Survey Says: More Talent Is Needed
CompTIA's third annual survey of the RFID industry revealed that 68.8% of its respondents do not believe there is a sufficient pool of RFID talent from which to hire. This lack of skilled labor is having an impact on the industry, even considering that the adoption rate hasn't been as quick as many had predicted. [more]

METRO Group and Checkpoint Systems Partner to Help Suppliers "Tag It Easy"
Retailer METRO Group enables suppliers in Hong Kong to participate in its RFID-driven supply chain. Checkpoint Systems, a manufacturer and marketer of identification, tracking, security, and merchandising solutions is partering with METRO in its "Tag It Easy!" pilot, enabling the consumer goods industry to apply RFID labels on the shipments from Hong Kong to Germany. [more]

Practical RFID Reader with USB Link from Brooks Automation
Brooks Automation offers an HF reader with its RFID circuitry housed in a package measuring a compact 11 cm x 7 cm. A USB 2.0 interface simply connects the RFID reader to a PC or laptop. This compactness and simplicity make the reader especially suitable for temporary use because it can be installed and packed away quickly. [more]

Whitepaper: Wavezero — Test Results — RFID Passive Gen 2 Item-Level Inlays
WaveZero Engineering reports the measurement data obtained at the completion of its testing campaign on the item-level inlay recently developed and released to production at WaveZero. The low cost, small profile EPC Gen 2 Class 1 inlay is manufactured with proprietary technology developed by WaveZero for standard pallet level products like the "Leprechaun" and the "Dallas" inlays currently produced at WaveZero's manufacturing facility in Sunnyvale. [download whitepaper in PDF format]

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