Complex Event Processing and RFID
The use of complex event processing (CEP) software can lower development time and costs for event-driven RFID and sensor-network applications.
Cisco, AeroScout Team to Market WiFi RFID
Cisco Systems continues to fill out its RFID portfolio by releasing a new asset tracking system that uses WiFi wireless LANs and Cisco’s Wireless Location Appliance with active RFID tags and software provided by AeroScout.
Many Manufacturers Stuck in RFID Pilot Phase
A survey by ARC Advisory Group indicates that performance and price issues are keeping many manufacturing companies from launching full implementations.
NASA, Intermec Partner to Send RFID Into Space
Plans call for testing two or three different passive UHF tags in an experiment conducted this year on the International Space Station—the first time RFID tags have been exposed to the conditions in space.
RFID News Roundup
RFID vendors named for first phase of EPCglobal cargo-tracking pilot; WhereNet opens Asia-Pacific headquarters; kick-off standards meeting for RuBee tag; NordicID partners with CAEN, upgrades PL3000; WJ Communications releases module using UHF chipset; Ports of Busan, Rotterdam operating SaviTrack system; Genco reselling RFind RTLS platform.
Driving Toward Smarter Supply Chains
The world’s leading automakers are finding new ways to use RFID to help remove inefficiencies in the manufacture and distribution of cars, and eke out profits in an increasingly competitive industry.
IDTechEx Releases RFID Market Predictions for 2007
Research firm IDTechEx of Cambridge this week released the 2007 update to its annual ten-year forecast on the RFID market. The company has published some of its key predictions for 2007, highlighted in this article.
Cisco, AeroScout Team Up on RTLS; PanGo Unveils Next-Gen Tag
The Cisco-AeroScout solution is designed for manufacturing companies. Both the AeroScout and PanGo tags are active Wi-Fi-based devices.
RFID Enters the Pigpen
AgVantage, a plastics manufacturing company in Illinois, is creating an RFID-enabled feeder designed to help hog farmers more efficiently care for their livestock.
Feelings of Insecurity
RFID is proving to be an important tool in our defensive arsenal.