Designed to prevent surgical errors, the system now includes a larger wireless handheld device allowing health-care workers to exchange information in real time at the point of care.
Road crews are piloting an application using battery-assisted UHF tags to track asphalt from the time it leaves the plant to when it arrives at a work site.
Folio magazine has chosen RFID Journal LIVE! as one of three finalists for the Best Conference and Exhibition category in its third annual FAME Awards.
The electronic products manufacturer is using OATSystems software and its existing Wi-Fi access points to track truck trailers with active tags at its distribution center.
A PICS RFID system enables U.S. Army National Guard divisions to locate laptop computers and other electronics as they are moved in and out of their Washington, D.C., headquarters.
Working with cell phone service provider Vodafone, the rail operator is testing a system that works with RFID-enabled signs and cell phones to eliminate paper tickets.
BASF, Siemens, PolyIC join others to advance printable RFID tags; UPM to make RFID tags in China; Awarepoint unveils sterilizable active RFID asset tag; NJ Transit to test contactless bank cards; 3M adds PCTS' RTLS to its portfolio of health-care solutions; GS1 US launches RFID forum on health care and pharmaceuticals.
A research group is using RFID tags and cell phones to play a real-life version of Pac-Man, and to develop ways to encourage London commuters to adopt healthy habits.