Radio Frequency Identification Technology for Logistics, Tagging and EPC

Gaylon Morris, THE GEN 2 TESTER

Monday, June 5, 2006

Meet the man who will decide if you are Gen 2 compliant

(This article originally appeared in a 2005 issue of RFIDOperations)

WHETHER YOU ARE selling or buying Gen 2 products, the readers and tags under development are about to be put to the test. RFID Operations decided to speak to the man in charge of the testing, Gaylon Morris, director of RFID programs for Met Laboratories, a company in the testing field since 1959 that was selected by EPC Global to handle this program.

Morris, 32, has been with Met Labs for almost six years, working on electrical product safety and NEBS testing. Editor Andy Kowl spoke with Morris about the plans for certifying the newest generation of RFID technology.

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