August 21, 2006
RFID Roundup - Mon Aug 21/06
RFID Update has an interview with Robert Kashmer, VP of Information Technology at H.D. Smith Wholesale Drug Company. Kashmer talks about how and why the company conducted the United States' first drug e-pedigree trial last year. They also conducted other RFID trials in 2004.
Privacy International is running their 2006 Stupid Security Awards and are asking for nominees. Amongst the awards are "Most Egregiously Stupid" and "Most Explicitly Stupid". [via Spy Blog[] Note that these awards are not explicitly intended for the RFID industry, but with all the security and privacy concerns over radio frequency technology, I thought it appropriate to include here.
Hong Kong electronic dictionary maker Group Sense Ltd (GSL) currently tracks cases of their product by writing on them by hand. They are planning to move to RFID to control their supply chain. The six-month trial is being funded by EPCGlobal Hong Kong. [via RFID Journal]
Air France-KLM is running an RFID pre-trial on ULDs (unit load devices), which are containers for luggage and cargo. The trial will start with two reading stations at two airports: Amsterdam's Schipol and Paris' Charles de Gaulle. [via RFID Journal and RFID Blog]
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