Search Teams Put RFID to the Rescue to Help Find the Missing
Rescue agencies in the United States and Canada are leveraging RFID wristbands and readers to cut the time needed to locate lost individuals.
Jena University Hospital Prescribes RFID to Reduce Medication Errors
The German hospital is beginning a pilot designed to track individual antibiotic prescriptions from the pharmacy to the patient.
EPCglobal Director Says No Need to Wait for China to Officially Condone EPC
The organization’s global development director says the nation’s new UHF RFID regulations mean global companies can now use EPC tags and readers to track Chinese-made goods throughout the supply chain.
RFID News Roundup
Brooks Automation announces compact HF reader; Calif. Senate passes bill to keep RFID out of state IDs; Xterprise offers comprehensive RTI tracking; Diagraph’s new midrange print-encode-apply system; VAI supports VeriFone’s RFID-enabled payment terminal.
Best Use of RFID in a Service: A Prescription for Spoiled Drugs
DHL is a winner of the first annual RFID Journal Awards. DHL’s RFID temperature-monitoring solution gives pharmaceutical companies more control over their distribution process, which could save them millions of dollars.
Best RFID Implementation: Keeping Tabs on Printers
Hewlett-Packard Brazil is a winner of the first annual RFID Journal Awards. By tagging individual printers, HP has not only gained visibility into its supply chain but also is addressing inefficiencies in its manufacturing and distribution processes.
Excellence in RFID: The 2007 RFID Journal Awards
Meet the winners of the 2007 RFID Journal Awards. Read about each company’s RFID project, and see why it is being honored.
RFID Invention to Detect Esophageal Reflux
Doctors in Texas have developed innovative RFID-based medical technology to track esophageal reflux disease, a condition that is estimated to affect as many as 19 million people. The new solution combines RFID with sensor technology to measure and transmit data from within a patient’s body.
DHL Express Steps Back from Internal Use of RFID
The company’s head of global customer service says DHL has no current plans to use EPC RFID labels to track packages, because the technology doesn’t currently meet its requirements.
RFID Labor Pool Still Insufficient, But Less So
CompTIA has released an update to its annual report on the state of RFID labor supply and demand. The key finding is that more than two-thirds of those surveyed characterize the RFID talent pool as insufficient. While this figure is large, it is actually down from last year’s 75 percent, which in turn was down from 2005’s 80 percent.