- PRODUCT DEVELOPMENTS
Printed-Electronics RFID Tags DebutSome businesses are starting to use these low-cost tags, while vendors and researchers continue to improve the tags' performance and add features.
- VERTICAL FOCUS
Mining New Value From RFIDMining companies worldwide have been using RFID to track assets, vehicles and workers above and below ground. Now industry pioneers are adopting new applications to further streamline production and reduce costs, as well as improve safety.
- COVER STORY
Excellence in RFIDThis year's RFID Journal Award winners reflect how the radio frequency identification industry has matured.
- COVER STORY
2010 RFID Journal Award: Chipping Away at RFID Tag ProblemsImpinj's new Monza 4 tag chips promise to improve read rates and enhance data security.
- COVER STORY
2010 RFID Journal Award: RFID Helps Ensure That Special Cup of JoeAlmacafe, the warehousing subsidiary of the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia, tracks specialty coffee beans to better compete in the global market.
- COVER STORY
2010 RFID Journal Award: RFID Helps Heal Body, Mind and SpiritA patient-tracking system at the Disney Family Cancer Center improves services and reduces anxiety for those undergoing treatment.
- COVER STORY
2010 RFID Journal Award: An RFID VisionarySanjay Sarma is the recipient of the first RFID Journal Special Achievement Award.
- COVER STORY
2010 RFID Journal Award: Minera Norge Takes RFID to the Arctic EdgeIn the land of the midnight sun, RFID never sleeps, as it streamlines year-round production and shipping at a Norwegian manufacturer's slate facility.
- ASHTON'S VIEW
- Innovation Is Stupid
Amazon, eBay and Google were all dumb ideas.
- INSIDE THE LABS
- Every DVD Tells a Story
It's possible to track 2,000 discs on a pallet if you pay attention to the way they're RFID-tagged, packed and stacked.
- OVERCOMING OBSTACLES
- Sidestepping Capital Costs
New solutions make RFID technology more manageable—and affordable—for apparel retailers.
- EDITOR'S NOTE
The Best Get BetterIntroducing the winners of the 2010 RFID Journal Awards.
- OUT IN FRONT
Inventory Control at 30,000 FeetThe Air Force Flight Test Center is testing an RFID system developed by Boeing that could make in-flight refueling more efficient and economical.
- PERSPECTIVE
Focus of RFID ShiftsCompanies are now looking at RFID as a technology that can solve internal problems, rather than as a way to share data across the supply chain.
- PERSPECTIVE
It's All About the ProblemHow can vendors find—and address—the people for whom the status quo is unacceptable?
