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Dow Monitors Hazardous Rail Shipments in Real Time The system employs an RF-based auto-ID system that uses sensors, satellite communications and GPS to track the location and status of 650 tank railcars in North America.

PinnacleHealth Extends Asset Tracking to Community Hospital Already one of the largest active RFID deployments in health care, the system will let the staff at either site locate as many as 10,000 devices, from defibrillators to vacuum cleaners.

Researchers Finish Work on Needle-free Glucose Tester Developed by Gentag, Georgetown University and SAIC, the system uses a non-invasive skin patch to measure a patient's glucose level, and an RFID-enabled cell phone to receive that data.

Spanish Postal Service Expands Its RFID Deployment Correos is now using a total of 65,000 EPC Gen 2 RFID tags, enabling it to monitor and improve the movement of mail at 56 sorting centers.

To Future-Proof its Future Store, Metro Group Opted for EPCglobal Standards The retailer claims that its Future Store's butcher shop uses one of the world's first full-blown EPCIS software stacks.

RFID Journal to Host Webinar on Tagging Sellable Units The free webinar is aimed at Sam's Club suppliers and others interested in learning ways to tag sellable units cost-effectively.

Kentucky, West Virginia Mines Try RFID Combined With Telecommunications To improve safety, the mines are adopting or testing systems that use Axcess International's active RFID tags and readers, integrated with communications technologies from Tunnel Radio or Foundation Telecommunications Inc.

Manufacturer to Track Half a Million Gas Cylinders Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. is using passive RFID tags to automate its bottling and distribution process, and to prevent the illegal diversion of its products.

University Students Create a Virtual RFID-enabled Hospital The group has created the facility in Second Life, a 3-D online world. The goal is to provide a way for health-care organizations to test RFID implementations prior to physical deployment.

EPCIS Technology Improves Visibility for North Sea Oil Service and Supply Companies An EPCIS-compliant system from Spartan Solutions Services is enabling Swire Oilfield Services and Aker Solutions to share data regarding the whereabouts of their equipment and containers.