RFID Enters a New Phase
Mounting the slope of RFID enlightment.
Mounting the slope of RFID enlightment.
Manufacturers won’t benefit from tagging their items until RFID becomes widely adopted, but that won’t happen until manufacturers tag their items.
The RFID leader that time virtually forgot
Researchers at MIT have developed an ad hoc sensor network that can help drivers in urban areas find available parking spots on the street.
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing David Brock for an “Out in Front” story. Brock is the mad scientist who, back in 1996, came up with the ridiculously implausible idea of embedding a radio frequency identification tag in every item manufactured on Earth. A decade later, Brock’s idea not only doesn’t seem so farfetched, it’s actually starting to happen.
By learning how to use RFID to fight counterfeiting, we know what’s needed to make the EPCglobal Network secure.
EPCglobal standards can help improve the safety and longevity of aircraft.
The Generation 3 standard will take the RFID market into the mainstream.
Mike Witty, analyst with research firm Manufacturing Insights, notes in this guest contribution that despite predictions of stalled RFID adoption as recently as a few months ago, the first quarter of 2006 has seen great strides, and it appears that industry may be coming out of its funk.
The construction company is using RFID to track its large fleet of vehicles in the United Arab Emirates.