Savi Technology announced that six firms have licensed its electronic container seal intellectual property, which was incorporated earlier this year as part of the ISO 18185 standard for e-seals. The company intends for its licensing program to accelerate adoption of the ISO 18185 standard and active RFID e-seal solutions overall.
Alliance Tech’s system employs long-range passive EPC RFID tags to identify conference attendees and play select informational videos on nearby screens, as well as generate sales leads.
The project, planned to take place in Milan and Rome, will be the first European pilot involving RFID-enabled prepaid payment cards.
The airport plans to install the RFID system in two phases over the next three months, with its current bar-code system running simultaneously as a backup.
Sokymat’s new EPC Gen 2 asset-tracking tag and compact HF tags; Emerson & Cuming announces new metal-mount tag; Schreiner buys X-ident; HF tag maker opens Brazilian plant to serve growing market; Newham College launches RFID lab; NFC Forum issues tag specs; RFID growth expected to triple in U.S. health-care sector.
RF Code introduced a combination radio frequency and infrared RTLS tag that it says provides more location precision and is more cost effective to deploy than traditional RTLS. The tag is indicative of new technology and business strategies the company recently put in place.
At two of the retailer’s busiest Tokyo stores, item-level tagging and RFID-enabled payment cards enabled the merchant to double the number of customers it could serve per hour.
EPCglobal North America and RFID Journal announced today that Turner will speak at the conference and exhibition, to be held in Chicago on Oct. 2-4.
Return on investment is not the only way to calculate the value of RFID.
Artificial knee joints and other replacement orthopedic products come in kits that contain dozens of components, many of which go unused during the surgery. Orthopedic manufacturer Zimmer is using RFID to ensure the right components are included in kits, and that they are identified and sorted correctly when returned.