RFID Tracks Radioactive Materials Used by Oil Services Providers to Explore New Well Sites
The system, developed by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, is being tested by Baker Hughes to monitor the location and usage of such materials.
End Users Must Balance Interests
Companies that want the short-term benefits of using RFID before their competitors should also consider the longer-term goal of promoting adoption within their industry.
Ford Motor Co. Uses Omni-ID 64-kbit Tag to Monitor Engine Production
The carmaker is one of several companies that have adopted the Adept 850—a passive UHF on-metal tag with an 8.5-meter read range and a 4-meter write range—to store and access data about each manufacturing step.
IoT News Roundup
Samsung launches ARTIK to speed IoT development; Globalstar releases new tracking device for remote assets; Brightstar teams with Kii on mobile device services.
Bringing the IoT Behind the Lettuce Curtain
An investment and advisory firm is creating a marriage between the agribusiness community in the Salinas Valley with the Internet of Things community in Silicon Valley.
RFID News Roundup
Vietnam Post and Telecom selects Nedap tags, readers for building, elevator access ••• World Customs Organization adds Thinfilm tags to anti-counterfeiting platform ••• Farfetch to turn fashion retailer Browns into an RFID-enabled ‘Store of the Future’ ••• Atlas RFID Solutions announces upgrade to Jovix materials-management solution ••• SML Group joins RAIN RFID Alliance.
Brazilian Recycling Plant Uses RFID to Facilitate Reverse Logistics
When discarded computers and printers arrive at its facility, Sinctronics uses RFID readers to identify their component materials so they can be more quickly recycled and incorporated into new IT products.
Checkpoint Offers RTLS Solution for High-Value Retail Goods
The company’s ZigBee-based system, known as S3i, is designed to track the movements and locations of merchandise in stores, in order to prevent shrinkage, as well as better understand shopper activity and product replenishment needs.
Checkpoint Offers RTLS Solution for High-Value Retail Goods
The company’s ZigBee-based system, known as 3Si, is designed to track the movements and locations of merchandise in stores, in order to prevent shrinkage, as well as better understand shopper activity and product replenishment needs.
University of Tennessee Medical Center OR Monitors Supplies, Safety Via Trash Bins
Five of the hospital’s operating rooms are already using the system to automatically identify the discarded packaging of supplies in order to document which items were used for each patient’s procedure.