From InformationWeek (link): Over 50 government, academic, and industry experts attended demonstrations in Beijing this week, a vendor announced, and officials there are now seeking cost details to implement an RFID tracking program.
Smart-tek Solutions announced the completion of an RFID demonstration for tracking and containing the virus in China while other technologies are being deployed for precautions in the United States.
Smart-tek announced this week that more than 50 government, academic and industry experts attended demonstrations in Beijing and officials there are now seeking cost details to implement an RFID tracking program. The system is one of several technologies people are turning to as they try to track and contain the virus that causes bird flu.
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“With an estimated 13 billion chickens in China, this is such an extremely critical issue that there was a very high level of interest on the part of the governmental officials who attended,” Perry Law, president of Smart-tek Communications, said in a prepared statement. “Frankly, we were overwhelmed with the reception of the system. We’ve always been confident we had a better mouse trap but the high praise we received in China was third party affirmation that the RFID is a vital tool in combating what may be one of the greatest threats currently facing mankind.”
