November 23, 2006

RFID Roundup - Thur Nov 23/06

RFID In The Beef Industry
A Canadian beef producer is using RFID to track product through their processing plant. The intent is to be able to any part of any butchered animal, should the Canadian Food Inspection Agency wish it. The system they are using, which has both supply chain and cold chain management features, was designed and installed by Merit-Trax Technologies and Psion Teklogix. [via RFID Journal]

MicroTRAKgps JaguarWatch
The classic Jaguar automobile is one of those commands a high-price, whether sold legitimately or on the "street". To prevent the latter, MicroTRAKgps has introduced its JaguarWatch Auto Theft Recovery System. MicroTRAKgps is a division of The Tracking Corporation, who make GPS and RFID
products. MicroTRAKgps was awarded a patent for their hybrid technology. Jaguar cargo containers are also tracked with hybrid RFID and GPS tech from Savi Networks.

RFID Is Red Hot: Top 10 Countries
IDTechEx has reported their findings about the top 10 hot countries for RFID. Number 1 is the US, in terms of adoption of the technology, followed by the UK, Japan, German, China. Canada is the last of the top 10.

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