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Lakeshore Recycling Systems is using EPC Gen 2 tags and readers to track usage of the waste-collection services it provides to the cities of Wheaton and Highland Park.
By deploying networked water-level meters, the company can help municipalities or private contractors to right-size their storage infrastructure and speed response times to possible overflow events.
The San Francisco startup says that the data it provides could be used, for example, to determine which nearby hospital is the least busy before deciding where to bring a patient.
The company’s Heineken Live app, provided by Rush Digital, delivers special offers, depending on a user’s location.
The Indian airline’s new system, installed this summer at Hyderabad Airport, enables passengers to automatically receive a boarding pass as soon as they arrive at the airport, or to tap their phone against an RFID-tagged sign to access that pass.
Recent moves by Walmart and Macy’s illustrate the challenges all retailers face.
If there is a retail RFID genie, he’s on the verge of being permanently let out of the bottle.
The system allows Manipal Hospital Bangalore’s nurses to launch an automated search for available porters in their area, thereby reducing wait times and the need to place multiple phone calls.
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