Today's News About RFID Technology...

Bowen Seeks Balance in RFID Law RFID Journal - March 1, 2004—California State Senator Debra Bowen (D-Redondo Beach), author of a new bill aimed at curtailing the use of RFID tags to track consumers, says ...  

Technology News: Personal Tech: RFID Brings Legislation in US Protest in Europe Privacy concerns over Radio Frequency Identification RFID technology are the basis of both proposed legislation in the United States and protest in Europe. The protests have been linked to German retailer Metro Group's plan to use the tracking technology for items in its supermarket stores...

Jamming Tags Block RFID Scanners A security technology company introduces a device that can prevent radio-frequency tags from being tracked. It could protect the privacy of shoppers but it won't come out for a few years -- and it could be banned...

Pharma RFIDs: Efforts Aim at Simplifying Complications March 1 2004 - News By Salvatore Salamone Bio-IT World online 03 01 04 The FDA is stepping up its efforts to get pharmaceutical companies to use radio frequency ID RFID technology to improve the safety of drugs throughout the supply chain. But pharmaceutical companies are quickly discovering that applying RFID technology to drugs is more complicated than using it on other retail products...

Exel tests radio identification technology Logistics giant Exel is to test Radio Frequency Identification technology in monitoring extended supply chains from China to Europe. Simply described as a 8220 unique bar code that talks 8221 RFID uses radio waves to exchange information between a tag and a receiver-reader. The technology is being touted in the US as the answer to demands for improved security in global supply chains...

PeopleSoft upgrades supply chain offerings adds RFID support Enterprise application software provider PeopleSoft announced products and product enhancements at the National Manufacturing Week trade show in Chicago last week. First its EnterpriseOne SRM supplier relationship management product now includes functionality to allow users to better align their inbound supply chain to real-time demand according to the company. Buyer Workspace is a portal that provides a view of key tasks enabling buyers to streamline the inbound supply chain and manage and prioritize multiple suppliers...