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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.

Ford Thinks It Has the Right Tool for the Job: RFID For its 2009 F-Series pickups and E-Series vans, the company is offering its Tool Link option, featuring a built-in EPC Gen 2 RFID interrogator for tracking equipment and other assets used in the construction industry.

Land Rover Test-Drives RFID to Track Parts Containers The U.K. automaker is working with a U.K. research group on a pilot using active RFID tags to increase the visibility of containers, full or empty, entering or leaving an assembly plant.

RFID Pinpoints Parts Production for Electrofusion The fabricator of specialized metal parts has deployed an RFID-based system enabling its engineers to better manage its manufacturing processes.

At Manor, RFID Keeps Food From Spoiling The Swiss company is using active tags with built-in sensors to measure and log the temperatures of freezers and refrigerators. Later this year, it hopes to expand the application to track perishable foods as they move through the supply chain.

RFID Helps Psion Teklogix Meet SLAs The maker of handheld computers and other mobile devices is using EPC Gen 2 RFID tags to help ensure products are repaired and returned to customers as promised.

RF Code Announces Platform for Tracking IT Assets The RF Code IT system uses 433 MHz active RFID to monitor the locations of rack-mounted servers, as well as laptops, desktop PCs and other devices.

GS1 Canada Launches Knowledge Center Free on-demand online modules and classroom workshops will help Canadian enterprises use RFID technology to enhance their competitiveness.

Bavarian State Mint Gives RFID Its Stamp of Approval The mint employs passive HF tags to track the making of euro coins, from the time unstamped blanks arrive at its production facility until finished coins are shipped to banks.

Customers, Collaborators Back Impinj With Funding About $14 million came from Inventec Appliances Corp., LS Industrial Systems, Samsung Ventures America and YFY Group.