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Shanghai and Savannah Ports Team Up with Savi Networks

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG), the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) and Savi Networks this week announced their plans to launch an RFID-based network, reports Cargonews Asia.

The port automatically tracks the location and security of cargo transported between the Port of Shanghai in China and the Port of Savannah in Georgia.

Called the “Shanghai-Savannah Express Trade Lane Project,” the companies announced their partnership plans at the Third Annual China Trade and Logistics Conference held at the Savannah International Trade and Convention Centre. [end] 

Global communications agency Isobar has announced the winners of Create 32, Silicon Valley’s first hackathon exploring NFC technology on commercially available smart phones.

The event, held at APPNATION III from November 30 - December 1, 2011, attracted more than 40 developers and creators to develop new uses for NFC technology and produced seven working prototypes of applications in 32 hours. Each app was critiqued by a panel of NFC experts from Nokia, Google, eBay-PayPal et al. on its ability to impact a brand, business or consumer, its potential viability and its ability to change the way users experience the world.

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VeriTeQ announced its plans to offer the FDA-cleared VeriChip microchip, a rice grain-sized passive RFID microchip, for the identification of breast implants and other medical devices.

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A team of researchers at the University of Montpellier in France have developed a way to embed a thin aluminum RFID tag on to paper.

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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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GlobalPlatform has announced that Clear2Pay, a global payment solutions provider, and Shanghai COS, a chip operating system (COS) developer, have become the organization’s newest members.

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The Asia Pacific region is one of the largest users of smart cards, so much that it now leads the world in using the cards to pay for travel, reports iTWire.

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