Radio Frequency Identification Technology for Logistics, Tagging and EPC

Alien, RFID4U team to form an educational partnership

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Alien Technology has joined RFUD4U to form a collaborative educational partnership in an effort to help standardize and align RFID educational curriculums.

The two will offer a four-day RFID certification-training program with a combination of classroom and hands-on training. An optional CompTIA exam will be offered at the end of each session.

Alien’s RFID Solutions Center in Dayton, Ohio provides a 23,000 square foot training and lab environment that give students the opportunity to develop the necessary skills to enter the RFID community. [end] 

StarChip and CEA-Leti have inked a partnership agreement to develop a contactless front end for smart card applications.

The partnership includes technology and know-how transfer to StarChip. With this combined experience in secure integrated circuit development and contactless technology, StarChip will roll out state-of-the-art smart card products to enable applications in transport, banking and identity.

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Biometric identification companies BIO-key International and S.I.C. Biometrics have decided not to pursue a merger and instead have formed a reseller partnership agreement to realize more business opportunities.

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Alien Technology is working together will systems integrator CDO Technologies to launch a program designed to increase community recycling levels in the city of Dayton, Ohio.

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IC-TAG Solutions announced it has earned certification from Alien Technology to use its EPC Gen 2 RFID inlays.

IC TAG utilizes Alien Technology’s EPC Gen 2 Squiggle, Squiglette, and Square inlays in their IC-TAG RFID labels and tags. Alien uses its own proprietary microchip, Higgs 3, to produce its ultra-high frequency RFID tracking devices.

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Teijin Fibers Limited will be launching its digital smart shelf-management system incorporating Cell Form, the company’s two-dimensional data-communication sheet, ultra-high frequency (UHF) RFID reader and compatible tags.

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A research team at the Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) at North Dakota State University (NDSU) has developed an antennaless RFID tag designed to offer enhanced tracking of metal and liquids.

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