EPAL Moves Ahead With RFID Pallet-Tagging Pilot
The European Pallet Association is successfully using EPC Gen 2 passive RFID tags to track 1,000 pallets in Switzerland, and plans to expand the pilot to additional countries in 2009.
Boeing Tracks Assets at Kennedy Space Center
RFID Global Solution’s real-time locating system allows Boeing to track its tools as they are used on NASA spacecraft in real time, and to ensure none are left at the launch pad.
NASA Discovers RTLS Works Well in Small Spaces
Boeing and NASA installed an ultra-wideband (UWB) real-time location system (RTLS) at the Kennedy Space Center to track thousands of assets used to support the International Space Station. One innovative feature is the use of vehicle-mounted readers to track items delivered to the launch pad.
RFID Helps Promote Healthy Pregnancies
In Dundee, Scotland, pregnant women blow into a device to verify they have not been smoking, then present an RFID card to record their success and receive a reward.
RFID-based System Tracked Victims of Hurricanes Gustav, Ike
The state of Texas employed EPC Gen 2 tags, GPS and bar-coding to monitor the process of evacuating individuals—particular the elderly, sick or disabled—who lacked access to transportation during the storms.
CHEP Tracks Auto-Part Containers in Europe
The company is using EPC Gen 2 tags to track the shipment, receipt, inspection and repair of 150,000 returnable plastic containers.
Air Force Base Deploys Wi-Fi/GPS RFID System Across 2,500 Acres
Davis-Monthan Air Force base will use AeroScout’s new Unified Asset Visibility solution to track equipment anywhere on its vast compound.
Increasing Read Ranges
An EPC-compliant Gen 2 active tag is on the horizon.
Healthcare, Pharma Industries to Increase RFID Spending
Market research from Kalorama Information predicts the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries will significantly increase their investments in RFID technology in the next five years. RFID sales for 2008 are valued at $474 million in healthcare and $70 million in pharmaceutical.
An RFID Policy for the New Administration
In preparation for the presidency, Barack Obama gets a little advice on what the United States needs to do about radio frequency identification.