With the ultimate goal of preventing heatstroke, the teams have been testing helmets containing Hothead RFID-enabled temperature sensors.
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At Nelson Lodge, RFID Will Unlock More than Doors
At the new hotel, located at Canada’s Revelstoke ski resort, guests use RFID key cards to access their rooms. In the future, they will be able utilize the cards—or even cell phones—to ride lifts, rent equipment and partake of meals, spas and other amenities and services.
RFID News Roundup
Cubic, ViVOtech make NFC-enabled POS readers for transit systems; WaveMark, Noblis integrate systems for medical device recall management; GlobeRanger secures $8.3 million in funding; Barcoding Inc. builds RFID tech center; XIO Strategies gets passive RFID contract from U.S. Army FCS.
RFID Weekly News Roundup March 19, 2009
Product releases and technology innovations highlighted this week’s news, including international standards and developments that link RFID with cell phones, sensor networks, medical devices, Zigbee, ultrasound tracking and more.
Dash7 Alliance Seeks to Promote RFID Hardware Based on ISO 18000-7 Standard
The group comprises 20 member organizations, including RFID vendors, end users and government agencies.
Keynotes Announced for RFID Journal LIVE! 2009
Industry leaders from Boeing, the U.S. Department of Defense, Motorola and fashion retailer Charles Voegele will deliver keynote addresses at the conference and exhibition, to be held Apr. 27-29.
WiFi Coverage Helps Ekahau Find RTLS Opportunity
This installment of our coverage of innovative companies and people in the RFID industry spotlights Ekahau, whose singular focus on the WiFi market has created a spectrum of possibilities.
RFID Illuminates Work-in-Progress for Neonlite
The manufacturer of Megaman lightbulbs and lamps is using passive EPC Gen 2 RFID tags at its plant to manage production, as well as monitor inventory and shipments.
RFID Software Provider GlobeRanger Raises $8.3M
RFID infrastructure software provider GlobeRanger has raised $8.3 million in new funding, and announced 40 percent revenue growth over the past two years.
Asian RFID Outlook Predicts Pockets of Opportunity
Emerging application and vertical market opportunities, changing frequency preferences, and current challenging economic conditions highlighted a briefing on the Asian RFID market presented by industry research firm Frost & Sullivan.
AspireRFID Can Lower Deployment Costs
The project, involving academic and research institutions across Europe, has developed free open-source RFID middleware, and is currently working to create a range of tools to facilitate RFID deployment.
MIT Research Lab Taps RFID to Manage Files
The Research Laboratory of Electronics is using an EPC Gen 2 RFID system from Barcoding Inc. to manage thousands of funding proposals and other paper documents.