Coca-Cola Event Exploits RFID on Facebook
At Israel’s Coca-Cola Village, teenagers can use their accounts to indicate which activities they “like.”
Belgian Hospitals Track Temperatures and Staff
Three Antwerp-area facilities have deployed AeroScout’s Wi-Fi RFID tags and software to monitor the temperatures of refrigeration units, as well as the locations of 40 staff members.
RFID News Roundup
UPM Raflatac to launch security RFID tags; Pramari unveils update to open-source RFID software; EPCglobal ratifies version 1.5 of Tag Data Standard; North Dakota unveils voluntary RFID cattle-tracking program; ABI Research forecasts higher-frequency RFID- and RTLS-enabled asset-management system revenues to hit $845 million in 2014; RadarFind intros temperature sensor.
Vail Resorts Links RFID With Social Media
Visitors to the company’s ski mountains this season can use their RFID-enabled lift tickets to connect with each other via social-media tools, and also track their ski or snowboard metrics over the Internet.