Fighting Fire With FireBugs
Smokey the Bear has a new friend in the battle to keep our forests safe. While only you can prevent wildfires, wireless sensor networks can help contain them. A new creature called the FireBug is helping firefighters out West battle wildfires. Researchers at the...
RFID Goes Green
One company wants to recycle tags to reduce waste in landfills—and the cost of deployment.
The Seeing-Eye Robot
A robot equipped with an RFID reader could guide the blind through unfamiliar environments, such as airports and train stations.
Paper Wrapper Not Included
Need to get your staff up-to-speed quickly on RFID? Now, there’s help—RFID for Dummies. Don’t snicker. Written by Patrick Sweeney, CEO of ODIN Technologies, the latest Dummies book provides a good grounding for anyone who wants to understand the basics of RFID....Counting the Cost of Terrorism
Below are estimates of the economic impact of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 and the potential impact of a dirty bomb.
Wal-Mart Tackles Out-of-Stocks
Wal-Mart is rolling out new applications and processes in its first seven RFID-enabled stores, to ensure that items are on the shelves when customers want to buy them.
The $69 Billion Problem
Out-of-stocks have long been the bane of the retail industry. RFID has the potential to make sure products are where they need to be, but solving the problem involves more than just tagging goods in the supply chain.
The IP Conundrum
Does Intermec’s position on licensing its patents threaten the RFID industry? Depends on whom you ask.
Privacy: Whose Responsibility?
The following are excerpts from an exchange on an RFID bulletin board run by the Silicon Valley RFID Special Interest Group. The identities of the people posting were withheld to protect their privacy.