NFC-enabled Phones to Unlock Hotel Rooms
With Assa Abloy’s first RFID-enabled lock system set to ship in October, hotels will be able to let guests use their mobile phones as room keys.
Media Providers Entertain RFID’s Potential
The entertainment media industry ponders where and when RFID should be deployed to improve its supply chain, while retailer Best Buy is leading the charge to use RFID in improving customer service.
RFID News Roundup
AeroScout partnering on tracking system for mines; Innovision announces NFC platform; RFID4U, ODIN offering training in D.C. area; Ipico tags cross finish line in increasing numbers; RFID-enabled mouse and pad for European users; Navigational Sciences licenses DOE’s RFID technology; SkyeTek HF/UHF development kit; Royal Bank of Scotland testing RFID payment cards.
RFID Tag Balances Privacy and Retailer Interests
Copenhagen-based RFIDsec this week announced a pro-privacy solution whereby retail RFID tags can be disabled upon check-out without being completely “killed”, which is the traditional, irreversible way of disabling a tag. By instead switching a tag to “silent mode”, it can still be used by the retailer in case the consumer returns the tagged product.
Vegas Hotel-Casino Uses Tags to Keep Tabs on Liquor
At Treasure Island, RFID-enabled bottle spouts track the amount of liquor bartenders pour.
Soliatis Launches E-passport Testing Software
The smart-card systems provider designed its new products to facilitate the development of ICAO-compliant electronic passports and related applications.
ROI in Biospecimen Tracking Thrives with RFID
Health Industry Insights’ Eric Newmark explains in this guest contribution how a cancer research facility in France is reaping substantial return on investment through its RFID tagging of high-value biospecimens. The technology could end up saving the facility $3 million on a tag spend of just $32,000.
RFIDsec Unveils Privacy-Protected Tags
The company’s RFID system is designed to prevent unauthorized activation of tags attached to consumer products.
BP Tests RFID Sensor Network at U.K. Plant
The energy company seeks to determine how the technology might help it manage its chemical inventory, increase stock visibility and reinforce safe-handling business rules.
SmartTable Supplies Nygard Customers With Product Info
The Canadian retailer is piloting an RFID-enabled system in its Toronto store that provides details about a garment whenever a shopper picks it up.