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Unitech RH767
The RH767 is a Windows CE 5.0-based multi-tag HF or UHF RFID and bar code reader. It can read both EPC Gen 1 and Gen 2 RFID tags and comes with embedded RFID middleware for easy integration. Like the Unitech PA966 with which it shares the design and most tech specs, the RH767 uses the [...]
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Next Generation of Loyalty & Customer Relationship
Unified Grocers, Inc. Introduces Next Generation of Loyalty and Customer Relationship Software to Its Members Through Accelitec | interact Unified Grocers, Inc., one of the largest member-owned grocery cooperatives in the western United States, has begun introducing a next generation software service offered by Accelitec, Inc., to its members. Accelitec | interact is an innovative [...]
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Can RFID Survive the “Internet of Things”?
Is the concept of the “Internet of Things” hindering RFID deployment? It’s a grand vision: everything in the world talking to every other thing in the world. A frozen meal communicating with the refrigerator, microwave and automated shopping list; clothes giving instructions to a washing machine and dryer and consulting with an artificial intelligence fashion [...]
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Samsung develops RFID chip for mobile handsets
Samsung Electronics has developed an RFID (radio frequency identification) chip it hopes will turn mobile phones into more useful tools to tell people about the products and services they want. Samsung’s principal innovation in this area has been to design an RFID reader chip that can read different types of RFID tags. Normally, it takes [...]
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RFID & Consumer Electronics
Item-level tagging of Nokia mobile phones and accessories results in cost savings of 25% UPM Raflatac is supplying UHF EPC Gen2 tags to Future Communications Company (FCC) based in the State of Kuwait. FCC is the main distributor of Nokia phones and accessories in Kuwait and runs more than 30 retail stores. The company is [...]
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Are RFID tags leading to a surveillance culture?
Radio frequency identification chips are already widely used in supermarkets and shops for the purpose of stock control, but some people fear their use could be widened to monitor the habits and behaviour of ordinary citizens. At the moment, these tags, which are little bigger than a grain of sand, are embedded into pints of [...]
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Checkpoint Systems Supports METRO Group’s ”Tag It Easy!”
Checkpoint Systems, Inc, a global leader in shrink management, merchandise visibility, and apparel labeling solutions, today announced the expansion of METRO Group’s RFID “Tag It Easy!” program. This third phase of the program will involve more than 75 Chinese and Indian consumer goods suppliers, in addition to the 100 manufacturers already in the program from [...]
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Murata’s ultra-thin RFID modules
Murata has increased the applicability of its tiny RFID modules by significantly reducing the thickness, making the Magicstrap range suitable for paper label inlays for mainstream retail applications. The Japanese group has managed to embed all the necessary RF circuitry, including antenna filters, matching circuitry and ESD protection within the LTCC substrate using its multi-layer [...]
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Navy Smart Store animation
Animation/simulation of automated shipboard distribution and storage for the US Navy.
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Smart label company acquired
Nashua, whose Label Products Division is a leading converter and supplier of RFID smart labels, was acquired by Cenveo in a $44 million deal that was announced this morning. Cenveo is a $2 billion graphics communications company headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. Source: marketwire.com
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