The one-day conference is focused on helping health-care providers understand how the technology can be employed to improve patient safety, hospital operations and supply chain efficiencies.
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HP Unveils Prototype Smart Display Case
Once deployed, the shelving unit would store HP inkjet printer cartridges and provide the company with real-time information about the demand for different types available.
University of Hyderabad Awards E-Diplomas
To verify a new employee’s academic credentials, Indian companies use an RFID interrogator to read an embedded tag encoded with a recipient’s name, graduation date, transcript and other identifying data.
RFID Gathers Momentum in Europe
Airbus, Metro and others are moving forward to deploy RFID on a large scale, while many companies across Europe are finding vast benefits in a wide variety of applications.
Getting a Read on RFID Smart Packaging (Part 1 of 2)
This is the first article of a two-part series examining the disconnect between the potential and the actual utilization of “smart packaging” — those corrugated boxes, pill bottles, and other containers in which RFID is embedded in the packaging itself. Today RFID Update considers if different smart packaging technologies are actually ready to market.
When Will RFID Packaging Get Smart? (Part 2 of 2)
This is the second article of a two-part series examining the state of “smart packaging” — those corrugated boxes, pill bottles, and other containers in which RFID is embedded in the packaging itself. Today RFID Update considers how and when smart packaging could be adopted, and how it might impact the traditional RFID smart label market.
New Smart Boxes Provide Alternative to RFID Labels
Domino Integrated Solutions Group and startup HIDE-Pack announced new smart packaging products that feature RFID inlays embedded into cardboard box material. The new packaging material eliminates the need to apply an RFID smart label to the box, and its developers say there are no RFID performance losses.
The Shift to Value Up Front
Over the past year, various RFID middleware vendors have turned to offering sharply focused applications that provide immediate payback to end users.
Islands of Automation: Hawaii Sponsors RFID Trial
Farmers in Hawaii will apply RFID tags to lettuce, strawberries, and tomatoes in a pilot project to provide visibility from the farm to the supermarket. The state- and USDA-sponsored pilot could expand to include all 5,000 farms in Hawaii.
Staples Business Depot Sees Positive Results from Active Tag Test
Although the Canadian company found that the RFID system slashed out-of-stock levels and increased sales, it has yet to determine whether those benefits outweigh the costs of deploying the system chain-wide.
RFID Snuffs Out Inefficiencies at Tobacco Plant
At its cigarette factory in Calcutta, ITC passive RFID tags help monitor tobacco moisture content at each stage of production.
RFID News Roundup
California bans forced human tagging; new association developing standards for ID authentication; Omron makes V750 reader BizTalk-friendly, announces new EPC Gen 2 tag; Augusta Systems upgrades sensor middleware to accommodate RFID; Impinj expands reseller network.