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Local Hospital Spearheads Mexico's Digital-Hospital Initiative The health-care facility, located in Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco, is installing a Wi-Fi-based RFID system to track patients, staff and assets, as well as improve patient care.

Microsoft to Showcase RFID-Enabled Applications at EPC Connection 2007 The software giant and its partners will demonstrate several ready-to-deploy, RFID-enabled applications at the conference, to be held Oct. 2-4, in Chicago.

Gentag to Commercialize Super RFID Technology Until now, the long-range real-time location system has been utilized solely by the military, but Gentag hopes to develop the tag for use in the private sector, to pinpoint people and objects up to 12 miles away.

NEC Announces Development of Tri-frequency RFID Interrogator Although it won't be commercially available until next year, the device will be able to read and write to tags that communicate at the 13.56 MHz, 952-954 MHz and 2.45 GHz radio bands.

Chemical Industry Explores ROI for RFID The trade group Chemical Industry Data Exchange has teamed up with EPCglobal to develop an RFID business model and foster RFID standards that benefit chemical manufacturers.

TellMate Uses RFID to Help the Blind Recognize Objects Users place passive HF tags on items and use a handheld device to record and play back identifying audio messages.

Savi Announces E-Seal Licensees; Axcess Reveals Development Plans Six companies have licensed the IP behind the ISO 18185 air-interface standard. Axcess will use its Enterprise Dot platform to develop an e-seal tag.

Handleman Deploys RFID for Supply-Chain, Internal Benefits The entertainment CD and DVD distributor is tagging individual items to improve supply-chain tracking and replenishment.

RTLS Combines Infrared and RFID A multi-hospital health-care provider is installing a real-time location system that uses hybrid RF-IR tags to pinpoint the exact room in which an asset is located.

SPAR Uses RFID to Track Promotional Displays The supplier of merchandising services to product manufacturers and retailers is involved in several pilots employing active tags to provide real-time status reports and alerts.