July/August 2011

JUL/AUG 2011

Features

• COVER STORY
• RFID for WHAT? 101 Innovative Ways to Use Radio Frequency Identification—Overview
  When it comes to radio frequency identification, imagination has no bounds. See how others are using RFID—it may spark your own ideas for new ways to employ the technology.
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• RFID for WHAT? 101 Innovative Ways to Use Radio Frequency Identification—Part 1: Business as Unusual
  Keeping traders honest, instructing robots and more.
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• RFID for WHAT? 101 Innovative Ways to Use Radio Frequency Identification—Part 2: Sports and Fitness
  From supporting Olympians to locating golf balls.
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• RFID for WHAT? 101 Innovative Ways to Use Radio Frequency Identification—Part 3: Get Smart
  Educating kids—in and out of school.
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• RFID for WHAT? 101 Innovative Ways to Use Radio Frequency Identification—Part 4: On the Move
  Traveling for business and pleasure.
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• RFID for WHAT? 101 Innovative Ways to Use Radio Frequency Identification—Part 5: Going Green
  Protecting our environment.
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• RFID for WHAT? 101 Innovative Ways to Use Radio Frequency Identification—Part 6: Networking
  It's all about business and personal connections.
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• RFID for WHAT? 101 Innovative Ways to Use Radio Frequency Identification—Part 7: Enhancing the Customer Experience
  Retail applications that boost sales.
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• RFID for WHAT? 101 Innovative Ways to Use Radio Frequency Identification—Part 8: Hospitality
  Catering to guests in the air, at sea and on land.
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• RFID for WHAT? 101 Innovative Ways to Use Radio Frequency Identification—Part 9: The Arts
  Enhancing performers' voices, guided tours and preservation.
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• RFID for WHAT? 101 Innovative Ways to Use Radio Frequency Identification—Part 10: Safety and Security
  Protecting the public and workers and deterring theft.
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• RFID for WHAT? 101 Innovative Ways to Use Radio Frequency Identification—Part 11: Patient Care
  Easing pain and saving lives.

Departments

• Editor's Note
• Innovation on Display
  There are a wealth of RFID applications that most of us have only just begun to consider.
• Out in Front
• Wireless Sensors Monitor Troubled Bridges
  Researchers from the United States, Korea and Japan are working together to develop a cost-efficient system to detect structural deficiencies.
• Out in Front
• The Fine Art of RFID
  A husband-wife artist team are embedding transponders in artwork.
• Perspective
• Waiting for the Gorilla
  Apparel retail and health care are close to meeting all the conditions needed for mass adoption of RFID technology.
• Perspective
• NFC—Pay By Phone and Beyond
  Innovative companies are devising new and clever ways to take advantage of Near Field Communication.

Columns

• Ashton's View
• A Real Innovator
  How Alan Haberman changed the world—and me.
• Overcoming Obstacles
• RFID for Consumer Electronics
  A new breed of UHF EPC Gen 2 ICs enables a myriad of applications.
• Inside the Labs
• At-Home Product Life-Cycle Management
  Manufacturers and customers can monitor consumer electronics devices for maintenance, repair and recycling.