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        HP sets up "noisy lab" for RFID testing

        Doug | Date: Jan 19, 2005 | Comments: 1


        Hewlett-Packard plans to open a "noisy lab" to help customers evaluate RFID products and applications in a real world environment, according to an article at eWEEK. The lab is, at least in part, a result of HP's experience in RFID tagging its products for Wal-Mart, which will soon require all of its major suppliers to use RFID tags.



        eWEEK editor Jacqueline Emigh writes . . .

        With more than eight months of Wal-Mart RFID experience at the pallet, case and individual packaging levels, Hewlett-Packard Co. is getting set to launch an RFID "Noisy Lab" that will enact real world RFID deployment conditions for customers.

        HP plans to introduce the upcoming lab in Omaha, Neb., Monday at the National Retail Federation Convention & Expo in New York. In a separate announcement at the NRF show, HP will unveil a deal with Microsoft Corp. to install Windows Embedded for Point of Service (POS) on HP cash registers, for "plug-and-play" operability with scanners and other peripherals used in stores.

        HP hopes to open the RFID "Noisy Lab" by the end of February, said Salil Pradhan, chief technology officer for HP's RFID Program, in a prebriefing for eWEEK.com.

        Drawing from its own lessons learned, HP plans to help customers deal with "real world" factors -- ranging from liquids to forklifts and conveyor belts -- that can impact deployment in various ways.

        "A lot of retailers and product distributors are now starting to scale up their RFID operations. There is no substitute for 'real world' testing," Pradhan told eWEEK.com.

        Read the full article at eWEEK.com:

        HP to Unveil RFID 'Noisy Lab,' Microsoft Deal



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