Business As Unusual
The federal government is using RFID in ways that will impact your business.
Airbus’ Grand Plans for RFID
Think the Airbus A380—the world’s largest passenger airplane—is big? Consider the jet maker’s company-wide RFID program, which extends from tracking goods in its global supply chain to manufacturing and in-service operations.
Organic Growth: Conference Tries Printed RFID Tags
New printed RFID products made their debut on event tickets as part of a trial system at an organic electronics coverage. Printed RFID developer PolyIC said progress is continuing with the technology and it now offers two product lines in pilot quantities.
Wal-Mart, Best Buy Spearhead DVD-Tagging Pilot
The retailers, along with other EPCglobal members from the media and entertainment industry, are testing RFID’s ability to provide visibility into where items are located, when they were placed there and when more need to be ordered.
U.S. Army Gun-Monitoring RFID Prototype Gets Upgrade
Developers from Augusta Systems and the Army’s Benét Labs have crafted a new design to ensure the Abrams tank guns get serviced in a timely fashion.
RFID News Roundup
Intelleflex announces new semi-passive tag; Korea Airport Assoc. buying UPM bag-tags; TDK achieves prototype thin-film transistor tags; TI entering e-passport market; Magellan offering licensing for anti-collision IP; Dust Networks unveils WirelessHART-based sensor networking products; VeriChip, Digital Angel partner with Receptors LLC to develop glucose sensor.
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DVD Movies to Star in Retail RFID Pilot
Major movie studios, distributors, and retailers will conduct an eight-week pilot project to track individual DVDs with Gen2 RFID tags. The pilot was designed as a proof of concept for item-level supply chain tracking and will involve reading tags at manufacturing and at retail to assist inventory management.
Indonesia’s Special Forces Unit Adopts RFID
An RFID-enabled identity card enables soldiers to purchase items, and might soon be expanded to enable access to their medical history.
London Paper Issues RFID Card to Increase Reader Loyalty
The Evening Standard hopes its Eros card will boost newspaper sales.