To prevent its electronic equipment from being damaged due to excessive heat, El Paso County’s 911 facility is using active tags with temperature-tracking sensors.
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Are RFID’s Benefits to Apparel Retailers Real or Hype?
Many CEOs are skeptical, but here’s why retailers have used the technology to achieve an increase in profit of 5 percent or more.
Rise of the RFID Robots
These next-generation machines could lend a hand in your home or warehouse.
RFID Weekly News Roundup — August 7, 2009
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Michigan farmers who claimed, among other things, that RFID cattle tracking violated their religious beliefs. That story, along with new RFID deployments at BMW and Siemens, disappointing financial results from several major RFID vendors, and a new standard for tracking medical equipment lead this week’s news roundup.
RFID News Roundup
FileTrail, Lexmark team up on solution to track and manage media, assets; RFID momentum strong in several markets, VDC Research reports; Lowry, Northrop Grumman, GTSI win DOD auto-ID contracts; NFC Forum announces new membership level for NFC implementers; 3M upgrades RFID tracking software; Tharo launches PR100 EPC Gen 2 handheld reader; Laird Technologies unveils RFID reader antennas for outdoor use.
RFID Goes to the Dogs
A Texas canine day-care center uses passive EPC Gen 2 tags to track when animals arrive and leave, enabling automatic billing and quicker entrance to the facility.
Singapore Transit Operator Streamlines Vehicle Maintenance
SMRT is applying EPC Gen 2 RFID tags to 80,000 spare parts and components, and installing RFID interrogators at its three warehouses.
Tennessee Hospital Tracks High-Value Items
WaveMark’s cabinets enable Memorial Hospital, in Chattanooga, to track thousands of implantable and surgical devices, and to ensure patients are properly billed for those items.
BMW Finds the Right Tool
At its Regensburg assembly plant, the automaker is using RFID to identify cars and control the tools used to assemble them.
RFID Journal Introduces Virtual Events
The online seminars will provide a more robust program than traditional webinars, with end-user speakers and technology providers participating in each event.
Wireless RFID Reader Eliminates Need for Ethernet
Invengo’s XCRF-860E fixed RFID reader supports Wi-Fi, GPRS and Bluetooth wireless communications, allowing users to install it in areas without access to an Ethernet connection.
Putting Some Science Behind RFID
Rather than asking end users to believe the technology will deliver value, the RFID industry needs to provide data enabling them to quantify the benefits.