A system designed by Verayo and SkyeTek and marketed by GlobalPCCA will be mandated for all of the nation’s pharmacies, once tags are attached to drugs, to ensure that medicine is authentic.
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ODIN Benchmark Study Identifies Top Handheld Performers
Handheld UHF RFID readers from Motorola and Convergence Systems Ltd. scored highest in some of the tests.
RF Code Debuts Inexpensive Server-Tracking Solution
The company’s solution combines infrared beacons and active RFID tags, enabling data centers to track the locations and conditions of their servers using a single RFID reader.
Xterprise Releases Mobile RFID Package for Item-Level Tracking
The vendor’s new Clarity Mobile solution—designed to be an easy-to-operate, low-cost item-level tracking system—comes with handheld RFID readers, pre-encoded EPC Gen 2 tags and access to a Web-based application.
Parexel Tests System to Track Temperatures of Test Drugs
The biopharmaceutical services company wants to monitor the temperatures of drugs being shipped to clinical trial participants, using an RFID-enabled sensor and cell phone.
Latin America Gets Serious About RFID
End users at RFID Journal LIVE! LatAm were highly engaged and eager to explore how radio frequency identification can improve the way they do business.
Belgian Hospitals Track Temperatures and Staff
Three Antwerp-area facilities have deployed AeroScout’s Wi-Fi RFID tags and software to monitor the temperatures of refrigeration units, as well as the locations of 40 staff members.
RFID News Roundup
UPM Raflatac to launch security RFID tags; Pramari unveils update to open-source RFID software; EPCglobal ratifies version 1.5 of Tag Data Standard; North Dakota unveils voluntary RFID cattle-tracking program; ABI Research forecasts higher-frequency RFID- and RTLS-enabled asset-management system revenues to hit $845 million in 2014; RadarFind intros temperature sensor.
Vail Resorts Links RFID With Social Media
Visitors to the company’s ski mountains this season can use their RFID-enabled lift tickets to connect with each other via social-media tools, and also track their ski or snowboard metrics over the Internet.
RFID Consortium Releases Patent-Licensing Portfolio
The program enables vendors of UHF passive RFID tags and readers to purchase licenses through a patent pool, reducing the time and cost associated with negotiating individual patent agreements, and potentially enabling them to introduce new products sooner.
U.S. Forest Service Explores RFID’s Ability to Detect Fires
The agency’s San Dimas Technology Development Center headed up a test burn in California that demonstrated how a system using RFID temperature sensors could support an early and rapid response to wildfires, thereby saving lives and reducing damage.
Calif. Law Seeks to Avert Privacy Intrusions Related to RFID Toll Tags
The bill, now awaiting the signature of the state’s governor, would codify how transit agencies should handle data collected from FasTrak transponders.