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At NASCAR Hall of Fame, RFID Fuels Excitement
Visitors are issued plastic cards embedded with a passive 13.56 MHz RFID tag, used to activate more than 75 exhibits, and to enable a more personalized experience.
Passive, Yet Worldly, Tags
EPC Gen 2 on-metal tags feature consistent read rates across regions, so they can track assets globally.
Italian Stone Company Carves Out Savings With RFID
Antolini Luigi & Co. estimates that using EPC Gen 2 tags to track blocks and slabs reduces its labor costs by 40 percent, and improves inventory accuracy by 80 percent.
New Zealand Group Uses EPCglobal Network to Track Livestock, Meat
The participants utilized a variety of EPC RFID hardware and software in a project designed to prove the effectiveness of the EPCglobal Network as a tool for traceability.
RFID News Roundup
Zebra intros new RFID printer-encoder for advanced item-level tagging; IDTronic intros new products to its UHF portfolio; Xerafy, Access Solutions team up on RFID solution for power generation, aviation industries; Pramari partners with UbiU to expand into the Asian RFID market; Lisbon Airport selects Alien Tags for baggage tracking; SensingTEK unveils RFID-enabled diaper for use in hospitals and health-care facilities.
RFID Helps Focus Sound at Opera Productions
Out Board’s TiMax Tracker system uses Ubisense’s RFID technology to track the location of miked actors and singers on stage, including for a production of Carmen at London’s O2 arena.
Hospital Saves By Using RFID To Bring Asset Management In-House
A 500-bed hospital in southeast Georgia expends $400,000 less per year by using RFID to track its own assets, instead of paying a contractor to do it.
California Data Centers Expect to Cut Energy Usage By 75 Percent
Twelve sites are being equipped with an RFID-enabled temperature-monitoring system from Federspiel Controls, following a successful pilot involving the state’s Franchise Tax Board.
RFID’s Impact on Employment
Some jobs may be eliminated as adoption grows, but far more will be created than lost.
How to Implement RFID Successfully
Select radio frequency identification as a solution only when its capabilities provide an immediate or projected benefit to a process that makes it more effective than choosing another technology.
RFID Automates A-Plant’s Tool-Rental Trailers
The British company has adopted an RFID system from 4hSolutions that tracks the drills, grinders, saws and other equipment it provides to construction workers.