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Lancaster University Researchers Make Exercise an RFID-enabled Game A research group is using RFID tags and cell phones to play a real-life version of Pac-Man, and to develop ways to encourage London commuters to adopt healthy habits.

Wal-Mart Using RFID to Monitor Vehicles at Its DCs The system is helping the retailer increase productivity at a dozen of its distribution centers, through improved utilization of the vehicles and their drivers.

Brigham and Women's Hospital Becomes Totally RTLS-enabled The 747-bed Boston hospital has installed an RFID-based real-time location system throughout its 17 floors, enabling it to track thousands of medical devices.

Researchers Say Sharing Is the Key to Privacy for EPC Tags Three computer scientists say they have devised a means of protecting tag data by using a method that disperses pieces of a decryption key among multiple RFID tags.

BlueTag Patient-Tracking Comes to North America 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.

Startup Seeks to Kick-start RFID in Trinidad RFIDTT wants to help the oil-producing Caribbean country move to a knowledge-based economy, and is hoping RFID will be the catalyst.

Magellan Creates Specimen-Tracking System The 13.56 MHz RFID system has been designed to enable hospitals and laboratories to quickly identify hundreds of specimen-carrying glass slides stored closely together.

Awarepoint-Skytron System Provides Equipment Info in OR 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.

AeroScout Unveils New Asset-Tracking Platform Through partnerships with Time Domain and Reva Systems, the company's Wi-Fi-based RTLS system now supports ultra-wideband, for more precise location information, as well as passive UHF RFID tags.

N.C. Hospital Looks to RadarFind to Improve Asset Visibility Southeastern Regional Medical Center plans to deploy the vendor's active RFID system, which it hopes will reduce spending and help staff find equipment faster.