Leading hospitals will explain how they are using RFID to cut costs and improve patient outcomes at the conference, to be held in January 2009 in Las Vegas.
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Italian Retail Pilot Quantifies RFID’s Many Benefits
The participants, which include ham-maker Parmacotto and supermarket operator Auchon, tracked tagged cases of food as they moved from production to sales floor.
Will Atlas Shrug?
Businesses can’t expect a handful of companies to do all of the work to develop industry standards for RFID.
RFID Power to the People
Want consumers to accept the technology? Give them applications that make their lives easier.
Automotive Manufacturer Tracks Incoming Inventory
Continental Automotive uses an Xterprise RFID system on a Microsoft BizTalk platform to track incoming electronic parts in reusable totes as they pass from third-party logistics providers to the manufacturer.
Dutch Forensics Lab Tracks Evidence With RFID
The Dutch Forensic Institute (NFI) tracks crime scene evidence in real time using RFID, providing complete chain-of-custody documentation to authorities.
Taiwan Trade Show Tries Virtual Exhibition Format
Visitors to the Taiwan International RFID Applications conference could use RFID to track their own movements, download information related to the booths they visited, and locate and contact colleagues.
German Study Finds Most RFID Deployments Deemed a Success
University of Freiburg researchers, interviewing several hundred RFID users, found more than 70 percent expect to amortize their investment within four years.
RFID News Roundup
GainSpan, Ekahau team up to create location-aware Wi-Fi sensor net; Omni-ID intros service bureau designed to simplify deployments; Chicago Trump Tower to get RFID system for parking garages; ClearCount Medical Solutions closes Series A financing round; Sirit’s UHF reader included as part of DOD RFID contract.
Kovio Set to Commercialize Printed RFID Tags
Kovio, which is developing printed RFID tag technology, announced it will begin shipping test quantities by the end of the year and expects to go into full production by June, 2009. The 13.56 MHz read-only tags will initially be priced between five and ten cents.
Justice Department Gives Nod to EPC Gen 2 Patent Pool
A group of UHF RFID technology vendors received a business review letter approving their request to negotiate patent licensing agreements as a single entity.
Dutch Forensic Institute Uses RFID to Control Crime Evidence
The agency is employing EPC Gen 2 tags to document an item’s chain of custody and trigger an alarm if evidence goes awry.