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News for the week of Oct. 25

DOD Sees Early Benefits From RFID
U.S. Air Force to Launch RFID Pilot
VF Contracts for Millions of Tags
Using Tags to Make Teeth
Transit Moves Ahead With RFID
RFID's ROI Tops User Concerns
HP Kicks Off U.S. RFID Demo Center
Plasma Joins RFID Chips, Antennas
Zebra Licenses ThingMagic Reader
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Special Report, Part 3: RFID in the Healthcare Industry

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A Healthy ROI

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DOD Sees Early Benefits From RFID
Using passive UHF tags on cartons and pallets at one freight consolidation facility has improved the accuracy of data and shipments. Full Story >

U.S. Air Force to Launch RFID Pilot
Shipments will be tracked from four locations in the United States to two air bases in Germany using UHF EPC tags. Full Story >

VF Contracts for Millions of Tags
The clothing company that produces Lee, Wrangler, The North Face and other well-known brands signed a three-year deal to buy RFID tags and readers from Alien Technology. Full Story >

Using Tags to Make Teeth
A French company has created an RFID-based process for making crowns, bridges and other dental prosthetics. Full Story >

Transit Moves Ahead With RFID
A growing number of U.S. mass transit operators are giving a green light to contactless fare collection, say transit agency officials and integrators. Full Story >

RFID's ROI Tops User Concerns
Half of U.S. companies surveyed by ABI Research have deployed RFID technology, but return on investment and other worries are holding up wide deployment. Full Story >

HP Kicks Off U.S. RFID Demo Center
Hewlett-Packard debuted its U.S. RFID Demo Center, where the company has set up prototype applications that combine RFID sensing and location and temperature sensing to create multimodal sensor networks. Full Story >

Plasma Joins RFID Chips, Antennas
Two partnering companies will use plasma deposition technology to bond RFID chips directly to antennas and produce low-cost EPC tags in 2005. Full Story >

Zebra Licenses ThingMagic Reader
Slated for release this year, Zebra Technologies' new line of RFID printers-encoders will feature ThingMagic's latest embedded RFID reader, the Mercury4e. Full Story >

RFID News Roundup
TI releases multifrequency, multiprotocol reader kit; Sensormatic demos at Columbian tech center; ASK makes new OS for smart cards; paper-thin tag for government IDs; more venture funds for custom battery maker. Full Story >

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Featured Story
Special Report, Part 3:
RFID in the Healthcare Industry

In the final part of this Special Report, authors Brad Sokol and Sapan Shah continue to make the case for a how their "micro-modular" approach can deliver a healthy return on investment. Premium Content >

Opinion

A Healthy ROI
Our special report on RFID in healthcare makes it clear that hospitals can achieve a return on investment in the technology. Full Story >


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