Security and Access Control

This section includes articles about how companies are using RFID to control access to buildings and networks, protect products from theft and counterfeiting, and secure goods in transit.

RFID Captures Each Time Guests Throw in the Towel
A passive UHF RFID system from Towel Tracker enables health clubs, hotels and other businesses to track towels or other objects borrowed and returned, thereby reducing the loss of those items.

Killure Bridge Nursing Home Tracks Staff, High-Risk Residents
The Irish facility is using Ekahau Wi-Fi tags to trigger an alarm if a resident suffering from dementia enters a restricted area or tries to wander off.

RFID Is the Ticket at Washington Nationals' Park
The major league baseball team is conducting a pilot involving RFID-enabled game tickets that automate entrance at turnstiles, enable payments at refreshment stands and shops, and let users collect reward points.

Atlanta's Transit Authority to Test Bombardier's Rail-Worker Safety System
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority will demonstrate the company's TrackSafe solution for the Federal Transit Administration, to determine how well RFID technology can help prevent accidents.

RFID Secures Discarded Documents—and the Process of Shredding Them
Reisswolf's electronic lock system uses passive and active tags to ensure that only authorized personnel can dispose of documents, as well as monitor the status of the disposal containers and their contents.

RFID Journal LIVE! 2012 Report, Part 2

At RFID Journal's 10th-anniversary conference and exhibition, attendees heard real-world case studies explaining how to utilize radio frequency identification to improve their business. View the presentations from the RFID Journal Awards finalists and the event's main conference-track and solutions-provider sessions.

Finding RFID Software Solutions

I will be taking a particular interest in software solutions at LIVE! 2012, being held this week in Orlando, Fla. Here's why.

Power Plant Turns to RFID for Site Safety

CLP Power Hong Kong deployed an access-control solution to monitor and protect employees.