Wisconsin Clinic Opts for RFID Solution
Advanced Pain Management is using a low-cost system from Reltronics Technologies that lets it use passive UHF RFID tags to track the medical charts of its 50,000 patients.
Nortel to Add RFID-Enabled Services to Municipal Wi-Fi Platform
The telecommunications equipment firm is integrating central sensor-networking appliances from Blue Vector so wireless ISPs can provide RFID services.
Will RFID Cross the Chasm in 2007?
Maybe, but even if it doesn’t, you can expect significant progress as companies prove there is a return on investment from using passive UHF tags in the supply chain.
Scaling Down RFID Investments
Layoffs and cutbacks within the industry may not necessarily be a bad thing.
More Manufacturers Use RFID to Improve Than Comply
A new study from ChainLink Research produced some surprising results about RFID implementations: manufacturers are more likely to install RFID for internal process improvements than because of compliance requirements, and small companies are enthusiastic adopters.
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.