RFID hardware and solutions provider Sirit announced today that it has been awarded a $2 million contract from the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA). Beginning in the second quarter of this year the Toronto-based company will deliver RFID transponders to the OCTA over the course of three years.
The hospital’s new RFID system uses active UHF RFID tags to track about 1,300 medical devices.
The center’s mission will be to study ways RFID and other information technologies can be applied to the health-care industry’s procurement and distribution processes.
Hewlett-Packard, DHL and Dow AgroSciences to be honored at RFID Journal LIVE! 2007, RFID Journal’s fifth annual conference and exhibition.
RFID applications company Pramari has teamed with the University of Arkansas to offer what the two are calling “a comprehensive open source offering for RFID”.
Stafford Tower Crane is using an active RFID system from AssetPulse to track the location of cranes and components at construction sites.
Chilean avocado producer Rio Blanco is using RFID temperature sensors to ensure the fruit is kept at the proper temperature during shipment to the United States.
Mikoh says both consumers and retailers will benefit from its new product tag designs.
Companies must sort through the noise and learn where and how RFID can deliver real business value.
A university senior has developed a social-networking system to share information about tagged objects, places and people.