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The article informs that NEC Corp. which is a provider of innovative communications and biometrics solutions has announced that Texas Department of Public Safety (TxDPS) has deployed its mobile identification solution IntegraID(r). The law enforcement agencies of Texas can now rapidly search information. The database can host biometrics information including demographics, fingerprint feature data and photographs.

The article discusses access-control devices designed to protect students attending a school in the Spring Independent School District in Texas. The district began its own police force in 1990 to do full-time policing and study ways to improve the safety of staff and students. The district utilizes technology like radio frequency identification tags to ensure that students get on the right buses. Officials are preparing a project in Fall 2008 that will allow them to track students' exact locations.

The article focuses on the radio frequency identification (RFID) systems used at Corpus Christy Army Depot (CCAD) in Corpus Christi, Texas. CCAD includes a manufacturing facility that specializes in the overhaul, repair and modification of military helicopters and aircraft. Parts taken from helicopters are bagged and tagged with an RFID device by workers at the facility. CCAD relies in active and passive RFID systems to track helicopter parts and tools. The RFID system also monitors individual worker productivity.

Focuses on the use of infrared identification (IR/ID) badges for the staffers of a surgical clinic in El Paso, Texas. Advantages of the identification badges for tracking staff location; Increase of work efficiency in effective staff tracking using IR/ID technology; Comments from the clinic's administrators.

The article reports on the imposition of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s (WMS) inventory technology mandate to suppliers. WMS is pressuring suppliers to comply with its requirement of putting up radio frequency identification (RFID) technology for inventory. Starting January 30, 2008, the company will charge suppliers a $2 fee for each pallet shipped to its Sam's Club distribution center in Texas that does not have an RFID tag.

The article reports that Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s radio frequency identification system (RFID) deadline would not be met. By now, the top 100 suppliers to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. were supposed to be slipping all their products with RFID tags at the case and pallet level to three of the Wal-Mart's distribution centers in North Texas, but that deadline now appears to have slipped by as suppliers struggle with the technology and associated costs. To date, most of Wal-Mart's suppliers have not figured out inexpensive ways to automate the printing and application of the tags.

Reports on Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and suppliers' shipment and receipt of cases and pallets tagged with radio-frequency identification (RFID) labels. Manufacturers involved in the Wal-Mart RFD test; Installation of RFID readers at dock doors to scan shipments in Wal-Mart stores in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas area; Wal-Mart's problems with liquid and metal products.

The article presents a case study of the use of a radio frequency identification system (RFID) by ReadyOne Industries. The company is a manufacturer of garments and corrugated products in El Paso, Texas who has supplied the Department of Defense with products since 1995 which includes military uniforms. It is mentioned that the RFID system enables the company to interface easily with the Department of Defense's computer systems. The concern of ReadyOne towards the new RFID system is discussed.

The article reports on the addition of a high-technology capability by the Textile Technology Center at Gaston College East Campus in Dallas, Texas. It is stated that the technology will enable a whole new service area for the textile industry as well as other industries and government agencies that need rapid and reliable identification of materials. The features of the device called the IlluminatIR which provides the technology are described.

Reports on the plan of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to implement radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to identify products from various companies displayed in their store in Texas. Initial testing of the RFID technology; Hopes of the companies for positive results of the technological implementation; Mechanism and function of the RFID technology.

The article reports on the launch of radio frequency identification test (RFID) centers by Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) and Sun Microsystems in May 2004. Sun opened the doors to its 17,000-square-foot RFID Test Center in Carrollton, Texas, where companies can test and evaluate equipment in an environment that simulates the warehouses where they will deploy RFID tags and readers. Sun also plans to show users at the center how to get long-term business benefits by integrating RFID data with their back-end systems. Meanwhile, HP announces the launch of its RFID Center of Excellence in Palo Alto, California, where customers can learn more about the vendor's RFID vision, build RFID road maps and conduct proofs of concept. HP plans to share lessons it has learned as a participant in the pilot that Wal-Mart launched in April 2004 with eight product manufacturers at select stores and one regional distribution center in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas area. HP is affixing RFID tags to pallets, cases and boxes of computers, printers, scanners, ink-jet cartridges, and other products it ships to Wal-Mart. The services of HP unit also introduced a trio of new offerings: an RFID Discovery Service to help companies that are developing their own RFID strategies, an RFID Readiness Assessment that calls for a review of business processes, applications and infrastructures to produce a deployment road map, and an RFID Adaptive Starter Kit to help companies justify their investments through proofs of concept conducted at their own sites or at the HP center.

Reports on the plan of Sun Microsystems to open a new radio frequency identification device (RFID) test center in Dallas, Texas. Aim of the company to help quell the fears of companies on RFID; Location of the test center; Benefit of the test center for companies.

Reports on the initial test of an automated fingerprint identification system for truck drivers at the Barbours Cut terminal at the Port of Houston. Storage of fingerprint identification data on smart cards for verification; Implementation of security measures without an obstruction in commercial flow.

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