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News for the week of Dec. 13

EPCglobal Ratifies Gen 2 Standard
Hiccups Expected for Gen 2
Gen 2 Faces Eight-Bit Obstacle
NASA Tries RFID for HAZMAT
IP Enters Polymer-Chip Partnership
IBM Launches RFID Middleware
Tags in Deep Freeze
ThingMagic Self-Manages Production
FCC Certifies Ubisense's UWB
RFID News Roundup

Featured Story
Airport Says Payback Is in the Bag

Opinion
A Salute to Our Readers

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EPCglobal Ratifies Gen 2 Standard
The organization announced late today that its board has ratified the Gen 2 specification as an EPC standard and that it will be royalty-free. Full Story >

Hiccups Expected for Gen 2
RFID chip designer Impinj, which has helped develop EPCglobal's Generation 2 standard, warns that realizing Gen 2's benefits will take work. Full Story >

Gen 2 Faces Eight-Bit Obstacle
EPCglobal and the International Organization for Standardization clash over eight bits of data used to identify the Gen 2 tag numbering scheme. Full Story >

NASA Tries RFID for HAZMAT
At Dryden Flight Research Center, NASA is exploring ways to reduce costs and risk by using RFID to automatically identify and track hazardous materials. Full Story >

IP Enters Polymer-Chip Partnership
International Paper is teaming up with OrganicID, a developer of polymer-based microchips, to create the technology for printing low-cost RFID tags. Full Story >

IBM Launches RFID Middleware
The computer and IT giant extends its RFID product lineup with software to manage RFID readers and data. Full Story >

Tags in Deep Freeze
A U.K. biomedical technology company has developed an RFID tag that it says can transmit a signal while submerged in liquid nitrogen. Full Story >

ThingMagic Self-Manages Production
RFID reader developer ThingMagic will control the manufacturing of its Mercury4 line of RFID readers, so that more companies can sell the devices. Full Story >

FCC Certifies Ubisense's UWB
One of the first outlets of ultra-wideband RFID technology to get the FCC green light for commercial use, Ubisense is looking at applications as disparate as combat training and corporate office design. Full Story >

RFID News Roundup
User-friendly reader software from SAMSys; International RFID Center opening; transponder protectors from Lab ID; Organic Electronics Association forms. Full Story >

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Featured Story
Airport Says Payback Is in the Bag
When its RFID luggage-handling system goes online in January, the Hong Kong Airport expects to lower labor costs, increase capacity and improve security. Premium Content >

Opinion

A Salute to Our Readers
This year was an important one for organizations that want to deploy RFID technologies, and our hats are off to those that are leading the way. Full Story >


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