IUID Blog

Fads come and go. Those that have “staying power” become trends that inevitably provide benefit to organizations or society as a whole. Bar code, now 50 years old and counting, is well beyond a fad. The benefit of bar code has often been to enable “visibility” of items or people. These important things are tracked and accounted for, automatically. (Read More)

If the military recognizes the huge return on investment (ROI) of UID, it stands to reason that contractors who are implementing UID should be able to reap similar benefits on a smaller scale. It’s time to get creative and put those UID’s to work. Here’s what the DoD has discovered:  (Read More)

The Department of the Navy (DON) released their final UID Marking Guide, Applying Data Matrix Identification Symbols to Legacy Parts, 23 November 2010. This technical guide is a primer that provides background on MIL STD 130 requirements as well as considerations when selecting an appropriate marking solution. (Read More)

I’ll be speaking tomorrow, at the second annual Auto ID & Sensing Seminar & Expo at Merrimack College, about the state of DoD’s UID implementation and how the armed services plan to leverage the technology. This is an intimidating group, because many “new” applications will be discussed, including leveraging technologies such as RFID, GPS, and nanotechnology. (Read More)