The EPCglobal US Conference officially kicked off today at the city convention center in Los Angeles with a round of speeches from some of the industry’s more influential individuals. This article provides some of the takeaways.
Linking RFID data with other sources of information, such as data about the weather and weather patterns, could prove to be a real competitive advantage.
Linking RFID data with other sources of information, such as data about the weather and weather patterns, could prove to be a real competitive advantage.
Patients at risk of falling or wandering off will wear wristbands with active RFID tags, allowing staff members to monitor their locations at all times.
At the Midwestern retailer’s data center, HP blade-server racks were fitted with a system of tags and interrogators designed to provide better visibility and control of equipment.
The company is using tags with Impinj’s Monaco/64 Gen 2 chip, which offers an extra 64 bits of user-programmable memory that clients such as Procter & Gamble and Avon will be able to use to store data.
Reva Systems and Impinj today announced what they are calling a performance breakthrough for RFID deployments in Europe, where adoption in the supply chain has been hindered by poor performance owing to restrictions on radio frequency allocations.
Only handfuls of technicians are equipped to handle the high-level RFID deployments that an increasing number of companies are demanding. In a February 2006 survey of 80 companies working with RFID technology conducted by CompTIA, 75 percent of respondents said they don’t believe there’s a sufficient pool of talent in RFID to hire from.
The recent outbreak of E. coli in bags of fresh spinach in the United States highlighted the need for better traceability in the food chain—which RFID will one day be able to deliver.
The new service assures that health-care, pharmaceutical and chemical companies’ products remain at appropriate temperatures during transit.