Parisian libraries to implement RFID; Rush University Medical Center to track implantable devices; Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner offers guidance for RFID health-care applications; Axcess International ships RFID-enabled ID card; UPM Raflatac debuts Hammer EPC Gen 2 inlay for metal; Loc8tor shrinks reader, tests car-finding app with Chevrolet U.K.; RSI ID Technologies’ antenna for baggage tags.
IC Insights has published a report that makes predictions for the worldwide market for RFID chips, which the research firm projects will grow at an impressive annual rate of 63 percent through 2011, when revenues reach $2.3 billion and units 26.1 billion.
Members of the GSM Association have already launched trials in France, Taiwan and Turkey in which participants use RFID-enabled phones to pay for goods and services, with plans to add eight additional countries later this year.
The 13.56 MHz RFID system has been designed to enable hospitals and laboratories to quickly identify hundreds of specimen-carrying glass slides stored closely together.
For its 2009 F-Series pickups and E-Series vans, the company is offering its Tool Link option, featuring a built-in EPC Gen 2 RFID interrogator for tracking equipment and other assets used in the construction industry.
This article concludes a two-part series on how RFID is taught at colleges and universities. It includes a list of known courses and programs, with a brief profile and contact information.
The U.K. automaker is working with a U.K. research group on a pilot using active RFID tags to increase the visibility of containers, full or empty, entering or leaving an assembly plant.
Hospital staff can use the active RFID system not only to track the location and status of equipment, but also to access their maintenance and technical manuals, without leaving an operating room or other point of care.
An Associated Press article presents a grossly inaccurate view of radio frequency identification in an effort to scare uninformed readers.
An Associated Press article presents a grossly inaccurate view of radio frequency identification in an effort to scare uninformed readers.