Symbolic Return of Fallen Soldiers.(identification tags from Vietnam returned to families)
Dog tags of American soldiers killed in action are sold on the streets of Vietnam as souvenirs. But two Americans have brought many home to return to family members. The trip from her home in Punta Gorda, Fla., to Orlando took a little more than three hours. The journey from unspeakable sorrow to

Publication: Insight on the News

3M Library Systems Upgrades 'Basic' RFID Tag to 1K of Memory.
Tags Are Accelerated-Age-Tested to Ensure Long-Term Reliability; Can Be Custom Printed by User ANAHEIM, Calif. -- 3M Library Systems today introduced an upgraded basic RFID (radio frequency identification) tag with 1K of memory, a four-fold increase over the former basic tag, here at the American

Publication: Business Wire

Smart tags' time arrives: growth of case-ready programs is spurring use of time-temperature tags. (Food Packaging).
TAGS THAT RELY ON CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL reactions to indicate temperature abuse to processed food have been commercially available for more than a decade, and although food manufacturers in some countries use the technology, the U.S. has been slow to embrace it. That is beginning to change, however,

Publication: Food Engineering

Fusion Tags for Protein Expression and Purification
Fusion tags can improve the yield and solubility of many recombinant proteins. Of course, no single tag or cleavage method will answer every need. Abstract When expressing and purifying large quantities of soluble protein, expression difficulties often include poor yield and the formation of

Publication: Biopharm International

Getting around the technical issues with battery-assisted UHF RFID tags: battery-assisted Passive (BAP) tags fill the gap between purely passive tags and the more costly active tags.(RFID TAGS)
RFID tags are produced in vast quantities and are particularly cost-critical to ensure return on investment (ROI). This is why most RFID tags are passive, i.e., do not require a battery to operate. A passive UHF tag IC rectifies the RF signal emitted by the RFID reader and captured by the tag

Publication: Wireless Design & Development

Wal-Mart Supercenters Make Smart-i-tags(TM) Available to the Masses.
Identification tags protect privacy, stop potential criminals in their tracks ANTELOPE, Calif., Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- In an age where identity theft runs rampant, people are seeking out new, truly viable ways to keep personal information private. In response, Smart-i-tag(TM), LLC is announcing

Publication: PR Newswire