Researchers Use RFID to Fight SIDS
A team at the University of Texas, Arlington, has designed and built a device that monitors the carbon dioxide a child exhales, and sends an alert via RFID seconds after the infant stops breathing.
Appliance Maker, Logistics Providers Test Passive RFID Container Seal
The developers—IPICO, E.J Brooks and Tenacent—say their new seal, which includes tamper detection, is a simpler, low-cost alternative to active tags.
RFID Yard Management Provider Lands $4.5m
PINC Solutions, a provider of RFID yard management solutions based in Berkeley, California, has received $4.5 million in Series C funding. PINC’s flagship offering is Yard Hound, an asset visibility solution for distribution center yards based on passive RFID.
The Advantages of Going Cashless
Life could be a lot safer for taxi drivers and others if they accepted cashless payments.
Italian Stone Supplier Uses RFID to Track Marble, Granite
Bresciana Graniti employs passive 13.56 MHz tags to manage the production and distribution of the stone slabs it sells.
Alien Technology to Present RFID Applications at RFID Journal LIVE! 2007
Live demonstrations showing how to create pallet-pedigree, asset-tracking and flexible-logistics solutions will be held on the exhibit floor May 1 and May 2.
EPCglobal Ratifies EPCIS Standard
Designed to help companies securely exchange data with their business partners in real time, the new standard is expected to have a big impact on RFID’s ROI.
RFID Data Sharing Standard EPCIS is Ratified
EPCglobal today announced the ratification of Electronic Product Code Information Services (EPCIS), a secure, real-time standard for data sharing among trusted organizations. The ratification marks a key milestone in the effort to enable RFID-based supply chain visibility across trading partners and across continents.
The EPCIS Standard in Perspective
While the ratification of the standard represents a milestone for EPCglobal and EPC adoption, don’t expect it to lead to mass adoption of EPC technologies overnight.
The Ratification of EPCIS
The EPCglobal Network is now open for business, allowing trading partners to share information and gain business value.