory/
Sonoco and IPICO to Co-Develop and Commercialize
RFID Technologies for the Paper Making Industry
http://www.globeinvestor.com/servlet/story/CNW.20071218.
C4028/GIStory/
China peaks
As largest RFID market
http://www.mbtmag.com/article/CA6509947.html
Motorola, Intelleflex
Partner on RFID Technology
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Apps/Motorola-Intellefl
ex-Partner-on-RFID-Technology/
AT&T to put RFID and GPS
In schoolbuses
http://www.betanews.com/article/ATT_to_put_RFID_and_GPS
_in_schoolbuses/1197499810
A lump of coal
In the RFID stocking
http://www.mmh.com/article/CA6511354.html
Six steps
To a smooth RFID rollout
http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/TechGovernment/News.
asp?id=46177
Download
RFID A Guide To Radio Frequency Identification E-Book
http://www.mwolk.com/ebooks/download-rfid-a-guide-to-rad
io-frequency-identification-e-book
MRI Tests Microchip Tags
To Track Magazine Readership
http://www.mrweb.com/drno/news7680.htm
Radio Frequency Identification
In Casino Slot Machine
http://gamblingplanetawa.blogspot.com/2007/11/radio-freq
uency-identification-in.html
Item Level RFID Tagging
In Action
http://gamblingplanetawa.blogspot.com/2007/11/radio-freq
uency-identification-in.html
NPR :
Radio Frequency Identification
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1831
160
Other RFID Issues
Are there any health risks associated with RFID and radio
waves
http://retailnu.wordpress.com/2007/10/31/other-rfid-issues/
Biometrics
FBI Prepares Vast Database Of Biometrics
$1 Billion Project to Include Images of Irises and Faces
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/21/AR2007122102544_pf.html
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6223876.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/24/fbi_database_biom
etrics/
Healthcare and Life Sciences
Carolinas heart clinic
Ups RFID tracking
http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=8344
http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1200967/carolinas_me
dical_center_expands_use_of_mobile_aspects_rfid_technolog
y/index.html?source=r_health
Wegmans Eyeing RFID
For Prescription Management
http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/view/3844/
RTLS
RFID legislation
Can be senseless
http://www.rfidupdate.com/articles/index.php?id=1498&from
=rss
Passport card with chatty RFID chip
Draws privacy ire
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9056338&source=NLT_A
M&nlid=1
Europe's RFID Privacy Policy
Might Be a Mistake
http://www.rfidjournal.com/blog/entry/3849
US State Department
Approves RFID Passports Amidst Privacy Concerns
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=10200
Barcode
2-D Barcode
To Hit America in April
http://storefrontbacktalk.com/story/0111082d
Homeland Security
National ID Card is Coming:
RFID Optional
http://www.undergroundpolitics.com/index.php/policy_an
d_international_politics/national_id_card_is_coming_rfid_op
tional.html
Four states to use RFID chips
In drivers' license
http://www.leftlanenews.com/four-states-to-use-rfid-chips
-in-drivers-licenses.html
General
EM Microelectronic
Joins NFC Forum
http://www.contactlessnews.com/news/2007/12/12/em-microelectronic-joins-nfc-forum/
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Press Releases
A regular feature of HighTechAIDCourier will be a review
of interesting press releases from around the world. Please send your press
releases to news@hightechaid.com,
but do not forget to include a URL to the full release on your web site.
Here are this month’s selections:
Awarepoint’s RFID Asset Management System Selected at UCSF
Medical Center
Awarepoint’s ZigBee Wireless Sensor Network chosen from
review of six active RFID asset tracking solutions
SAN DIEGO – December 5, 2007 -The University of California,
San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center recently announced it has selected San
Diego-based Awarepoint’s Real-time Awareness Solution ® as their asset
tracking partner. After a rigorous evaluation process, Awarepoint’s RFID
real-time location system (RTLS) was chosen to efficiently track the
location, status and movement of the hospital’s mobile medical equipment.
www.awarepoint.com
Nokia Growth Partners leads Series C investment round in
INSIDE Contactless
Nokia Growth Partners leads round together with existing
investors in NFC specialist INSIDE Contactless
Aix en Provence France, December 11th, 2007– INSIDE
Contactless, the world leader in contactless payment chips and NFC
technologies for mobile devices, today announced a new round of investment
led by Nokia Growth Partners, the global private equity and venture capital
management arm of Nokia (NYSE:NOK), the world leader in mobility.
This new investment round of €25m ($38m), will allow the
company to accelerate its international presence and broaden its product
portfolio.
www.insidecontactless.com.
AIM North America Announce the Formation of
UID Suppliers Alliance Committee
Warrendale, Pa. – December 11, 2007 –AIM North America (NA)
has formed the UID Suppliers Alliance (USA) Committee to provide UID vendors
with a forum to discuss issues, and develop and implement projects that will
help accelerate UID implementation. AIM Global has worked with its members
and AIM NA leadership in launching the new committee.
http://www.aim-na.org/UIDCommit
tee.php?
PNL OFFERS ADVANCED LOGISTICS SERVICES TO GLOBAL SHIPPERS
WITH NEW WIRELESS CARGO MONITORING FROM SAVI NETWORKS
SaviTrak™ Enables Real-Time Management of the Location,
Security and Condition of Global Shipments, Including LCD Flat Screens
SEOUL, South Korea – Dec. 12, 2007 – PNL Networks Co., Ltd.
(PNL), the technology arm of global logistics service provider PNL Group,
today announced it has contracted with Savi Networks to enable PNL to offer
its customers advanced logistics services, based on wireless monitoring
technology. The contract calls on Savi Networks to provide the SaviTrak™
information service to monitor, in real-time, container shipments filled
with products such as liquid crystal display (LCD) television screens that
are transported across more than two dozen tradelanes spanning the globe.
http://www.reuters.com/article/p
ressRelease/idUS132638+12-De
c-2007+PRN20071212
Automatic Identification Industry to Recognize its Finest
2007 Nominations Sought for Dilling, Percival, Williams and Journalism
Awards
Warrendale, PA – December 12, 2007 - AIM Global, the
industry association recognized as the worldwide authority on automatic
identification and mobility, announced today a call for nominees for its
annual Automatic Identification and Mobility industry awards.
http://www.aimglobal.org/membe
rs/news/templates/template.aspx?
articleid=3121&zoneid=1
AIM North America Announces Appointment of Three Executives
to Board of Directors
Warrendale, Pa. – December 12, 2007 – AIM North America (NA)
announced today the appointment of three industry executives to its
seven-member Board of Directors. These industry leaders will take office in
January 2007 for two- or three-year terms.
http://www.aim-na.org/NewBOD.php
Call For Entries – Touching the Future: NFC Forum Global
Competition
WAKEFIELD, Mass., December 17, 2007 — The NFC Forum (www.nfc-forum.org)
, a non-profit industry association that advances the use of Near Field
Communication (NFC) technology, today announced a call for entries for
Touching the Future: NFC Forum Global Competition. In the competition,
developers in a commercial track vie for the honor of having their solutions
named “The Best NFC Service of the Year 2007,” while a research track
recognizes “The Most Innovative NFC Research Project of the Year 2007.”
http://www.nfc-forum.org/news/
pr/view?item_key=ffc0422bbc65
04e4915ae500e4c19629dde0e5e9
Roberto Tunioli wins the iD People Award 2007
iD People Awards 2007: Datalogic CEO Roberto Tunioli
awarded the ID Limelight Award for the person who has attracted the most
media attention for his revolutionary ideas on the possible applications in
the Automatic Identification field
Bologna, December 18, 2007 – Roberto Tunioli, Vice Chairman
and CEO of Datalogic, has been presented the Oscar of the Automatic
Identification field: the iD People Award 2007 in the ID Limelight category.
Mr. Tunioli received this important recognition during the ID People Awards
Ceremony on November 26, 2007, at the Milanofiori Congress Center in Milan
(Italy) for the person who has attracted the most media attention for his
revolutionary ideas on the possible applications in the Automatic
Identification field. He received the most votes of the five nominees in the
category.
http://www.corporate.datalogic.co
m/_vti_g19_prArt.aspx?idA=745
Sirit's INfinity 510 is First EPC Certified Reader to
Support NXP's Gen 2 Enhancements
New custom commands extend Gen 2 functionality
TORONTO, Dec. 18 /CNW/ - Sirit Inc. ("Sirit") (TSX: SI),
a leading provider of radio frequency identification ("RFID") technology,
and NXP
Semiconductors ("NXP"), the independent semiconductor
company founded by Philips and a leading supplier of RFID chips today
announced interoperability support for all of the custom commands in NXP's
newest UCODE G2X chips. The latest firmware version of Sirit's best-in-class
INfinity 510 reader ("IN510") will take advantage of the extended
functionality built into NXP's UCODE G2XM and G2XL chips. These functions
have been implemented in NXP's silicon and Sirit's IN510 to support the
demands of sophisticated customers who are implementing RFID solutions that
go far beyond simple compliance tagging.
http://www.sirit.com/event_release-
info.php?id_news=76
AIM Global Unveils Top-Five Predictions for RFID Industry
in 2007
Important Trends Include More Innovative Consumer
Applications in Familiar Settings, Greater Integration with Mobile Devices
and CE Products, and Further Expansion into Retail Environments
WARRENDALE, Pa. — December 18, 2007 — AIM Global, the
worldwide industry trade association and authority on automatic
identification and mobility solutions, today unveiled five predictions that
highlight important trends, developments, and innovations that will
significantly impact the landscape of the radio frequency identification
(RFID) industry in 2007 and beyond. These predictions reinforce the
association's expertise in RFID technologies.
http://www.aimglobal.org/member
s/news/templates/template.aspx?
articleid=3139&zoneid=1
AIM Technology Leadership Summit Announced AIM Global to
Host Industry Executives
Warrendale, PA -- December 19, 2007 -- AIM Global, the trade
association recognized as the worldwide authority on automatic
identification and mobility, in conjunction with AIM North America, has
announced plans for the 2007 AIM Technology Leadership Summit.
http://www.aimglobal.org/members
/news/templates/template.aspx?ar
ticleid=3140&zoneid=1
Siemens & Free2move announce the deployment of integrated
asset & building security system
Kuala Lumpur, 7 December 2007 – Siemens and Free2move
announced today the deployment of Siemens Wireless Asset Tracking (SWAT) at
Siemens’ Malaysian headquarters in Petaling Jaya, outside Kuala Lumpur.
The system involves passive RFID personnel cards combined
with long range asset tags to allow asset movements to be controlled
according to a central policy. Such controlled movements can be whether to
allow an asset to exit from a secured zone. This first deployment
encompasses 700 computer notebooks and 10 doors.
http://www.siemens.com.my/Pres
s/Article.aspx?AID=34
NXP and Sirit to Host Webcast on EPC Gen 2 Enhancements
Event focus will be user benefits and use cases of
advanced EPC custom commands
TORONTO, Jan. 9 /CNW/ - Sirit Inc. ("Sirit") (TSX: SI), a
leading provider of radio frequency identification ("RFID") technology and
NXP Semiconductors ("NXP"), the independent semiconductor company founded by
Philips and a leading supplier of RFID chips, today announced they will
jointly host an open Webcast on Thursday, January 17, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. EST
(5:00 p.m. CET) entitled, "Capturing the Value of Gen 2 Custom Commands".
http://www.sirit.com/event_releas
e-info.php?id_news=77
Aberdeen Group: RFID Solutions Get Faster, Better, and
Cheaper, as Users Gain Business Benefits Beyond Mandate Compliance
100% of Best-in-Class RFID Users Reduce Process Failures
by up to 20% and Improve Throughput by up to 10%, While Reducing Labor Costs
BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - January 09, 2007) - Companies
using radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies are increasingly
enjoying new and significant business benefits, according to research
reported in "Winning RFID Strategies for 2007," a newly published report by
Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks company.
http://www.reuters.com/article/pres
sRelease/idUS157816+09-Jan-200
8+RNS20070109
Active RFID: Wavetrend Announces The Hire Of Edward
Gonsalves As Senior Vice President - Product Development
1/14/2007 Wavetrend Technologies Ltd, a world leader in the
deployment of active RFID Solutions, announced recently that Edward
Gonsalves has joined its executive team as Senior Vice President - Product
Development. Ed has been in the semiconductor and high technology industry
for more than 25 years, holding a variety of positions in engineering,
marketing, sales and business development.
http://www.rfidsolutionsonline.com
/content/news/article.asp?DocID=%
7B3C61CB2F-D884-477E-898E-9F97
E457E186%7D&Bucket=Current+Hea
dlines
GS1 UK launches EPCglobal Test Centre, hosted by
Intellident
GS1 UK, the independent global supply chain standards and
solutions organisation, announced the launch of the EPCglobal RFID Test
Centre.
Hosted by Intellident, the Centre is a GS1 UK service set up
to help organisations understand and gain the business benefits that can be
achieved from RFID which include cost savings, improved accuracy and
increased efficiency.
http://www.morerfid.com/details.p
hp?subdetail=Report&action=det
ails&report_id=3973&display=RFID
Motorola and Metrologic Settle Patent Disputes
Sunday, January 06, 2007; Posted: 11:13 PM Motorola and
Metrologic enter into settlement agreement for patent disputes
Dublin, Jan 04, 2007 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- SBL | news
| PowerRating | PR Charts -- Motorola and Metrologic Instruments have
announced that Motorola together with its subsidiary, Symbol Technologies,
and Metrologic Instruments, and its subsidiaries have reached an agreement
that settles all outstanding patent infringement disputes between the two
companies.
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.sit
e/news/Stock%20News/960384/
The Final Comment
We always try to find something to keep away those boring
evenings while you wait to get back to work. This month is no exception, try
these:
The top 10 most unusual coffee break activities
A new survey from CareerBuilder.com noted that 49 per cent
of workers take at least one coffee break a day and 32 per cent take one
twice a day or more but not all of them are drinking a cup of Joe. The
online staffing firm discovered the top 10 most unusual activities people
did on their coffee breaks this year:
http://www.connectitnews.com/usa/
story.cfm?item=1515
The future of gunnery?
Click on the site below.
http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/future-weapons/games/cannon/cannon.
html
Hatch your evil plan
http://members.tripod.com/~mrp
uzuzu/plan.html
Weirdest eBay auctions
http://www.bizarrebids.com/
The Gettysburg PowerPoint Presentation
http://www.norvig.com/Gettysburg/
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