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Soccer Fans Use RFID Cards to Gain Admission and Buy Food
The Manchester City Football Club is issuing season tickets containing 13.56 MHz RFID tags, enabling them to unlock the stadium's turnstiles, and to function as contactless PayPass payment cards.
Tagged High School IDs Improve Student Flow, Enforce Rules
A Chicago-area institution implemented an RFID-based system allowing only authorized pupils to leave the campus during lunch, or to enter the student lounge.
Painting Contractor Saves More Than a Drop in the Bucket
Using EPC RFID to track its leftover supplies, Vulcan saves thousands of dollars each month.
Companies, Agencies Use Clandestine RFID Systems to Catch Thieves
The NOX system includes RFID readers embedded in walls, surveillance cameras and—in some cases—luminescent dust to track the movement of personnel and assets.
RFID News Roundup
BRIDGE Project software demonstrates EPC RFID use in European supply chain; Identec Solutions, InSync Software partner to provide Web-based asset-management applications; Ekahau announces Web-based interface for real-time asset tracking; Caen RFID adds UHF reading capabilities to t+t netcom handheld devices; Sirit reports 2007 financial results; UPM Raflatac reaches 100 million RFID inlay milestone for mass-transit ticketing.
Cost Plus World Market Finds RFID Sweet Spot in Yard Management
The specialty retailer has deployed an RFID-based real-time location system to monitor trailers arriving at its main distribution center in Northern California, and to expedite the receipt of goods.
Surgeon Designs System to Monitor Orthopedic Implants and Promote Healing
The system uses RFID, sensors and electric stimulators to assess the functioning of an implanted orthopedic device and the surrounding tissue, as well as to hasten surgical recovery.
Apparel Manufacturer Suits Up With RFID
A Japanese clothing maker places garments on hangars fitted with EPC Gen 2 tags, enabling it to track the items during their final stages of production.
Aircraft Parts Maker to Use EPC Tags to Track Moisture Exposure
Universal Avionics will install an RFID-based system, designed by University of Arizona students, to track how long moisture-sensitive microchip components are exposed to the air.
NXP Announces New, More Secure Chip for Transport, Access Cards
According to the company, the chip is backward-compatible with the less-secure Mifare Classic chip, recently hacked by two research groups.
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