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Orbit One Launches Satellite-Based RFID Service
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02/07/2008
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The company's battery-powered RFID tags transmit GPS and sensor data via a constellation of low earth orbit satellites, enabling users to know an asset's exact location and status at all times.
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Growers and Grocers Get Into Plastic Pallet Pool
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12/19/2007
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While the plastic pallets' lightweight and environmental benefits first wooed its customers, iGPS hopes RFID-powered traceability will convince more to begin using its pallets.
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WhereNet, Identec Solutions Offer GPS Tracking
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06/18/2007
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GPS, both companies say, will enable end users to track assets even when the installed RFID technology is insufficient to provide the desired level of visibility.
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Paz Energy Uses RFID for Fuel Security and Inventory Efficiencies
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06/06/2007
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The Israeli company is using a combination of RFID, GPS and GPRS from Hi-G-Tek to track fuel deliveries to gas stations and stores around the Middle Eastern country.
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HAMMER Combines RFID, GPS, Mapping, Sensor Technologies
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04/20/2007
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A research project supported by government funding has generated a device with potential use in a range of applications, such as mapping archeological sites.
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Dow and Chemtrec's RFID-Based Rail Safety Project
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04/06/2007
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The initiative will use GPS, radio frequency identification, sensors and satellite communications to electronically monitor the locations and conditions of railcars carrying containers filled with hazardous materials.
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Unipart Launches Insight Service for Real-Time Shipment Tracking
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02/05/2007
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The service combines RFID, GSM/GPRS and GPS technologies so companies can track containers of goods and the trucks transporting them.
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RFID News Roundup
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01/25/2007
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Metalcraft offers three tag form factors; 3M Library Systems rolls out RFID workstation improvements; Inside Contactless announces new payment card inlay; Syscan sells RFID readers to Australian livestock market; IGPS adopts auto-replenish service for pallets.
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Bradco Completes RFID Pilot for Tracking Its Drivers
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01/02/2007
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The building and roofing distributor is now equipping each of its 900 trucks with a device that integrates RFID and GPS.
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IGPS Rolls Out RFID-Enabled Plastic Pallets
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08/24/2006
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Embedded with EPC Gen 2 tags, Intelligent Global Pooling Systems' pool of pallets can be tracked throughout the supply chain. Sensors connected to tags can indicate if products suffered damage in transit.
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