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It’s the Bee’s Knees
A Canadian startup has combined ZigBee technology with ‘swarm intelligence’ to create a smart system for optimizing energy consumption.
Wooden-Flooring Companies Embed RFID Tags Beneath Parquet
The semi-passive UHF tags contain temperature and humidity sensors that can verify the flooring was properly installed and maintained.
Grocer Uses RFID to Increase Customer Loyalty
TOP Food & Drug, a grocery chain in Washington state with 18 locations, has implemented an innovative RFID-based payment and identification program that it believes will increase customer loyalty to its stores.
Identifying RFID’s Biggest Threats
If end users employ proprietary tag ID schemes—as some are starting to do—the full benefits of RFID adoption may never be realized.
Chinese Banks Track Assets, Cash and VIP Customers
China Construction Bank is using EPC Gen 2 tags to monitor servers at its data center, while the Bank of China is employing active 433 MHz tags to identify the arrival of cashboxes and important clients at its branches.
RFID Adoption by Apparel Retailers Gains Momentum
American Apparel, in the United States, as well as Kaufauf, NP Collection and other European companies, are proving that the technology’s benefits are just too big to be ignored.
Two Food Chains Trial RFID-based Electronic Shelf Labels
The Altierre system enables the retailers to automatically make price changes and product recall alerts on shelf labels throughout their stores.
Battery-assisted RFID Deal Extends Range, Markets
The recent partnership between startup battery maker Blue Spark Technologies and leading RFID chip and inlay producer UPM Raflatac could be a catalyst for the commercialization of battery-assisted passive RFID technology.
RFID News Roundup
UPM Raflatac, Blue Spark Technologies team up on BAP R&D; CAEN, Tertium release reader of ZigBee and passive HF, UHF tags; Micronetics buys M/A-COM’s RFID business; Identec Solutions purchases Tunnelcom; Orange, Barclaycard to jointly develop NFC-based mobile payment services; RFID-enabled magazine connects to the Internet.
Sticki System Uses RFID to Acquire and Retain Customers
The Targeted Group’s solution, based on EPC Gen 2 RFID technology, can be customized to work in a variety of applications to improve sales and customer service.
RFID Weekly News Roundup March 26, 2009
Deployments by high-profile end users highlight this week’s RFID and RTLS news, which also includes an updated industry forecast and several product announcements.