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RFID Brings Italian History to Life
An interactive exhibition in Turin uses HF passive tags and readers to enable users to select topics that interest them, and to then access additional information at home.
California Stores Pilot NFC System Providing Electronic Receipts
Proximiant expects its RFID-enabled solution to be used by 1,000 stores by late spring, allowing a retailer's customers to download receipts and discount offers on their mobile phones, thereby eliminating the need for paper receipts and coupons.
BCS National Championship Fans Use RFID to 'Kinect' to Social Networks
The Kinect-based game tests participants' ability to throw, dodge and run like a pro football player, and utilizes radio frequency identification to share the results with friends on Facebook or Twitter.
San Francisco Launches NFC Payment for All Its Metered Parking
The PayByPhone system, already in use at 250 of the city's metered spaces, enables drivers with NFC phones to make payments by tapping their handsets against a parking meter.
Steelcase Mexico's RFID Solutions Help Banks Manage Assets
Banks and other businesses in Mexico City are using EPC passive UHF tags to track office furniture, and are testing a system that uses active tags to detect when specific office areas are in use.
RFID Scores Well at TopGolf's Newest Entertainment Complex
The driving range employs 200,000 golf balls containing passive EPC Gen 2 tags read at 548 points along the fairway, to help golfers view their scores in real time.
Tampa Bay Lightning Strikes Gold With RFID
The hockey team says it has boosted sales by offering jerseys with embedded passive tags to season-pass holders, entitling them to discounts at its stadium's concessions stands and stores.
RFID Greets Partygoers By Name
Montreal's Apollo Agency is using EPC Gen 2 tags to provide guests with personalized greetings to the marketing and networking events that it holds.
Narian Technologies to Launch NFC RFID Applications for Customer Service
The system allows consumers at a store or restaurant to use NFC-enabled phones to request assistance from staff members, and to receive an alert when a product or service is ready.
Canadian Investment Group RFID-Enables Shareholder Elections
Fonds de solidarité FTQ is using EPC tags and readers to automate the counting and weighting of votes, to speed up the election process and eliminate the risk of errors.
RFID Tracks Gear for Australian Customs and Border Protection
The agency is using HF passive tags and readers at 22 offices and on numerous vessels, to track the location and maintenance records for thousands of weapons and pieces of equipment.
Treehouse Labs Unveils iPhone RFID System for Locating People and Things
The solution consists of application software, active tags and an RFID reader built into a case that snaps onto the phone. In the future, the tags could be combined with sensors to monitor such things as an athlete's concussion risk.
Great Wolf Lodge Combines Storytelling With RFID
The waterpark resort has deployed a game that employs tagged stuffed toy animals to provide an interactive storytelling experience for children.
Ad Agency Kicks Back With an RFID-activated Beer Dispenser
At its Boston headquarters, Arnold Worldwide has installed a vending machine that uses RFID to dispense and manage the quantity of craft beer that it provides free to its staff.
Registration Now Open for RFID Journal's 10th Annual Event
RFID Journal LIVE! 2012 will feature more than 50 case studies presented by leading end users, as well as solutions from more than 175 technology companies.
Brouha Uses RFID to Measure Loyalty
The New York company's system enables users to receive loyalty points for the number of visits they make to shops as they pass over an RFID reader at the entrance, while rewards are sent to their mobile phones.
California Researchers Expand 'Intelligent Water Infrastructures Initiative'
A University of California group is deploying hundreds of wireless sensor nodes in the Sierra Nevada, to help better predict water availability.
ShelfX Unveils Store Shelves for Automating Purchases
The system, slated for supermarket pilots, will weigh products, determine what has been removed, and automatically charge a customer based on that person's RFID-enabled loyalty card or wristband.
RFID Journal Issues Call for Awards Submissions, Introduces 'Best RFID Thesis'
The company is now accepting entries for the 2012 RFID Journal Awards, including a new category designed to reward excellence in academic research.
RFID Helps Call of Duty Video Game Come Alive
During an event celebrating the newest installment in Activision's warfare-simulation series, attendees wore RFID bracelets that facilitated real-life replicas of two gaming levels.
