I need some information about companies specializing in that sector, and I was hoping you could suggest which ones I should contact. —Daniel (London) ——— Daniel, In general, systems integrators operating in the RFID industry do not focus solely on one particular...
ITN International provided a service enabling vendors to utilize NFC-enabled smartphones to capture information about those visiting their booths.
The new strategy could encourage consumers to adopt a single credential, “such as a unique piece of software on a smartphone, a smart card or a token that generates a one-time digital password.”
I am looking to obtain information about the adoption of RFID in that sector. —Name withheld ——— Unfortunately, many process manufacturers have been slow to adopt radio frequency identification. Some, such as BP, have been using RFID to track assets, containers, rail...
Do any companies manufacture a tiny tag that can be interrogated from such a distance? — Rob ——— Rob, That depends on the conditions present in your particular environment. If a tag is affixed to RF-friendly material, you can probably get a fairly small...
I'm looking for an asset-tracking system that also has an infant-monitoring feature. Is such a solution available on the market? —Name withheld ——— Visonic Technologies offers a real-time location system (RTLS) with an infant-tracking function (see RFID Roundup:...
I work in sub-Saharan Africa, and we're looking to use ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) tags to monitor our grain bags. Is it possible to scan large quantities of bags simultaneously? Would you advise us to sew a chip into a bag, or merely to drop it in with the grain? And...
Please explain how this is done. —Name withheld ——— We disabled the RFQ system a while back, when we made some changes to our Buyer's Guide. We are currently working to get that page back up and functioning again, which should take us a couple more weeks. With RFID...
Has the technology been certified or approved by the industrial gas industry for implementation without affecting the gas stability? —Name withheld ——— I have not heard that radio frequency identification has been approved in any formal way for use on explosive...
I am planning a project that would require an RFID scanner to read an extremely minimal amount of information (just a 10-digit number) on an RFID tag from a distance of approximately 20 feet. I would like to use cell phones with RFID chips to accomplish this. Is this...
My company would like to track 1-liter bottles traveling across large geographical regions, such as Australia. Are there any existing RFID solutions that could fulfill this requirement? The number of bottles would be in the millions. —Name withheld ——— Radio frequency...
If not, do you know where I could find stories about this subject? —Al (Fairfield, N.J.) ——— Al, The only white paper we have posted regarding the use of radio frequency identification to track jewelry is this one: Achieving Return on Investment Using RFID for Jewelry...