The manufacturer, already tagging race truck and trailer tires, is now eyeing other commercial markets for the technology, in order to leverage its FleetOnlineSolutions program to share tire data between itself, owners and service providers.
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RFID Tracks Spanish Shoppers’ Interest in Shoes, Books
Two retailers in Spain are attaching EPC Gen 2 tags to some of their merchandise, in order to gauge the popularity of products by tracking how often customers pick the items up.
RFID News Roundup
Sanjay Sarma, Mike Rose elected to lead EPCglobal board; Xerafy adds Pico XL 2-kilobit tag to its aviation-grade product line; U.S. Census Bureau seeks information on RFID for asset tracking; Enso Detego unveils new Virtual RFID Tunnel ; Laird Technologies acquires Emerson & Cuming Microwave Products; Smartrac intros new contactless ISO card.
Virtual Chemistry Inc. RFID-Enables Its Lab-Animal Management Solution
The provider of software and services for the life-sciences industries has added support for EPC Gen 2 UHF tags and readers, to automate the process of conducting inventory counts of cages filled with laboratory animals, enabling billing and care records.
LifeSynk Lets Consumers Use RFID to ‘Like’ Products, Stores and Events
The system employs RFID cards and readers to link shoppers’ activities with their Facebook accounts, enabling the marketing of events, businesses or products, and providing users with discounts and other offers.
At Hospitals, Wi-Fi Sensors Can Monitor Emergency Lights, Code Blue Situations
Many of Primex Wireless’ customers are using its Wi-Fi-based solutions to automate the testing of emergency lighting, measure the length of cardiopulmonary emergencies, record temperature levels and detect water leaks.
What Have We Learned About RFID?
While the past 10 years have seen ups and downs when it comes to the use of radio frequency identification, we now know a great deal about how and where the technology delivers value.
The High Cost of Patent Trolls
Companies whose business is threatening alleged infringers exact money that could fund innovation.
Asset-Tracking Technology Helps iGPS Rescue Its Pallets
The company is using a combination of EPC Gen 2 RFID and battery-powered GPS/GPRS tags to increase visibility into its pool of plastic pallets, and to save missing pallets from being chopped up and sold to recyclers.
Omni-ID Launches UltraThin Metal-Mount Tags
The new tags, which measure approximately 0.05 inch in thickness, are being used or tested by about 20 companies to track laptops, oil pipes, shopping carts and other assets.
RFID News Roundup
Alien Technology adds Low-Level Reader Protocol support to interrogators; Powercast announces RF-based chipset and RF energy-harvesting reference; Met Labs completes first round of medical-device RFID susceptibility testing; Libelium debuts new Wi-Fi sensors for Web-enabled servers, Apple, Android devices; New NFC Products, partnerships and services announced.
RFID Solution Tries to Put the Brakes on Warehouse Accidents
Several consumer goods manufacturers are testing technology from Transmon Engineering to alert forklift drivers when they come within range of a pedestrian.