In a newly released report, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration says I.D. Systems’ Wireless Asset Net system can help ensure the secure operation of airplane fueling trucks and other maintenance vehicles.
Trial participants will apply tags to packaging of individual mobile phones and track them as they are transported between a distribution center and retail stores operated by the Dutch telco.
The Finnish city’s bus operator, Koskilinjat, and transportation applications provider Buscom are testing a system that lets passengers use mobile phones as transit cards.
TI buys Chipcon for $200 million; Cognio releases RFID spectrum analysis tool; Oakton College building RFID lab, curriculum; Stratum and Meridian collaborate; BlueStar distributing Gen 2-compliant hardware.
Bob Parker, analyst with research firm Manufacturing Insights, argues in this guest contribution that enterprises should adopt data acquisition platforms that go beyond just RFID to include all the technological resources at their disposal: bar codes, sensors, wireless networking, and web services, to name a few.
The firm will use its own RFID products and services to track and maintain service histories on the equipment it sells.
By embedding RFID tags into tickets for the Tennis Masters Cup 2005, organizers were able to curtail counterfeiting, increase revenues and speed patrons’ entry into the stadium.
In this guest article from AMR Research, analyst Dennis Gaughan shares a holiday wish list for RFID in 2006. He offers four key elements that would make next year a successful one for the technology.
Those interested in being among the first to be certified as RFID experts have until Dec. 31 to take the test.
The Dutch logistics and shipping company is expanding an RFID trial that tags and tracks laptops from a manufacturing plant in China to a distribution center in Germany.