RFID JOURNAL - News for the Week of March 22, 2004

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News for the week of March 22

• Sen. Leahy Voices RFID Concerns
• Pharma Group Focuses on RFID
• EPCglobal Assesses Past, Future
• RFID Protects Liquid Assets
• RFID Fibers for Secure Applications
• TransCore Buys Vistar
• RFID News Roundup

Featured Story
• Golf Car Maker Scores with RFID

Opinion
• Outside the Box

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Sen. Leahy Voices RFID Concerns
During a conference at Georgetown University, Senator Patrick Leahy warns of the potential risks RFID tagging may pose to privacy and civil liberties. Full Story >

Pharma Group Focuses on RFID
Accenture is working with drugmakers, pharmaceutical wholesalers and pharmacies to determine how RFID can best be used in the supply chain. Full Story >

EPCglobal Assesses Past, Future
At the EPCglobal Summit, the group charged with commercializing Electronic Product Code technology spells out its goals and achievements. Full Story >

RFID Protects Liquid Assets
A maker of couplings for tubing is using low-cost RFID tags to monitor and control the way liquids are dispensed. Full Story >

RFID Fibers for Secure Applications
A new chipless RFID transponder made of nano-resonant fibers could be invisibly integrated into packaging and labels to enable authentication and thwart counterfeiting. Full Story >

TransCore Buys Vistar
A provider of transportation-related RFID technology has acquired a satellite-communications firm to enable new global asset tracking and security monitoring services. Full Story >

RFID News Roundup
NATO plans RFID pilot; Kennedy Group opens test facility; Impinj introduces long-range read-write chip; Plitek offers EPC-compliant RFID labels; new wireless RFID point-of-sale terminal. Full Story >

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Featured Story

Golf Car Maker Scores with RFID
By integrating RFID with its new assembly line, Club Car has cut production time per golf car to 46 minutes from 88, improved its ability to customize cars—and saved millions of dollars.
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Opinion

Outside the Box
Even as the mainstream business media begins to grasp the importance of RFID in the supply chain, the technology is rapidly expanding into new areas. Full Story >

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