NEWS
Navizon's Cloud-based RTLS Service Tracks Wi-Fi Tags, Devices
The company's I.T.S. solution is designed to help users monitor the locations of people and assets indoors, via nodes that read Wi-Fi transmissions from smartphones, laptops and RFID tags.
RFID Helps Xplor Action Park Photograph Visitors as They Zip By
EPC tags embedded in safety helmets identify each individual, by means of readers installed in caves, along rivers and at the tops of towers.
Johns Hopkins' New Facility Tracks Food, Assets, Staff
Versus IR/RFID hybrid technology enables the hospital to know the locations of its equipment and employees, as well as automated carts transporting food, with a goal of improving efficiency.
University of Alabama Tags Historical Garments Collection
Staff, students and volunteers are tagging thousands of items so they can be identified through a closed box, without being handled, by means of handheld RFID readers.
Law Firm Uses RFID to Track Every Page of Confidential Documents
The firm utilizes a system provided by Lexmark, Plus Technologies and ATM Software Solutions to print RFID-enabled documents with a unique ID for each page.
RFID News Roundup
Ekahau announces updated Wi-Fi RTLS staff badge and pager; IVSN Group debuts shipping solution that supports RFID for DOD contractors; Smartrac joins OSPT, an alliance promoting a standards-based, secure contactless transit fare-collection platform; GS1 US, GS1 Germany combine data-management subsidiaries.
Baltimore Concert Venues to Try Reusable RFID Wristbands Instead of Tickets
MissionTix is providing wristbands with built-in RFID tags that venue operators can read via an Android-based NFC-enabled smartphone and a cloud-based software application.
Killure Bridge Nursing Home Tracks Staff, High-Risk Residents
The Irish facility is using Ekahau Wi-Fi tags to trigger an alarm if a resident suffering from dementia enters a restricted area or tries to wander off.
Argonne National Laboratory Tests New Radiation-Sensing Tag
The ARG-US tag, codeveloped by Evigia Systems and ANL, is being deployed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River Site, to gauge whether it can detect abnormal conditions involving storage barrels containing sensitive nuclear materials, as well as issue alerts in real time.
RFID Is the Ticket at Washington Nationals' Park
The major league baseball team is conducting a pilot involving RFID-enabled game tickets that automate entrance at turnstiles, enable payments at refreshment stands and shops, and let users collect reward points.
