Missouri School District Puts RFID on Buses
The system helps make sure every driver performs a daily safety inspection, that mechanics perform needed repairs and that the vehicles are being operated properly.
China Endorses ISO 18000-7 433 MHz Standard
The move will make it easier for RFID vendors to sell equipment in China, and for goods manufacturers to streamline their global supply-chain processes.
U.S. Army Developing RFID System to Track Weapons Usage
In an effort to make sure ground vehicles’ weapons are properly maintained, Benét Laboratories is working on a system using sensors and passive RFID tags to record the number of rounds fired.
Inability to Measure Process Performance Hides RFID Value
AMR Research analyst John Fontanella argues in this guest article that it is far easier to measure the costs of RFID than it is the benefits, and it is for this reason that determining ROI has been so challenging. But just because measuring the benefits is difficult does not mean they don’t exist, especially when trading partners collaborate.
Marnlen Makes Privacy-Friendly Tags for Retail Items
The label maker is using IBM’s Clipped Tag design, allowing consumers to tear off most of a passive RFID tag’s antenna on items they have purchased.
Pro-Privacy Tearable RFID Tag Becomes a Reality
IBM has licensed its innovative Clipped Tag technology to label converter Marnlen RFiD, who has already started shipping samples to select end users. According to what Marnlen’s vice president of business development Andris Lauris told RFID Update, the tags are ready for immediate production, and the company is taking orders.
RFID Brings Further Automation to Mail-Order Pharmacy
The introduction of RFID is expected to reduce errors during the picking and packing process by 99 percent.
MasterCard and 7-Eleven Launch NFC Trial
During the trial, participating consumers will download a contactless-payment application to their mobile phones, enabling them to use the phones just as they would NFC-enabled contactless payment cards.
Fighting Fires With RFID and Wireless Sensors
A new product aims to provide more details about fire, speeding up efforts to control them.
RFID Laptop Tracking Sees Adoption
The cost of stolen laptops is going up, and the market is looking to RFID for help. Vector Networks this week announced the addition of an RFID-based asset tracking application to its suite of offerings. The solution allows enterprises to quickly locate and track valuable assets such as laptops that are constantly moved from one location to another.