After installing AeroScout Wi-Fi-based RFID tags and RTLS software, the company’s French factory is producing 5,000 more tires per day, while decreasing waste of materials by 20 percent.
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RTLS Lets Pigs Roam Free
Two European farms have tested the active RFID animal tags, enabling farmers to track each pig’s health and location, and a number of farmers will soon install them, according to the system’s providers.
The Year of Low Power
This year, RFID will benefit from a trend toward electronics that are more energy-efficient.
Why the RFID Industry Needs a Certification Program
A robust program that could replace CompTIA’s RFID+ courses is important, because it would help the industry to develop the human resources necessary to deploy RFID systems on a grand scale.
RFID Has Shoppers Running to New Balance’s Store in Boston
With EPC tags attached to various models of shoes and in promotional cards, customers can learn more about a product and redeem prizes, while also recording data about shopping behavior on the premises.
Hanmi Pharmaceutical Uses RFID to Automate Picking, Shipping
The Korean drugmaker—which has employed EPC tags to track 60 million items annually, and to help it carry out government-mandated price changes—is now expanding the system to wholesalers and drugstores.
RFID News Roundup
Smartrac announces high-memory NFC tag; ABI Research foresees healthy growth in RFID market; MTI Wireless Edge announces new RFID reader antenna; CISC unveils portable UHF tag test system; NewPage unwraps new paper-based RFID label substrate that supports thermal transfer; Delo intros die-attach adhesives for smart-card market.
RFID-enabled Lexus Ad Debuts in Pages of Wired Magazine
The publication’s readership can access information about the carmaker’s new app suite, by tapping a mobile phone against an NFC label attached to an advertisement within its April edition.
McDermott Sees Gains From RFID Tracking in Indonesia
The oil and gas construction company tested the use of RFID to monitor and track pipes being fabricated onsite, with preliminary results showing that the technology reduces the labor required to track inventory, while improving work-in-progress visibility.
With Its New Reader Chip, NXP Hopes to Expand Market for Tagging Consumables
The company says the SLRC900, designed for installation in printers, drink dispensers and other devices, can be used in tandem with tags containing its EPC Gen 2 UHF chips, in order to enhance the consumer experience, as well as combat product counterfeiting.
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.
Redpine Signals Intros Dual-Frequency Wi-Fi RFID Tag
The company’s WiseMote tag can transmit data at 5 GHz, which is less commonly used and thus a less crowded channel than the traditional 2.4 GHz band.