The architecture of this RFID system - demonstrated at the Tokyo International Book Fair 2003 -- is based on specifications laid down by Auto-ID Center, an RFID research organisation led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The software maker said on Tuesday that it will work with Auto ID, a joint venture of the Uniform Code Council and EAN International, to develop commercial and technical standards for radio frequency ID (or RFID) tags.
The Department of Defense has already trialled the technology in the field, with RFID tags used to monitor container shipments in the recent war on Iraq, according to the American Forces Information Service (AFIS), and currently uses it in...
Wal-Mart has given its top 100 suppliers until January to begin affixing RFID tags to shipments sent to certain distribution centres and stores. The first package, RFID Discovery, aids companies in outlining a business case for the adoption of the...
The Defense Department will use both 'passive' and 'active' tags and has set out its stall for future installations, in a memo saying the tags will "provide global transit visibility" for foreign shipments.
The RWD pilot will see tags permanently applied to a number of milk cages that will be used at two trial Tesco stores. Tesco is to start using RFID tags to track the delivery of milk from supplier Robert Wiseman Dairies (RWD) to distribution plants...