The winners will be revealed next month at RFID Journal LIVE! 2012, for Best Implementation, Most Innovative Use, Best Use to Enhance a Product or Service, Best in Show, Special Achievement and the Green Award, as well as a new award for Best RFID Thesis.
The company’s Enabled Safety Products solution uses EPC Gen 2 RFID readers and tags to track the assignment and servicing of equipment at worksites.
The automotive glass wholesaler is utilizing IDBlue’s UHF RFID readers to interrogate tags at close range, and to transmit read data to an iPad via a Bluetooth connection.
The four pavilions will showcase specific solutions providers on the show floor at RFID Journal’s 10th annual conference and exhibition.
The same technology used to increase operational efficiencies can also save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
It appears that manufacturers of electronic devices have finally realized that the technology can reduce production costs and enhance products.
Holland 1916 Nameplate RFID tags facilitate mine-safety inspections; Tyco Retail Solutions opens new Retail Performance Briefing Center; Omni-ID launches Global Technology Licensing Program; Researchers at University of Wollongong in Dubai design RFID-enabled iPurse; Intelligent InSites integrates WaveMark’s RFID-enabled Enterprise Visibility Solution; Sony intros Xperia sola NFC-enabled smartphone with two NFC tags.
The company has developed a system using an RFID reader plugged into a smartphone to interrogate passive UHF tags attached to items that households or businesses may misplace.
The cofounder of the Auto-ID Center, recently elected chairman of EPCglobal’s board of governors, spoke with RFID Journal’s editor, Mark Roberti.
Working together would prevent the duplication of chip-based serial numbers in RFID tags made by different vendors—but challenges remain.
The system, using active tags and readers from Fraunhofer IIS, tracks the real-time locations and movements of players and balls on the field, enabling coaches, referees and spectators to analyze players’ performance.
Whether you are a solutions provider or a venture capitalist, knowing when to invest in a new technology is critical—and many are getting it wrong.