Hitachi RFID: Smart Dust Realized

Hitachi introduces RFID tag, sized in the 0.05 millimeter range, that will achieve the concept of smart dust. ...

... "The world's smallest and thinnest RFID tags were introduced Tuesday by Hitachi. " ...

Via LiveScience: New Chip Size

RFID Hitachi Style ...

Hitachi approach to RFID ...

... "Yamaguchi says Hitachi's goal is to become the world's most reliable producer of RFID tags. It is currently developing a new tag called Hibiki ... " ...

RFID Hitachi Style: Via Monsters and Critics: Car keys could soon to be a thing of the past

RFID Miragraphy Technology

RFID Miragraphy Technology: Via Engadget: Hitachi’s RFID-enabled mirror ...

Hitachi envisions interactive, sense-and-respond TV enabled by RFID ...

... "The technology, dubbed Miragraphy, integrates sensors, RFID readers, barcode readers, and cameras so it can automagically respond to people presence and act accordingly to personalize its digital content display based on their identities. " ...

Smart Labels RFID Conference ...

Smart Labels USA 2005 Conference ...

... "Smart Labels USA 2005 at a glance: THE WORLDS DEFINITIVE RFID SMART LABELS EVENT! From pallet to item level: How to manufacture, implement and benefit from RFID Smart Labels. Emerging technologies & systems - from tags to middleware, understand all the RFID building blocks and what is coming next - now with World first announcements! Speakers include Hitachi, Deloitte, Impinj, AWID, Samsys, PolyIC, MIT, Alien, TYCO ADT, ..." ...

June 27-30 2005
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
The conference will be held at the Wyndham Baltimore - Inner Harbor Hotel.

RFID Programs Enablement Strategy

RFID Programs Enablement Strategy: Click Commerce Acquires Xelus, Inc.: Acquisition Bolsters Capabilities in line with the Company's RFID-Enablement Strategy ...

RFID-enabling strategy through acquisition ...

... "Click Commerce, Inc. (Nasdaq: CKCM), a leading provider of collaborative commerce solutions and a pioneer in the Software as a Service (SaaS) industry, today announced it has acquired Xelus, Inc. The acquisition brings analytical capabilities that are critical for extracting value from RFID programs and broadens the Company’s solutions portfolio to include Xelus’ Service Parts Planning (SPP)... " ...

Click Commerce, Inc. (Nasdaq: CKCM) provides collaborative commerce solutions for sales and order management, and compliance automation. Enterprises and institutions in the manufacturing, distribution, high-tech, consumer product, retail, financial services, higher education and health care industries utilize the Company’s solutions. Click Commerce enables corporations such as Microsoft, Delphi, Honda, Citibank, FedEx, Carrier, Samsung, Hitachi, Ryder, Tellabs, Pier 1, and Home Shopping Network to coordinate and optimize business processes, accelerate revenue, lower costs, and improve customer service. Five of the top 10 research institutions in North America, including Johns Hopkins, University of Washington, and the University of Michigan, use the Company's compliance automation software to automate their regulatory compliance processes and manage research project approvals.

Xelus, Inc. provides collaborative Service Parts Management and Reverse Chain solutions to Global 1000 organizations. The Xelus solution combines planning and execution to optimize global inventory and collaboration in the multi-enterprise service chain. Xelus’ domain expertise, combined with best-practice knowledge of service operations in its targeted vertical markets (aviation, telecommunications, high-tech, surface transportation, energy and DoD). Xelus is a privately held company headquartered in Rochester, NY, with field offices throughout the United States and Europe.

RFID Market Position Strengthened ...

Click Commerce Year over Year Revenues up 107%, Profits up 209%

... "In addition to posting positive financial results, the Company also took several steps in Q1 to strengthen its position in the radio frequency identification market (RFID). The Company's acquisition of Optum, which was completed in February, better positions Click to offer RFID-enabling products and services. The Company also announced the formation of Strategy 18, a strategic consulting division, whose mission is to provide consulting services to help companies define their supply chain vision and transform their RFID vision into reality. " ...

Click Commerce, Inc. (Nasdaq: CKCM) provides collaborative commerce solutions for sales and order management, supply chain management, and compliance automation. Enterprises and institutions in the manufacturing, distribution, high-tech, consumer product, retail, financial services, higher education and health care industries utilize the Company’s solutions. Click Commerce enables corporations such as Microsoft, Delphi, Honda, Citibank, FedEx, Carrier, Samsung, Hitachi, Ryder, Tellabs, Pier 1, and Home Shopping Network to coordinate and optimize business processes, accelerate revenue, lower costs, and improve customer service. Five of the top 10 research institutions in North America, including Johns Hopkins, University of Washington, and the University of Michigan, use the Company's compliance automation software to automate their regulatory compliance processes and manage research project approvals.

Optum is a leading provider of supply chain coordination, visibility and execution solutions that optimize performance throughout the extended supply network. Optum offers a comprehensive portfolio of software products and services. Our innovative solution sets combine software, business processes and services to allow customers to address specific supply chain challenges quickly and cost-effectively.

RFID Demonstrated in the Automated Laboratory

RFID in the Automated Laboratory: Maxell Partners with ABgene and Micronic at Lab Automation 2005 to ...

Sample tracking, a routine practice in the laboratory, may be better enabled through the innovative application of RFID technology. Leading laboratory suppliers see RFID as a key strategic enabler ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... of America, a subsidiary of Hitachi Maxell Ltd., today announced the first public demonstration of its Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) embedded sample ...

... Maxell Corporation of America, a subsidiary of Hitachi Maxell Ltd., today announced the first public demonstration of its Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) embedded sample storage tube products at Lab Automation 2005. Maxell is demonstrating its technology in partnership with exhibitors ABgene and Micronic to showcase the benefits of utilizing RFID for automated sample tracking. The RFID demo has been developed by Maxell jointly with Kobe Bio Robotix and Tsubakimoto Chain in Japan. ABgene, a supplier of molecular biology reagents, specialist plastic consumables and instruments for the life sciences and medical research industries, and Micronic, an innovator in sample storage technologies, have each identified RFID as a potential strategic, next-generation technology for improved laboratory automation. ...

Maxell Corporation of America was founded in 1964 and is a subsidiary of Hitachi Maxell Ltd., a world leader in memory, storage and security technologies. The company is dedicated to advancing the ever-changing world of electronics by harnessing advancing technology to develop economical RFID solutions. As part of its mission to reinforce the areas of memory and mobility, Maxell supports the multimedia arena with a wide range of media products from DLT tape to CD and DVD disks. Maxell is also a leader in industrial batteries.

RFID Networks: Mesh Network For Wireless RFID Sensor Networks...

From MeshDynamics...

... MeshDynamics has a multi-radio, multi-channel backhaul. It forms a Structured Mesh(TM) -- a tree-like structure that resembles a wired switch stack. All the channels are dynamically allocated automatically. Systems built with Structured Mesh will scale to large deployments and the overall deployment cost is lowest since few external backhaul connections are required. ...

RFID sensor networks can be used to create fault tolerance in the delivery of sensor or tag information...

MeshDynamics is a division of Advanced Cybernetics Group (ACG). ACG, founded in 1992, has over a decade of proven expertise in providing high performance embedded system software for autonomous devices operating in dynamic, unstructured or even hostile environments. ACG's adaptive control software solutions have been used in both military and civilian applications to monitor changes in dynamic environments and modify the system behavior to maintain consistent system performance. ACG customers include the United States Air Force (USAF), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Adept, Abbott Laboratories, Accufab, Adept Technology, Alereon, Babcock & Wilcox, Giddings and Lewis, Herrhammer GmbH, Hitachi, Hutchinson Technologies, IBM, Ingersoll-Rand, Motorola, Seagate, Schlage Lock, Summit Machines, Sylvania and others.

Retail RFID: Click Commerce Achieves Status as a GDSN Source and Recipient Data ...

From Wi-Fi Technology (press release) ... that satisfies today's data synchronization requirements, as well as emerging retail technology initiatives including radio frequency identification (RFID). ...

... Click Commerce (Nasdaq: CKCM) announced that bTrade, it's wholly-owned subsidiary, is one of the first companies accepted as both a source and a recipient data pool in the retail industry's Global Data Synchronization Network (GDSN). As one of the pioneering GDSN data pools, bTrade and Click Commerce customers receive a comprehensive supply chain offering that satisfies today's data synchronization requirements, as well as emerging retail technology initiatives including radio frequency identification (RFID). ...

Headquartered in Irving, Texas, bTrade delivers e-commerce systems that provide companies of all sizes a scalable suite of product and services to reduce cost and accelerate business processes. bTrade currently hosts more than 2,500 companies, including FedEx, Honda, Citibank, Harley Davidson, Unilever and RCA. Click Commerce (Nasdaq: CKCM) is a leading provider of collaborative extranet solutions that enable global enterprises to optimize their business relationships. The company's collaborative commerce and channel management software helps companies optimize processes, lower costs to serve partners and customers, accelerate revenue, and improve customer service. Leading corporations such as Microsoft, Delphi, Fed Ex, Black & Decker, Carrier, Honda, Harley Davidson, Samsung, BellSouth, Kawasaki, Logitech, Unilever, RCA, Hitachi, and Tellabs, have transformed their business relationships using Click Commerce solutions.

RFID System: Maxell Corporation Brings Benefits of Smaller Footprint 13.56 MHz ...

From Business Wire (press release) ... America today announced a significant market expansion into the life sciences industry, with new customer engagements and the launch of its RFID-embedded test ...

...With Maxell's original Electro Fine Forming technology, the Coil-on-Chip RFID System is a radio-frequency identification system, featuring a precision, uniform-thickness antenna coil directly mounted on the surface of a tiny 2.5mm-square chip. When compared to conventional products, the Coil-on-Chip RFID system features lower cost, smaller size, and less deterioration through contact. Furthermore, this system can be attached on or embedded in various small objects...

Precision antenna coils mounted on the chip surface
With Maxell's original Electro Fine Forming technology, highly precise antenna coils can be mounted directly on the surface of silicon wafers. When compared to conventional 50mm-square contactless chips having external antenna coils, Coil-on-Chip RFID systems rarely malfunction due to deterioration of contacts or mechanical stress, because there is no external soldering connection between the antenna coils and the chips.

Applicable to various products and packaging
Compact, RFID chips can be attached to various materials having various shapes such as cards, coin-shaped tokens, mini-mold,etc .Because of their easy embedding and attachment, contactless IC chips feature a wide variety of applications to meet users'need.

Maxell’s Coil-on-Chip RFID system provides a wide variety of lineups ranging from those with memory capacity of 128 bytes up to 4K bytes, including the ME-Y2000 series, the latest addition to its lineup. Users have a wide range of options to choose from to configure for their most suitable user applications.
Reader/Writer modules supporting the ME-Y2000 series can also access the ME-Y1001 chip, allowing you to intermingle various types of chips...

Various types of Reader/Writer modules are available for Maxell’s Coil-on-Chip RFID system. Users have a wide range of options to choose from depending on their required specifications for each application, such as types of host interfaces, communication distance, power consumption, number of antenna channels, etc. It is also easy to quickly incorporate these systems into equipment, such as inspection machines, printers, copying machines, measuring instruments, game machines, and other manufacturing equipment...

Since its foundation in 1960, Hitachi Maxell, Ltd. has led the electronics industry at home and abroad in the fields of storage media and batteries. The Company boasts best-in-class technologies and development capabilities in these two core business fields, and as a result Maxell products are well regarded all over the world.

Business conditions are becoming more conducive to the realization of ubiquitous communications in global society. Ubiquitous networks are becoming irreplaceable not only in corporate business activities, but in our daily lives as well, working unobtrusively in the background as we benefit from this communications infrastructure. Moreover, ubiquitous networks enable the creation of new communities, opening up limitless possibilities.

Maxell is combining its core technologies in batteries and storage media to spur the organic growth of a new business in mobile communications devices. We believe that our technologies and products, borne of these core competencies, contribute to a higher standard of living the world over. Polishing our strengths, and based on our "Memory and Mobility" slogan, we will carry on with conscious reforms and restructuring while adopting new perspectives to remain a company trusted and supported by society, today and in future generations. Maxell makes every effort to continually increase the reliability of its products through technology.

Hitachi shows off RFID dust

From The Inquirer, Mar 19, 2004 ... JAPANESE GIANT HITACHI was showing off a mysterious bottle full of tiny blue metallic things. We asked at the stand what these were and a representative declined to comment what this blue dust was. However it has transpired according to sources close to the company that this blue dust is tracking material capable of being built into any number of devices from soaps to CDs ...

Paper technology - still life in the old dog yet

From IT Directors ... Two of these technologies are particularly interesting. Hitachi has developed an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) chip that requires no external antenna. ...