UK-based research firm IDTechEx has published an update on the retail market for RFID. All in all, the market continues to be a challenging one for vendors, with relatively soft demand exacerbated by imperfect read rates. This article includes the highlights from IDTechEx’s update.
The EPC-based system, from Aventyn, has helped the facility increase patient throughput, reduce the use of paper forms and better track equipment.
A European pharmaceutical manufacturer is testing RFID and sensors to monitor temperatures inside vans transporting drugs from Belgium to Sweden.
Siemens will integrate and resell Ekahau’s Wi-Fi-based real-time locating system as part of its wireless network offerings.
Countries south of the Rio Grande see the benefits of RFID and are moving ahead faster than you might think.
Different RFID technologies should work together to solve end users’ needs.
Research firm In-Stat has released the 2007 update to its annual report on the market for WiFi-based real-time location systems (RTLS) of the sort used to track medical assets in hospitals, heavy equipment in mines, and parcels for express delivery services. This article highlights the report’s key findings.
The Florida facility will implant RFID chips in 200 volunteers this summer to test the VeriMed system’s ability to identity patients and their medical histories.
Vicaima, a maker of wooden doors and doorframes, is using passive UHF tags to monitor production at its manufacturing facility in Portugal.
The company is using active 2.4 GHz RFID tags to pinpoint miners working in a 3.5-mile series of tunnels.