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While Google is great at finding written or recorded information, it can’t deliver when it comes to real-time, real-life events. RFID could change that.
While Google is great at finding written or recorded information, it can’t deliver when it comes to real-time, real-life events. RFID could change that.
Portugal is taking advantage of a global RFID standard to bring benefits to its government and travelers entering the country.
Midsize businesses are turning to RFID to capture the same efficiency and productivity benefits their larger counterparts are receiving—and they’re discovering that the RFID road to cost savings is paved with both promise and challenges.
Midsize enterprises around the world and in many industries are beginning to adopt RFID technologies.
The system, which combines software and EPC Gen 2 UHF RFID hardware, is designed to serve a rapidly growing demand.
ThingMagic unveils RFID reader with built-in antenna; WaveZero and Mu-Gahat create start-up offering RFID inlay design and production; John Taylor Fertilizers Co. manages equipment with RFID; RFCamp intros UHF tag for high-temperature, -metal and -stress environments; SkyeTek reader module supports UHF ICs from EM Microelectronic; Visible Assets, CipherLab team to offer RuBee-based industrial computers.
Supported by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, the project hopes to address the challenges companies face when sharing information collected via RFID.
The hospital purchasing alliance wants medical devices to be tracked by Global Trade Item Number and Global Location Number, which could make it easier for the health-care sector to implement RFID technology.
SonicWALL, a provider of network security devices, is using RFID to provide item-level visibility into its extended supply chain.