M/A-COM Combines RFID and Sensors for Smarter Forklift
The vendor’s RFID-enabled system uses acoustic and height sensors to improve a forklift’s accuracy and throughput.
RFID Helps Field-Workers Inspect and Maintain Valves
Newfoundland-based company Score Eastern Canada provides its personnel with pen-size RFID interrogators to retrieve and record data regarding the valves and seals the firm supplies to its oil- and gas-drilling clients.
2008 China RFID Industry Annual Awards Announced
RFID World China recently announced the winners of the 2008 China RFID Industry Annual Awards. The awards include companies, applications, events, and products, and are a window onto the Chinese RFID industry. Most useful to non-Chinese readers will be the awarded companies, which are not widely known outside China but could foreshadow major global competitors in the years ahead.
Sam’s Club Reduces Tagging Fee
Wal-Mart Stores’ warehouse retail chain will charge suppliers 12 cents, instead of $2.50, for each pallet of goods it receives without an EPC RFID tag.
Sam’s Club Provides Clarity on EPC RFID Plans
The retailer has sent a letter to all of its suppliers stating it is committed to the EPC RFID tagging of sellable units, but that suppliers will have more time to meet its tagging requirements.
What the Sam’s Club Announcement Means
Sam’s Club’s letter confirms the company’s commitment to EPC RFID technology, gives suppliers additional time to meet the tagging requirements wisely, and should also serve as a wakeup call to all other retailers.
An Internet of Senses
We need to build an integrated architecture that would enable organizations to share physical data collected by wireless sensor networks.
FloorTrak Combines RFID With Video to Count Retail Customers
Time Domain Corp. has integrated its real-time location system with ShopperTrak’s video-based technology to enable retailers to better determine the number of shoppers visiting their stores.
Utah Researcher Believes RFID Is the Key to Safe Driving
A University of Utah professor claims that embedding an RFID tag into a car key is the most effective way to stop drivers from speaking and texting on cell phones.
RFID Journal LIVE! 2009 to Feature Four Colocated Events
The conference and exhibition, to be held on Apr. 27-29 in Orlando, will host the AIDC Strategic RFID Workshop, IEEE RFID 2009, the Printed RFID Conference and the RFID in Aerospace Workshop.