Radio Frequency Identification Technology for Logistics, Tagging and EPC

DNA, Holograms, RFID Prevent Counterfiet, Forgeries

Monday, November 29, 2004
“Holomex has worked for 20 years with clients in the packaging, pharmaceuticals, electronics, consumer products, cosmetics, liquor, food and beverages industries, and with governments to protect currency, government cheques, IDs, credit cards, passports and other documentation from forgery. Applied DNA Sciences, on the other hand, extracts and recombines botanical DNA sequences to create unique codes that can help prove product authenticity, detect fakes and protect supply chain integrity. The technology provides protection for corporations, governments and consumers against counterfeiting, fraud, theft, piracy, product diversion and alteration, identity theft and intrusion into secure facilities and databases. The Chinese Government has already committed to using this DNA technology to place DNA-secured holographic labels on 500 million DVDs.”

Hooters Restaurants has implemented biometric fingerprint readers as a means to prevent loss in transaction and payroll fraud at the restaurant level.

Hooters contracted with DigitalPersona Inc. to install the provider’s U.are.U fingerprint readers with ITWercs Point-of-Sale software in restaurant units. Hooters employees use the readers to authenticate transactions and clock in and out for shifts.

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TAGSYS has introduced its total management system for the textile rental services market, an end-to-end system to enable laundries and their customers to reduce linen abuse, regulate hoarding and accelerate their time for return on investment.

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The Ministry of Public Security in China announced the country will start to issue a new type of passport bearing an electronic chip containing the holder’s personal information, according to the China Daily.

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While the Jakarta Population and Civil Registry Office had planned to register all of the city’s citizens in its e-ID program by the end of April, it has moved that deadline for a second time due to people still waiting for their identification cards, reports the Jakarta Globe.

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Tego unveiled its TegoDrive software designed to simplify information stored RFID. Installed on a handheld RFID device or an end-user’s desktop connected to a fixed reader, TegoDrive enables adding new content to a tag with a simple drag-and-drop interface.

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ClearCount Medical Solutions announced that the University of California, Irvine Medical Center in Orange County, Calif., has implemented the RFID-based SmartSponge System for the prevention of retained surgical sponge incidents.

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