Harmon Hospital Implements RFID to Track Assets
The system provides location information of such high-cost items as wheelchairs and medical devices helping employees avoid placing unnecessary orders.
RFID Brings ROI to Air-Filter Maker
German manufacturer Herding is using RFID to track production, quality control and shipment of new and reconditioned filters. The company expects to recoup its investment in 2007.
RFID News Roundup
New book explores RFID supply chain apps; Korea’s LS Industrial Systems partners with Impinj; Reva’s reader networking device ALE-certified; RF Code adds wireless linkage to RTLS platform.
Call For Academic Papers
The RFID Academic Convocation has issued a call for papers for the fifth RFID Academic Convocation, which will be held in conjunction with RFID Journal LIVE! 2007. I am pasting the call below so that all interested researchers can contact the organizing committee.
Top 10 RFID Trends of 2006, Part 3
This article is the last of a three-part series looking at the top ten trends in RFID over the past year. Today’s article looks at trends 3, 2, and 1, those that RFID Update considers the three most important trends of the year.
Alien Technology to Open a Division in Korea
The RFID hardware provider’s new venture, scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2007, will provide sales, distribution, marketing, R&D and manufacturing for the Asian RFID market.
GAO Report Highlights RFID Weaknesses in US-VISIT
Citing low read rates of an RFID system that US-VISIT is testing, as well as other concerns, the Government Accountability Office wants an updated report on the goals and progress of the program.
RFID Keeps City Sewers Running Smoothly
In Warendorf, Germany, workers use RFID to track the maintenance of the city’s 127-mile network of sewage canals and pipes.
Call For Academic Papers
The RFID Academic Convocation has issued a call for papers for the fifth RFID Academic Convocation, which will be held in conjunction with RFID Journal LIVE! 2007. I am pasting the call below so that all interested researchers can contact the organizing committee.
Dealing with “False-Positive” Reads
Companies no longer need to shield interrogator antennas to ensure they don’t read tags they don’t want to read, because software can now address the problem.