Italian Stone Company Carves Out Savings With RFID
Antolini Luigi & Co. estimates that using EPC Gen 2 tags to track blocks and slabs reduces its labor costs by 40 percent, and improves inventory accuracy by 80 percent.
New Zealand Group Uses EPCglobal Network to Track Livestock, Meat
The participants utilized a variety of EPC RFID hardware and software in a project designed to prove the effectiveness of the EPCglobal Network as a tool for traceability.
Academic Navel Gazing Continues
Another study unearths a potential security problem with RFID that could expose people to a nonexistent threat.
RFID News Roundup
Zebra intros new RFID printer-encoder for advanced item-level tagging; IDTronic intros new products to its UHF portfolio; Xerafy, Access Solutions team up on RFID solution for power generation, aviation industries; Pramari partners with UbiU to expand into the Asian RFID market; Lisbon Airport selects Alien Tags for baggage tracking; SensingTEK unveils RFID-enabled diaper for use in hospitals and health-care facilities.
RFID Helps Focus Sound at Opera Productions
Out Board’s TiMax Tracker system uses Ubisense’s RFID technology to track the location of miked actors and singers on stage, including for a production of Carmen at London’s O2 arena.