RFID Fills Security Gap at Psychiatric Ward
After construction work disabled the alarm system at Australia’s Rockhampton Base Hospital, nurses began using battery-powered RFID cards to sends alerts if they need assistance.
Web Site Teaches German Consumers About RFID
Launched by Informationsforum RFID—a business group that includes DHL, Metro Group, Intermec and P&G—the RFIDABC Web site aims to educate in an entertaining manner.
RFID Adds to Security at Virginia Port Authority
Savi Networks and GE Security tapped to protect all three of the port authority’s terminals.
Checkpoint Refocuses RFID Effort
The company plans to concentrate on the retail industry, selling its RFID products through its existing retail sales channel, rather than a dedicated RFID team.
Lab Focuses on Testing Tags for Health-Care Applications
Solstice Medical’s simulation of a hospital’s reprocessing unit is designed to assess the durability of tags following sterilization, or in extreme temperatures.
European 3PL Turns to RFID for Container Tracking
RTLS provider WhereNet today announced a closed-loop active RFID deployment for Austrian third-party logistics provider Jobstl. Jobstl distributes clothing and fashion merchandise for Vogele, a clothes retailer with more than 750 locations across Austria, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, and the Netherlands.
Summary of Baird RFID Monthly for October
Baird has released its October report. The 16-page document is a worthwhile read for anyone requiring an overview of the industry’s last 30 days. For those without time to do so, we have reprinted here the report’s summary.
Taking RFID’s Temperature
At the EPCglobal Conference, end users were more bullish about the future of RFID than the vendors were.
Pharma to Pioneer Item-level Tracking
The pharmaceutical industry will significantly influence how the RFID industry addresses item-level tracking and high-compliance applications on a global scale.
RFID Keeps the “Fresh” in Fresh Express
New analytics service helps packaged-salads division make sense of tag data as products move through the supply chain.