Radio Frequency Identification Technology for Logistics, Tagging and EPC

Start-up’s polymer could lead to RFID biotech

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Coradyn Biosystems LLC, a start-up in the field of smart sensor materials, has licensed a responsive, conductive polymer technology from the University of Texas at Austin. The company believes the technology has applications as a biosensor or chemosensor for RFID, wireless, hand held or laboratory devices; and expects to use it in molecular sensor devices in a wide array of industries

Coradyn is focusing on conductive polymeric materials that can be customized to recognize a broad range of analytes and convert that recognition into a measurable electronic signal, producing similar results to those of biological reagents used in clinical testing. This technology could be used in a broad range of applications, including a form of personal health monitoring using RFID implants. [end] 

EarthSearch Communications has entered into a partnership agreement with Cynox, the Nigerian technology solutions provider, to monitor fuel levels in oil tankers.

In Nigeria, the cancellation of government oil subsidies has lead to increasing concerns over oil theft. EarthSearch’s integrated RFID and GPS product, together with level sensor technology will be used to monitor sudden drops in fuel level to detect the unauthorized siphoning of oil from the top of tanker.

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By Jon Callas, CTO, Entrust

One of the most exciting things that will happen in the next year or two is the confluence of a few major trends. It’s exciting because, together, they promise to make security and identity better and more manageable than it has been in the past.

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United Arab Emirates (UAE) travelers prefer making payments via mobile rather than using cash or credit card, according to a recent survey commissioned by travel technology and transaction processor Amadeus.

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Hubspan and Terso Solutions announced an innovative partnership to enable an RFID business network for the health care and life sciences industries.

Under the partnership, Hubspan will power integration for Terso’s RFID-enabled intelligent products and RFID software, which enable companies and institutions to better manage and control valuable inventory.

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Identive Group Inc. has formed a new product group within its business structure to provide services for integrated access control. This Converged Access group will build on technology designed for Identity as a Service/SaaS products like idOnDemand, as well as work with Identive’s products in the network access smart reader technology field.

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The Indian start-up ArrayShield Technologies has entered the two-factor authentication market in India and is looking for value-added resellers, managed service providers and system integrators to help it become a player in this field, which it estimates to be nearly Rs 2 billion.

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