November 23, 2006
RFID Roundup - Thur Nov 23/06
RFID In The Beef Industry
A Canadian beef producer is using
RFID to track product through their processing plant. The intent is to
be able to any part of any butchered animal, should the Canadian Food Inspection Agency
wish it. The system they are using, which has both supply chain and
cold chain management features, was designed and installed by Merit-Trax Technologies and Psion Teklogix. [via RFID Journal]
MicroTRAKgps JaguarWatch
The
classic Jaguar automobile is one of those commands a high-price,
whether sold legitimately or on the "street". To prevent the latter, MicroTRAKgps
has introduced its JaguarWatch Auto Theft Recovery System. MicroTRAKgps
is a division of The Tracking Corporation, who make GPS and RFID
products. MicroTRAKgps was awarded a patent for their hybrid technology. Jaguar cargo containers are also tracked with hybrid RFID and GPS tech from Savi Networks.
RFID Is Red Hot: Top 10 Countries
IDTechEx has reported their findings
about the top 10 hot countries for RFID. Number 1 is the US, in terms
of adoption of the technology, followed by the UK, Japan, German,
China. Canada is the last of the top 10.
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