RFID technology will figure prominently into one of the most ambitious “city of the future” projects to date. In Tokyo’s famed Ginza shopping district, 10,000 RFID tags and similar wireless beacons will be embedded in public fixtures like walls and street lamps, according to Computerworld.
To increase efficiencies, while helping students study more and search less, the Chicago State University facility uses a system combining RFID with automated material handling.
Developed in conjunction with the Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation, the system can identify the box’s cargo and location, as well as monitor internal environmental conditions.
HP and Precision Dynamics Corporation today announed the deployment of a comprehensive RFID-based patient management system at the Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital in Taiwan. The system offers the facility a raft of benefits and has already realized positive results in terms of patient identification.
Ceàgo Vinegarden is using passive tags and active sensors to improve the quality of its grapes, reduce environmental impacts and increase efficiencies.
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3M today announced the successful pilot of an RFID-based track-and-trace solution for Mayo Clinic, the well-known medical practice with diagnosis and treatment facilities scattered across the US. The RFID system will allow medical practitioners to better manage the specimens of patient tissue.
Systems using the communication standard for active 2.4 MHz RFID devices will be widely deployed in 2008, according to a report from market research firm ABI Research.
A group of university researchers are developing a system designed to ensure the freshness of meat distributed throughout the supply chain.
The building and roofing distributor is now equipping each of its 900 trucks with a device that integrates RFID and GPS.
The Indian IT services company is using the technology to automate the tracking of its computers and those of its clients.
Advanced Pain Management is using a low-cost system from Reltronics Technologies that lets it use passive UHF RFID tags to track the medical charts of its 50,000 patients.