There are many benefits to adopting a cashless payment system that enables spectators to use RFID cards to pay for food, beverages and other items. Here’s what you need to know.
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RFID Weekly News Roundup — July 24, 2009
Politics, patents, market projections and new products feature prominently in this week’s roundup of RFID industry news.
Danish Dairies Adopt RFID to Improve Yield
The system enables them to analyze animal movements in order to predict which individuals are ill or entering heat.
Idaho College to Test Secure NFC Phone Module
Brigham Young University students will try out RFinity’s microSD NFC card, installed in handsets, to purchase items at the school’s bookstore and make encrypted peer-to-peer transactions.
RFID News Roundup
Metro Group expands RFID program in Asia, India; ThingMagic unveils Gen 2 readers for fleet, trucking applications; TOP Food & Drug expands RFID-based loyalty program; Rush Tracking Systems acquires patents from International Paper; Nice RFID-enabled bicycle rentals; IDTronic launches new readers.
Golf Tournament Tees Up RFID
Open de Saint-Omer, an annual French event, deployed passive RFID tags to streamline access to special areas for VIP guests, as well as better plan future tournaments.
BRIDGE Researchers Demo Highly Secure EPC Gen 2 RFID
The group says its prototype shows it is possible to create a passive EPC Gen 2 tag that employs cryptographic keys to protect its data.
Wake Forest Med Center Launches Vaccine-Tracking RTLS
The 4.1-million-square-foot hospital is deploying hybrid infrared-RFID technology to monitor vaccine temperatures, while future plans include tracking assets, patients, employees and hand hygiene.
RFID Journal to Give Away New Retail ROI Calculator at RFID in Fashion 2009
All attendees at RFID Journal’s conference and exhibition, to be held in New York City on Aug. 12-13, will receive a tool enabling them to estimate the benefits they can achieve from tracking apparel, footwear and accessories in stores with RFID.
Order Out of Chaos
A fragmented warehouse equipped with RFID can save companies time and money.
Highlights from Baird’s RFID Monthly for July
Baird has published the July edition of . The 20-page document is a worthwhile read for anyone requiring an overview of the industry’s last 30 days. For those without time to do so, we have reprinted here the report’s summary.
RFID Read Reliability Is Not an Issue
RFID is far more accurate than existing systems, yet some people continue to insist they can’t adopt the technology until it is 100 percent reliable.