The next phase already has some manufacturers embedding RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) tags in their goods. What is an RFID tag? To be identified instantly, to be tracked constantly and to have all my medical and other records available...
The hearing, presided over by state senator Debra Bowen, focused on radio frequency identification (RFID) chips, which is being trialled by retailers and manufacturers in the UK and US and can detect the movement of products in shops and monitor...
In regard to radio frequency identification tag technology for inventory control, IDC said: "By year-end, it will be obvious that it will take more than mandates from Wal-Mart or the Department of Defense to drive the kind of money and time...
Kerth points out that the ability to read an RFID tag on a pallet of products in a warehouse does a company little good if the information being garnered hasn't been organised, prioritised and cleaned up.
Senate Bill 1834 would apply to any business or state government agency using radio frequency identification (RFID) systems to track merchandise or people - an activity that's on the rise. Jack Grasso, a spokesman for the pro-RFID group EPCglobal...
Shop owners could have a database server that they program to track their goods using the unchangeable serial number on the RFID tag, however that adds a lot more complexity to the adoption of such technology, Grunwald added.