Tagged High School IDs Improve Student Flow, Enforce Rules
A Chicago-area institution implemented an RFID-based system allowing only authorized pupils to leave the campus during lunch, or to enter the student lounge.
Banning Skimming
Washington State is close to passing a law that would prohibit people from reading RFID tags in items you own without your knowledge.
Printed RFID Nearing Commercialization, Study Says
By 2010 manufacturers will be able to produce reliable printed RFID tags in quantities sufficient for commercial tracking and product authentication applications, according to a new report from NanoMarkets. The research firm predicts printed RFID sales will grow from $21.8 million in 2008 to $3.6 billion in 2015.
Painting Contractor Saves More Than a Drop in the Bucket
Using EPC RFID to track its leftover supplies, Vulcan saves thousands of dollars each month.
Companies, Agencies Use Clandestine RFID Systems to Catch Thieves
The NOX system includes RFID readers embedded in walls, surveillance cameras and—in some cases—luminescent dust to track the movement of personnel and assets.
RFID News Roundup
BRIDGE Project software demonstrates EPC RFID use in European supply chain; Identec Solutions, InSync Software partner to provide Web-based asset-management applications; Ekahau announces Web-based interface for real-time asset tracking; Caen RFID adds UHF reading capabilities to t+t netcom handheld devices; Sirit reports 2007 financial results; UPM Raflatac reaches 100 million RFID inlay milestone for mass-transit ticketing.
RFID Puts New World Trade Center on Solid Foundation
Thousands of active RFID tags with temperature sensors are embedded in the concrete of the new Freedom Tower, which is being built in New York City on the site of the original Twin Towers. Construction workers monitor the concrete curing process using handheld readers to get tag temperature data.
Fact-Checking the Los Angeles Times
An article on the use of RFID in cell phones is riddled with errors. Here are the facts.
Fact-Checking the Los Angeles Times
An article on the use of RFID in cell phones is riddled with errors. Here are the facts.
RFID Saves Contractor $12,000 in First Month
An internal RFID materials management system helps Vulcan Painters keep track of its inventory and reduce paint that must be discarded because it has spoiled. The large commercial painting firm reported it saved more than $12,000 in materials the first month the system was used.