RFID Helps Malaysian Museums Track Artifacts
To help it manage its collection, the National Museum in Kuala Lumpur plans to apply passive HF tags to a million items—and the shelves on which they are stored.
RFID News Roundup
Calif. legislature advances RFID bills; PINC, C3 combine yard management offerings; new book offers insights, guidelines on item-level RFID tagging; Savi supplying NATO; WJ Communications announces low-power reader module.
Identec Introduces Active RFID/GPS Combo Tag
RTLS provider Identec Solutions introduced a new tag that combines GPS and active UHF RFID technologies. Identec is promoting the tag for asset management, personnel tracking, container tracking and port applications.
Group Studies RFID’s Potential to Help Speed Aircraft Turnarounds
The IATA/SITA/Cambridge Turnaround Project is exploring how automatic ID technologies can be used to maximize aircraft utilization.
IATA Expects Big Savings for Airlines That Tag Trolleys
The airline trade group will soon start a trial using RFID to track the wheeled carts airlines employ to carry food and duty-free items on board aircraft.
Airbus Taps ODIN, Signals Aerospace RFID Adoption
ODIN technologies yesterday announced that European aircraft manufacturer Airbus has selected it as the exclusive RFID hardware integration partner for an aggressive phase of deployment across its value chain. RFID Update spoke with ODIN’s Bret Kinsella about the Airbus program and what it means for the adoption of RFID broadly.
Canadian Grocery Pilot Finds ROI in RFID
By implementing RFID, retailers and suppliers should markedly reduce out-of-stocks and improve promotional execution, according to a seven-month project involving Loblaw and four of its suppliers.
Best Buy Eager to Use RFID to Eliminate Checkout Lines
The greatest obstacle to deployment, according to Best Buy CIO Bob Willett, is the current cost of tags and readers.
Pfefferkorn Spedition Uses RFID and Video to Track Shipments
At the German forwarder’s warehouse, workers employ bar-code scanners fitted with active RFID tags to record a package’s location and link it to specific surveillance images.
RFID Debuts as Hand-Washing Compliance Officer
To reduce the spread of infections, a new automated hand-sanitizing system uses RFID to monitor how well health-care workers wash their hands.