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To: Montana Wildhack who wrote (106)	8/29/2002 8:51:55 AM
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TORONTO, Aug. 29 /CNW/ - SAMSys Technologies Inc. (SMY:TSX-VEN) ("SAMSys"), a world leading provider of radio frequency identification (RFID) hardware solutions, today announced it joined the Auto-ID Center, a non-profit educational institute headquartered at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as a sponsor, supporting the Center's research, development and global dissemination of RFID technology to enable "near-perfect supply chain visibility." The Auto-ID Center is dedicated to researching cutting-edge automatic identification technology to redefine the global market supply chain by embedding intelligence, identity, and Internet connectivity into everyday objects that will revolutionize how we make, buy, and use products. Current sponsors of the Auto-ID Center include major retailers, consumer product companies, pallet and shipping companies, pulp and paper and printing companies, US government agencies, and technology companies. The center's web site is www.autoidcenter.org. "SAMSys is pleased to help sponsor an organization that shares our vision of widespread RFID adoption and global implementation," says Cliff Horwitz, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of SAMSys. "We look forward to bringing our expertise in the RFID field, specifically with multi-frequency/multi- protocol readers, to support the Center, its end user sponsors, and other technology sponsors with this common goal." As a technology vendor sponsor, SAMSys will participate through the Auto-ID Center's Technology Board to influence and work with the Center's scientists and engineers, be part of a network of key players from other sponsor companies, and participate in the development of RFID solutions that promotes the Center's vision to automate the supply chain. SAMSys is at the forefront of RFID reader technology that automates the supply chain, with its development of a number of multi-frequency, multi- protocol readers. The low-frequency (125/134KHz), high frequency (13.56MHz), and UHF (868-928MHz) bands are supported. The readers support a number of protocols based on international standards along with a number of proprietary protocols.