The company estimates that the real-time location system saves the warehouse 451 man-hours per month.
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Smirnoff Parties With RFID
The vodka company sponsors nightclub events that allow patrons to use RFID-enabled tokens to share their experiences on Facebook, as well as vote for their favorite drinks, DJs or dancers.
Haus Desiree Uses RTLS to Keep an Eye on Nursing Home Residents
The German facility utilizes a solution from Ekahau and HealthCarion to track the locations of residents, ensure that they do not wander and send messages to staff members if a resident requires help.
Retailers Recognize the Problem—Not the Solution, Part 2
A study conducted by Retail Systems Research indicates that retailers see the value of visibility, but don’t recognize that RFID can deliver it.
Sydney Serves RFID on The Rocks
The city’s historic district is laced with RFID stickers that offer visitors an interactive tour via their NFC-enabled cell phones.
Terror Gets Personal at RFID-Equipped Haunted House
The Nest, located in Arizona, is using an EPC UHF RFID solution from Fish Technology to link visitors to their Facebook pages, enabling the system to use personal information to terrify each patron.
RFID News Roundup
Fujitsu upgrades its ultra-rugged UHF RFID tags for commercial laundry systems; OmniAir Certification Services accredits MET Labs as first test lab for tolling interoperability certification; Coast 2 Coast’s facilities-management services and solutions to leverage Centrak’s RTLS; Chicago bus operator Pace selects Cubic for payment system; Adidas partied with RFID during the Olympics.
Industrial Companies Use RFID-enabled Washers to Track Heavy Equipment
Holland 1916’s solution allows a user to simply install a washer onto a bolt on each item, eliminating the need to drill screw holes or weld RFID tags onto an object’s exterior.
European EPC Competence Center Report Finds New UHF Tags to Be More Sensitive
After testing 191 models of EPC Gen 2 passive tags, the EECC found that they require less power to become activated—but may transmit a backscatter signal too weak to be read.
RFID Scores Game Show by the Seat of Contestants’ Pants
Oh Sit! uses RFID tags and readers from RFID Inc. and PTP to automate scoring in an extreme version of musical chairs.
Lean and Six Sigma Create Valuable Synergies for RFID Adopters
Here’s how to achieve the greatest return from your company’s RFID investment, and facilitate continuous improvement.
About That Problem With Metal and Water
RFID tags have improved to the point at which the presence of water and metal are no longer major obstacles.