Clever packaging effectively allows semiconductor manufacturers to accommodate the demand for memory without putting too much stress on their manufacturing plants. Other flash manufacturers are working on similar packaging techniques.
Wal-Mart's proposed smart-shelf system was designed to pick up data transmitted from microchips embedded in Gillette product packaging, alerting store managers via computer when stock is running low on the shelf or when items may have been stolen...
The US Food and Drug Administration has issued a soft mandate that pharmaceutical manufacturers start placing RFID tags on their products by January 2007 to ensure authenticity. Some critics have also pointed out that one of the chief benefits of...
IBM is set to announce it has won two new customers for its RFID tracking software - an Italian subsidiary of Honda Motor and packaging maker Pliant. Doug Lilac, Pliant's Technical Director for Innovation, said: "The goal of this programme is to...
We're bringing the same kind of vision and tenacity that is in our DNA that drove us into the enterprise business into consumer devices and online services," Ballmer said. Those included stepped-up sales of Windows through PC manufacturers, Xbox...
It's manufacturers and retailers that make rubbish, not individuals (with multiple layers of packaging, free carrier bags which are at best only partially bio-degradable, electronic goods that are not economically repairable or recyclable, etc...