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To Teach Bartenders How to Make Cocktails, Just Add RFID Some bars and restaurants are utilizing an RFID-enabled system to train bartenders how to pour the right amount of liquor, and to measure their progress.

Industry Groups Study RFID at the Supply Chain's End New ISO guidelines explore the environmental impact of RFID tags, and how to employ them to facilitate product recycling; an EPA-funded project is studying the use of RFID to aid in the recycling of consumer electronics.

Printed Electronics Start-up Specializes in Low-Volume Tag Production By focusing on production runs as small as 150 units, Mu-Gahat says it provides companies with greater flexibility for testing and development.

Wilson Sporting Goods Looking to Score With RFID The company hopes to gain increased visibility regarding the products it ships to Wal-Mart, and to track the in-store deployment of promotional displays.

VRF Offering Dynamic Price Tags The startup has developed item-level RFID tags with electronic-paper screens for displaying changeable price information and automatic markdowns, as well as for inventory and theft control within retail settings.

New RFID Technology Helps Kraft, P&G, Kimberly-Clark Go the Distance The three CPG manufacturers have been piloting Mojix's RFID system, which employs a single interrogator to read tags from up to 600 feet away.

Sam's Club, P&G Discuss Sharing RFID's Value At this week's RFID Journal LIVE! 2008 conference, more than 3,300 attendees came to learn how to put RFID to work.

Nestlé Italy Finds RFID Brings ROI for Ice Cream The company expects to see a range of benefits from using RFID tags with built-in sensors to verify ice cream is stored and transported at temperatures neither too cold nor too warm.

Suppliers Find No Incentive to Adopt RFID for Direct Store Delivery A report issued by international trade association Global Commerce Initiative recommends suppliers and retailers initially focus instead on using RFID for products shipped to distribution centers.

Mojix Takes Passive UHF RFID to a New Level The startup draws on RF expertise from deep-space signal processing to create a system that it says will offer improved performance, new capabilities and lower deployment costs.