In a new report, ODIN Technologies found that six EPC Gen 2 UHF tags had a 100 percent read rate in baggage-tracking tests, and that airlines and airports could recoup their RFID deployment costs within 18 months.
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Centre Pompidou Hopes NFC Will Draw Teens to Art
The French museum’s new Teen Gallery will feature NFC-enabled phones and displays enabling young visitors to interact with the museum and share artwork online with friends.
Motorola Announces Handheld Reader for Non-Industrial Uses
The MC3090-Z is lighter than the company’s other handheld interrogators, has an omnidirectional antenna and supports the ability to determine the locations of specific RFID tags.
Bon Secours Richmond Finds RFID Saves $2 Million Annually
The company is using a real-time location system from GE Healthcare to track assets, as well as certain surgery patients, and expects to expand the system to additional operating rooms.
Helping RFID Vendors Connect With RFID Buyers
RFID Journal’s goal is to do even more to help vendors engage companies interested in deploying RFID solutions.
German Researchers Make Metal Objects With RFID Inside
Fraunhofer’s engineers demonstrate how to use selective laser sintering to integrate a standard passive tag within metal items as they are manufactured.
RFID News Roundup
Airetrak upgrades real-time locating system for more fine-tuned tracking; HID Global provides Multi-ISO reader board for Psion Teklogix handheld; BASF launches metal-based inks for producing flexible antennas for RFID tags; Visonic Technologies launches new active RFID/RTLS reusable tag; ViVOtech adds RFID to chip-and-PIN devices, joins Middle East NFC trial; Digital Angel sells McMurdo unit to Orolia.
BASF Tracks Chemical-Carrying Railcars in Real Time
A wireless sensor system enables the company to monitor the location and condition of cars used to transport its six most hazardous products.
Gerry Weber Sews In RFID’s Benefits
The company plans to integrate EPC Gen 2 tags into the care labels of all garments it makes, and expects to quickly recoup its cost by using the tags to track inventory and deter theft.
Visions of RFID
Will the world we’ve envisioned come to pass by 2030?
Put RFID in the Trash
Twenty years from now, your garbage can will be full of tags.
Serge Blanco Finds ROI in RFID
The French company’s clothing factories attach EPC Gen 2 RFID hangtags to the garments they make, enabling Serge Blanco’s distribution center to process incoming and outgoing shipments more quickly and accurately.