Wireless Dynamics debuts RFID reader-writer for iPhones; STMicroelectronics intros new 13.56 MHz RFID IC with 2-kilobit memory; CenTrak announces new AlerTrak Alarm for RTLS; Nestlé Waters North America expands active RFID initiative to manage fleet; Ultimo’s Maintenance and Facility Software integrates with AeroScout’s RTLS; CipherLab’s RFID handheld certified with Star Micronics printers.
At its factory in Helsinki, Finland, the manufacturer is using EPC Gen 2 tags to track the production and shipment of the motor drives it makes, resulting in a range of benefits.
The In2Pay system is being tested in-house by two credit card firms, to determine if it can be used for sales transactions at NFC-enabled readers already installed at stores around the United States.
The New Jersey hospital operator’s initial deployment will consist of 5,500 hybrid RFID-infrared tags from GE Healthcare, for tracking assets, patients and employees.
If vendors don’t talk about the many benefits RFID can deliver, end users will always be short-changed.
An academic group reports that companies deploying RFID across an entire supply chain or business enterprise realize substantial gains, though a “wall of silence” keeps them from sharing their success stories.
RFID Journal is now accepting submissions for the 2010 RFID Journal Awards, which will be awarded at next year’s RFID Journal LIVE! conference and exhibition, to be held on Apr. 14-16.
The Louisiana hospital is using Newbury Wi-Fi RFID tags from Trapeze Networks to monitor conditions within all of its heating and cooling devices.
IBM adds analytic app for container tracking to InfoSphere Traceability Server; Inside Contactless works on new NFC application development platform, provides tags for Taggo universal loyalty cards; ABI Research sees bright spots in RFID market; G&D rolls out cell phone sticker for contactless payments; U.S. Marine Corps taps SRA for RFID implementation; Atlantic City’s Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino wins big with RFID; IPS ships new thin-film, single cell battery.
The group is developing a network infrastructure that will provide ubiquitous wireless coverage for RFID, as well as for a broad range of other equipment.
The UnwiredPlanet program, which aims to spur adoption of active 433 MHz RFID tags and readers, will reduce the fees that hardware providers pay Savi by as much as 90 percent.
The system, developed by a company named Zerofootprint, places passive high-frequency RFID tags into the electric plugs of appliances and other devices.