- COVER STORY
The Brightest StarThe Mojix STAR system was voted the best new product at RFID Journal LIVE! because it has extended the limits of passive UHF systems.
- COVER STORY
Profits in MotionThrough its three-stage RFID implementation, Airbus is gaining large-scale visibility into its business and production processes—and realizing jumbo savings.
- COVER STORY
Cleaning Up With RFIDInterfaceFlor is embedding RFID tags in its carpet tiles to make them easy and cost-efficient to maintain—and to corner the commercial flooring market.
- COVER STORY
RFID Puts Montreal Transit on a New RouteTracking city buses in real time improves service and increases ridership.
- VERTICAL FOCUS
Tags, Readers, Action!Players in the DVD, music and video game industry are looking to RFID to reduce out-of-stocks, improve promotions, and cut theft and counterfeiting.
- LAB REPORT
Tricks and Tags for Hard-to-Read ProductsBased on numerous studies, the University of Arkansas' RFID Research Center says companies can overcome the challenge of tagging products that include metal or water.
- OUT IN FRONT
- Smoke Signals
Japan is instituting an RFID age-verification system to prevent underage kids from buying cigarettes at vending machines.
- OUT IN FRONT
- First Aid for First-Aid Kits
The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory developed a smart first-aid storage cabinet that secures the supplies placed inside with a mechanical lock linked to an RFID reader.
- THE RFID MARKET
Moving Forward—At LastAn analysis of attendance at RFID Journal LIVE! over the past six years indicates that the adoption of RFID technologies is starting to take off.
- PRODUCT DEVELOPMENTS
Thanks for Even More MemoryA new crop of RFID chips is designed to satisfy memory-hungry applications.
- EDITOR'S VIEW
And the Winner Is…Folio magazine nominated RFID Journal LIVE! as one of the three best conferences and expositions produced by a magazine publisher.
- INSIDE THE LABS
- Business-Friendly Tools
An enhanced track-and-trace system will allow organizations to make sense of supply-chain and life-cycle information.
- RADIO EUROPE
- The T5 Debacle
Airports don't have to wait for a global system to benefit from RFID baggage tagging at individual terminals.
- ASHTON'S VIEW
- If at First You Don't Succeed
Companies should keep an open mind about RFID applications.