Mojix Redefines the Range for Passive RFID (RFID Radio, Episode 014)
As a judge at the 2008
RFID Journal Awards, Academia RFID founder Harold Boeck had the opportunity to review all submissions for last year's prestigious awards. The winners were unveiled at RFID Journal LIVE! 2008, held at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas. Boeck conducted an interview with Mojix, the winner in the Best in Show category, following the company's presentation at the event.
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RFID Through Water and on Metal With 99.9% Reliability (RFID Radio, Episode 015)
Omni-ID was the runner-up for the Best in Show category at the 2008
RFID Journal Awards, unveiled at RFID Journal LIVE! 2008. The company presented an innovative
RFID tag designed with biomimetics, using a plasmonic structure that can be
read through water and on metal with 99.9% reliability. Academia RFID founder Harold Boeck conducted an interview with Omni-ID's president and CEO, Thomas C. Pavela.
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RFID Drag-and-Drop in Retail (RFID Radio, Episode 017)
Tomorrow's Mother was recently nominated as a finalist in the Most Innovative Use of RFID category for the 2009 RFID Journal Awards. The company's RFID in-store pilot was conceived to achieve accurate real-time inventory data at the item level, in order to improve replenishment and reduce out-of-stocks. Learn about the technology behind this implementation.
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Video Podcast: An Interview With Metro Group's Gerd Wolfram
Dr. Gerd Wolfram has been leading Metro's pioneering
EPC efforts for the past five years. In this video interview with
RFID Journal editor Mark Roberti, Wolfram discusses the progress Metro has made during that time, and the value EPC is delivering today.
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Video Podcast: An Interview With GS1 in Europe's Stephane Pique
In a brief interview with
RFID Journal editor Mark Roberti, the leader of GS1 in Europe's EPC efforts discusses the recent EPC Europe Conference, held in conjunction with RFID Journal LIVE! Europe, and the current state of EPC adoption in Europe.
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Video Podcast: An Interview with Checkpoint's Torsten Strauch
Checkpoint has been offering RFID solutions for nearly a decade and it recently acquired OATSystems, a leading RFIDsoftware supplier. In this three-minute video, RFID Journal editor Mark Roberti interviews Checkpoint's Torsten Strauch about the state of the RFID market in Europe.
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Video Podcast: An Update on the Buzz at RFID Journal LIVE! 2008
This year's event
saw a new level of energy that the RFID industry has not witnessed in the past 18 months. In this two-minute video, RFID Journal editor Mark Roberti reports on the state of the industry from the exhibit hall floor.
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EPCglobal Demonstrates EPCIS at RFID Journal LIVE! 2008
In this three-minute video,
EPCglobal North America demonstrates, live on the exhibit hall floor, how several independent EPC Information Services (EPCIS) running at different booths can share data securely.
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Omni-ID Launches High-Performance EPC Tag
In this three-minute video, Omni-ID, a runner-up for RFID Journal's 2008 "Best in Show" award, shows off its new high-performance EPC
Gen 2 RFID
tag, and explains why the tag works well around water, metal and other materials that often cause problems for RFID systems.
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RFID vs. Bar Codes: Which Is Cheaper?
RFID Journal editor Mark Roberti examines the relative cost of RFID and bar codes, exploring why, in some cases, RFID can be cheaper than using bar codes.
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Bar Codes vs. RFID: Accuracy and Reliability
It's often said that bar codes are far more accurate and reliable than RFID systems. RFID Journal editor Mark Roberti explains why bar codes are, in fact, the less reliable technology by far.
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RFID and the Myth of 100 Percent Read Accuracy
Many claim RFID must achieve 100 percent accuracy, or very close to it, before the technology can be used for most inventory and supply chain applications. RFID Journal editor Mark Roberti explains why this is wrongheaded thinking, and how RFID can deliver value even when read rates are no greater than 98 percent.
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Two Ways to Think About RFID
RFID can be deployed as a point solution that solves specific problems, or as infrastructure. Determining the ROI on RFID when deployed as infrastructure is difficult, because the upfront cost is high, and no one application delivers enough benefit to cover it. Determining the ROI on RFID when used as a point solution is easier. RFID Journal editor Mark Roberti explores various methods for deploying RFID, explaining why the long-term benefits are far greater when using RFID as infrastructure.
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RFID Radio: An Interview With Bill Hardgrave
RFID Radio host Harold Boeck interviews the director of the University of Arkansas' RFID Research Center, at the May 2007 RFID Academic Convocation. Hardgrave discusses the lab's work, its research for Wal-Mart and its current study involving RFID's use in the
cold chain, as well as to track individual items.
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