Barro Colorado Island, a Panamanian nature preserve, is deploying wireless-sensor networks in order to monitor the conditions of the rain forest from its home base.
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A New Tool in the Fight Against Cancer
Researchers at Purdue University are using RFID to make radiation treatment more precise and effective, while reducing the damage to healthy tissue.
Global Visibilty Empowers Logistics Customers
Logistics providers—the link between manufacturers and retailers—are figuring out how to use RFID to share data among trucking, shipping and air cargo carriers. The value to customers is being able to use real-time information to make smart business decisions.
RFID: No Longer for Big Companies Only
Midsize businesses are turning to RFID to capture the same efficiency and productivity benefits their larger counterparts are receiving—and they’re discovering that the RFID road to cost savings is paved with both promise and challenges.
Self-Service Border Control
Portugal is taking advantage of a global RFID standard to bring benefits to its government and travelers entering the country.
Printed-Electronics RFID Tags: From Promise to Reality
High-frequency tags with printed electronics could be cheaper than conventional RFID tags—and could pave the way for a host of new applications.
Xterprise Rolls Out IT Asset-Tracking Solution
The system, which combines software and EPC Gen 2 UHF RFID hardware, is designed to serve a rapidly growing demand.
RFID News Roundup
ThingMagic unveils RFID reader with built-in antenna; WaveZero and Mu-Gahat create start-up offering RFID inlay design and production; John Taylor Fertilizers Co. manages equipment with RFID; RFCamp intros UHF tag for high-temperature, -metal and -stress environments; SkyeTek reader module supports UHF ICs from EM Microelectronic; Visible Assets, CipherLab team to offer RuBee-based industrial computers.
Device Maker Deploys Item-Level RFID Across Supply Chain
SonicWALL, a provider of network security devices, is using RFID to provide item-level visibility into its extended supply chain.
New ThingMagic RFID Reader Cuts Cost, Size, and Power
ThingMagic’s new Astra RFID reader is a small form-factor device that utilizes Power over Ethernet technology to reduce the cost of deployment.
Ko-RFID Tackles RFID Business Collaboration Processes
Supported by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, the project hopes to address the challenges companies face when sharing information collected via RFID.
Premier Tells Medical Device Makers to Adopt GS1 Supply Chain Standards
The hospital purchasing alliance wants medical devices to be tracked by Global Trade Item Number and Global Location Number, which could make it easier for the health-care sector to implement RFID technology.