Second-generation hybrid RFID tags should be in use by September, according to analyst group Gartner, and will feature privacy technology.
A new store at Wipro Technologies' sprawling campus in Bangalore, India, is expected to demonstrate how radio tags can automate checkout, stock maintenance, and the tracing and tracking of goods in a clothing shop.
Metro Group, the German retail chain pushing for adoption of radio frequency identification technology, opened its RFID test center on Wednesday.
Sun Microsystems on Tuesday in the US plans to launch a software package aimed at the RFID market.
Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology has generated a lot of interest recently, and promises to generate a lot more in 2004.
Some of the largest commercial outlets in the United States and abroad have established requirements for their suppliers to begin using radio frequency identification technology before the end of this year. Yet finding a company willing to admit where it stands with RFID is often an exercise in listening to dead air.
IBM's Rainer Kerth says the key to RFID's success will be to separate practical applications from the technology's gee-whiz appeal.
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