The newspaper employs EPC Gen 2 tags to track the delivery of carts loaded with Sunday supplements, and to make sure they go to the appropriate distribution center.
Some bars and restaurants are utilizing an RFID-enabled system to train bartenders how to pour the right amount of liquor, and to measure their progress.
The system, created by Georgia Tech's School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, emulates and measures the performance of multiple passive RFID tags and prototypes.
FTC to hold public forum on RFID-enabled payment devices; Fujitsu launches UHF garment tags for North American, European and Chinese markets; Weber Marking Systems' new RFID label printer-applicator; GHX Mobile Solutions updates RFID-enabled inventory tool; RFID verifies collectibles for Texas Sports Hall of Fame; Motorola, Y3 Technologies to develop RFID solutions for YCH Group.
New ISO guidelines explore the environmental impact of RFID tags, and how to employ them to facilitate product recycling; an EPA-funded project is studying the use of RFID to aid in the recycling of consumer electronics.