Innovation

This section includes articles about cutting-edge research, new products that could impact RFID systems and about creative uses of RFID technology.

Forest-Monitoring Sensors Harvest Energy From Trees
The U.S. Forest Service is deploying a climate sensor network powered by energy harvested from living trees.

NFC Brings Visibility to British Home Care
U.K. home-care providers are testing an NFC system from mobile-phone service provider O2 that allows them to track and update a patient's records using their own mobile phones and an NFC tag at a patient's home.

RFID Protects Tut's Treasures
Active RFID tags and sensors, in tandem with video cameras, watch over the king's golden sandals and other Egyptian antiquities on display at museums.

Keynote Speaker, New Content Announced for RFID Journal LIVE! Canada
The fourth annual event will feature a keynote address by Keith Sheardown, Bombardier Transportation's general manager for technology solutions, and new tracks focused on traceability and health-care solutions.

Middle Easterners Imagine RFID's Power and Possibilities
At this week's RFID Journal LIVE! Middle East conference, attendees and speakers are discussing the technology's myriad applications, as well as its prospects for growth in the region.

RFID Journal LIVE! 2009 Report

At RFID Journal's seventh annual conference and exhibition, held in Orlando, Fla., 2,400 industry professionals learned from organizations using RFID to improve their operations. View the presentations from the event.

RFID in the Middle East

The region is beginning to embrace RFID as a means of improving efficiencies in many industries—but more education is needed.

Special Olympics Scores With RFID

The technology helps to facilitate the organization's Healthy Athletes initiative, which provides free health screenings for children and adults with intellectual disabilities.

Symbol’s Goal: Win With High-Performance RFID Solutions

With its acquisition of Matrics complete, Symbol Technologies aims to compete in the UHF RFID market by providing high-performance RFID tags and interrogators and complete solutions for specific industries.