The health-care organization is using active 433 MHz tags to track 23,000 surgical patients annually, and nearly 2,500 of its assets, with plans to tag 5,500 additional items.
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RFID System Helps Retailers Send Tailored Messages to Customers
The solution uses passive HF RFID tags to identify customers entering the store, then send alerts via cell phones, video screens and other devices to inform them about promotions of special interest.
RFID Tidies Up Distribution of Hospital Scrubs
At St. Olavs, an RFID-based system tracks work garments, saving space and labor costs while improving inventory accuracy.
Compact, Cheap RFID Reader Chip Developed
Last week the Institute of Microelectronics in Singapore announced the development of a single reader chip for ultrahigh frequency (UHF) RFID which has the potential to dramatically reduce both the price and form factor of portable RFID readers.
RFID and Root-Cause Analysis
Retailers, CPG companies and others are turning to RFID to determine why problems in the supply chain occur, and to use that data to continually improve processes.
Unipart Launches Insight Service for Real-Time Shipment Tracking
The service combines RFID, GSM/GPRS and GPS technologies so companies can track containers of goods and the trucks transporting them.
Aberdeen on RFID Adoption in Manufacturing
Research firm Aberdeen Group last week released the latest installment in a series of reports on RFID adoption by manufacturers. Entitled , the report is available free. In this guest contribution, report author Russ Klein summarizes the key findings and recommendations for action.
Complex Event Processing and RFID
The use of complex event processing (CEP) software can lower development time and costs for event-driven RFID and sensor-network applications.
Many Manufacturers Stuck in RFID Pilot Phase
A survey by ARC Advisory Group indicates that performance and price issues are keeping many manufacturing companies from launching full implementations.
NASA, Intermec Partner to Send RFID Into Space
Plans call for testing two or three different passive UHF tags in an experiment conducted this year on the International Space Station—the first time RFID tags have been exposed to the conditions in space.
Cisco, AeroScout Team to Market WiFi RFID
Cisco Systems continues to fill out its RFID portfolio by releasing a new asset tracking system that uses WiFi wireless LANs and Cisco’s Wireless Location Appliance with active RFID tags and software provided by AeroScout.
RFID News Roundup
RFID vendors named for first phase of EPCglobal cargo-tracking pilot; WhereNet opens Asia-Pacific headquarters; kick-off standards meeting for RuBee tag; NordicID partners with CAEN, upgrades PL3000; WJ Communications releases module using UHF chipset; Ports of Busan, Rotterdam operating SaviTrack system; Genco reselling RFind RTLS platform.