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Startup Service Adds Smarts to Fine Wine
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03/28/2008
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A company named eProvenance is employing a combination of semi-active and passive RFID tags, as well as specialized ink, to track and authenticate bottles "from château to consumer."
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RFID News Roundup
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03/27/2008
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EarthSearch Adds RFID to fleet-tracking solution; Sirit, 3M join forces in electronic vehicle registration; Convergint Technologies, Guard RFID Solutions partner on active RFID; BA Systems intros interrogator that reads UHF, HF tags and bar codes; SATO Integrates Intelleflex's BAP RFID into its tracking software; Australia and New Zealand CIOs rank RFID as a top technology.
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RFID Helps Keep Nick on the Go
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03/10/2008
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CR Media uses active RFID tags to track entertainment players loaded with Nickelodeon programming and provided to Hertz customers at locations across the United States.
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Tyco Electronics Uses Wi-Fi for Trailer Tracking
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03/03/2008
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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.
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RFID News Roundup
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02/28/2008
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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.
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BlueTag Patient-Tracking Comes to North America
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02/13/2008
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The active UHF RFID system, marketed by RFID ProSolutions, is designed to protect newborn babies, Alzheimer's patients and other individuals staying in health-care facilities.
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Land Rover Test-Drives RFID to Track Parts Containers
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02/05/2008
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The U.K. automaker is working with a U.K. research group on a pilot using active RFID tags to increase the visibility of containers, full or empty, entering or leaving an assembly plant.
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Awarepoint-Skytron System Provides Equipment Info in OR
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02/05/2008
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Hospital staff can use the active RFID system not only to track the location and status of equipment, but also to access their maintenance and technical manuals, without leaving an operating room or other point of care.
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At Manor, RFID Keeps Food From Spoiling
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02/01/2008
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The Swiss company is using active tags with built-in sensors to measure and log the temperatures of freezers and refrigerators. Later this year, it hopes to expand the application to track perishable foods as they move through the supply chain.
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Personal Location Beacons Usage Grows
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01/31/2008
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The active transponders, carried by boaters, pilots, hikers and others in case they become lost or incapacitated, typically employ a satellite system to pinpoint their location and process distress signals.
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