RTLS protects ER employees at Madrid’s 12 de Octubre Hospital; Lisbon transit operators order 25 million contactless tickets; California District Attorney’s office tracks files with RFID; RedPrairie integrates mobile asset-tracking software into warehouse management; SmarTrac unveils new smart card inlay, delivers cards for Cairo Metro; OTA Training opens office in Australia.
Pre-filled syringes are being labeled with RFID tags and read by automatic injection machines to make sure patients about to have CT scans are injected with the correct solutions and to prevent use of expired product or reused syringes.
The German auto parts supplier is using passive UHF tags to improve inventory accuracy and just-in-time delivery, and is now considering expanding the system to achieve even greater visibility of parts containers.
A test of RFID read rates for footwear and apparel items in simulated retail use-case environments found generally good performance but some large variations among tags and readers. Researchers at the RFID Research Center at the University of Arkansas concluded item-level tagging is feasible for the product category.
By acquiring TrenStar, the RFID asset-tracking software provider gains inroads into software-as-a-service, as well as the company’s RFID-enabled distribution service for beer kegs and other containers.
In addition to investigating the physical effects of implanting RFID tags in aquatic animals, the project will develop an RFID-enabled system to monitor and improve broodstock on fish farms.
RFID solutions provider Fluensee acquired TrenStar’s asset management software. The deal expands Fluensee’s software-as-a-service offerings and gives the company additional customers, markets and distribution channels. TrenStar is effectively exiting the RFID industry and will focus on its airline container management business.
By year’s end, the Australian Communication and Media Authority says it will finish weighing the results of trials testing the effect of 4-watt UHF RFID devices on the nation’s GSM-based mobile phone systems.
Surveys find that U.K. retailers may lead the European Union in planning deployments of RFID-enabled payment technology, despite consumer fears regarding contactless payments.
A pilot project in New Zealand generated strong evidence that ultrahigh frequency (UHF) RFID technology is better suited to livestock tagging in that country than low frequency (LF), which is the flavor of RFID deployed historically. The New Zealand RFID Pathfinder Group conducted the pilot in April and May with groups of deer, sheep, and cattle.