DIRECTV Uses RFID to Cut Inventory Time From Years to Months
The satellite TV company plans to utilize an RFID system, already live at one of its broadcast centers, to manage a total of 200,000 assets.
Sensors Keep Experiments in Check at Weill Cornell Medical College
A network of Oceasoft sensors allow researchers in the life-sciences lab to keep tabs on essential equipment and environmental conditions within the lab—even when they’re not working.
Supply Chain Visibility
How to use EPCIS to share information with business partners.
VCs Rediscover RFID
Deals are still hard to find, but interest has been rekindled by large-scale deployments in retail, manufacturing, health care and other sectors.
Some Sanity—At Last—Regarding Credit-Card Skimming
Just when I think the mainstream media is incapable of writing anything objective about RFID, The New York Times reports that there are no instances of credit-card information being stolen due to the cards having an RFID transponder in them.
Japan Airlines, Aeon Mall Test Solar-Powered Bluetooth Beacons
The two pilot projects are using a Dai Nippon Printing Co. solution, made with Spansion’s beacons.
Japan Airlines, Aeon Mall Test Solar-Powered Bluetooth Beacons
The two pilot projects are using a Dai Nippon Printing Co. solution, made with Spansion’s beacons.
IoT News Roundup
Accenture calls industrial IoT a $14.2 trillion opportunity; ams offering light makers an IoT-ready chip; Gimbal in cahoots with Shazam and Koupon Media; Elisa launches IoT service in Finland, Estonia.
RFID News Roundup
New Avery Dennison RBIS printer supports faster label printing, RFID encoding, data verification ••• IDTronic unveils two new UHF RFID antennas ••• SecureRF announces Secure NFC tag featuring PKI authentication ••• DecaWave launches partnership program for UWB micro-location technology ••• Checkpoint Systems debuts new ARC-certified RFID labels, updates POS solutions ••• Nedap opens U.S. office to accelerate growth in the retail sector ••• Janam intros rugged RFID-enabled mobile computer with multi-OS support.
RFID Journal LIVE! 2015 to Feature More Than 200 Technology Companies
The 13th annual conference and exhibition will highlight leading companies’ radio frequency identification deployments and demonstrate the latest technology solutions.