COVER STORY: RFID JOURNAL AWARDS
Honoring Excellence
Presenting the winners of the 2012 RFID Journal Awards.
COVER STORY: RFID JOURNAL AWARDS
Cisco's Business-Driven RFID Strategy
The network giant adopts the technology to manage fixed assets at 70 U.S. data centers and R&D labs.
COVER STORY: RFID JOURNAL AWARDS
A New Tool for Electronics Companies
Intel has linked RFID to its microprocessors in computers, tablets and other devices, enabling myriad applications—from manufacturing to supply chain and retail.
COVER STORY: RFID JOURNAL AWARDS
BP Refines Maintenance Operations
The international oil and gas company developed an RFID solution that streamlines processes, making work safer and more cost-efficient.
COVER STORY: RFID JOURNAL AWARDS
Extracting New Value From Old Printers
HP Brazil is leveraging the RFID information in its tagged ink-jet printers to recycle plastics.
COVER STORY: RFID JOURNAL AWARDS
RFID Issues Instructions On the Fly
Omni-ID's "visual tags" tell workers what to do with the assets and work-in-process being tracked.
COVER STORY: RFID JOURNAL AWARDS
Giving RFID Credibility
Bill Hardgrave led an independent team that proved the business benefits of using RFID to track apparel items.
VERTICAL FOCUS
RFID Goes to School
The technology earned mixed grades when first deployed in schools. Now, its use is growing, slowly but steadily, with applications focused on improving teacher efficiency and ensuring student safety.

Columns

ASHTON'S VIEW
RFID Goes Bananas
The latest advance in RFID technology helps keep fruit fresh.
INSIDE THE LABS
Encrypt Instead of 'Kill'
A dual-mode EPC RFID tag works in the supply chain and secures data after an item is purchased.
SOFTWARE SAVVY
Serialization Roadmap
A top-level tagging plan will help apparel suppliers identify items now, and pave the way for tracking more products in the future.

Departments

EDITOR'S NOTE
Excellence Found
This year's RFID Journal Awards illustrated just how far RFID technology has evolved.
PERSPECTIVE
Vendors Must Steer a Path to Mass Adoption
Solution providers need to gain broad usage of RFID in one industry and then adapt vertical applications to other sectors.
OUT IN FRONT
The Object Is the Antenna
An antennaless tag turns any metal object into an RFID transponder.
OUT IN FRONT
Managing Hazardous Waste
Researchers at Staffordshire University have developed an RFID system to ensure contractors dispose of plasterboard in designated landfills.