Starting in December, the company will begin affixing EPC Gen 2 RFID tags to one model of its electric scooters bound for Wal-Mart.
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Toronto-Area Hospital Kicks Off Asset-Tracking Pilot
At Hamilton Health Sciences’s acute-care center at McMaster University, the nursing ward is using active RFID tags to track IV pumps and other high-value mobile equipment.
Nisa-Today’s DC Uses RFID to Secure Trailers
Using a system of active and passive RFID tags, the U.K. grocery consortium identifies truck drivers, discourages theft and knows if a trailer loaded with goods has been tampered with.
Beef Tracking, the RFID Way
Canadian beef producer uses an RFID-based system to monitor the processing of cattle carcasses at its plant, as well as the location of each animal’s meat throughout the supply chain.
Medline Markets RF System for Surgical Sponges
Designed to reveal sponges and gauze inadvertently left inside patients, the RF-Detect system received FDA approval this month.
NXP, Sony Partner to Make Chip for NFC Apps
This joint venture will promote adoption of near-field communication technology—especially in Asia and Europe.
RFID Drives Fight Against Counterfeit Car Parts
MQVP is working to RFID-enable its existing electronic system, which tracks the supply chain for collision-repair automotive parts.
O-I Embeds Tags in Bottoms of Drug Bottles, Improving Read Rates
In a demonstration simulating a conveyor, Owens-Illinois programmed 96-bit EPC numbers on the bottles’ Gen 2 tags at rates exceeding 600 tags per minute.
Cardinal Health Deems RFID Pilot a Success
The drug company has not yet determined, however, how to achieve satisfactory read rates of individual tags on pharmaceutical items packed in cases on pallets.
Axcess Partnering With Casino Technology Provider
Through the partnership, Genesis Resource will integrate Axcess’ active RFID tag system into its existing key-tracking applications. The company will likely also include the technology in other casino applications.
Northern Foods Seeks to Integrate RFID Data Into Enterprise–wide Apps
In 2007, the U.K. supplier of baked, refrigerated and frozen goods plans to use its RFID system to generate shipment documentation for drivers and, eventually, to create electronic advance shipping notices for retailers.
RFID Journal Announces Keynote Speakers for RFID Journal LIVE! 2007
RFID Journal’s fifth annual conference and exhibition, to be held Apr. 30 to May 2, 2007, will feature addresses by Wal-Mart CIO Rollin Ford and Sara Lee CIO George Chappelle.