The company is using passive RFID to track assets and tools at its California Metal Deposition laboratory, and a Wi-Fi-based RTLS to capture the locations of high-value items in real time.
Visitors use the RFID wristbands to access the parks, rides, hotel rooms, and other attractions and services.
The lessons learned from the adoption of other technologies suggest that radio frequency identification will be more important than anyone currently imagines.
The companies have tested the operability of Omni-ID’s new Power 415 tag with Guard RFID’s Tag Reader Receiver, and will begin selling their hardware, based on the IEEE 802.15.4f standard, and free of licensing fees.
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Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies is using passive UHF tags to track the components it services, thanks to a solution it developed with help from Airbus.
The Canadian facility has deployed Stanley Healthcare’s Wi-Fi-based RFID tags and MobileView software platform, which also manages asset locations and records temperature and humidity levels within the OR.
The German auto parts manufacturer is tracking its work-in-progress at eight plants worldwide, ensuring the automotive bumpers it produces are accurately made to order.
There are two important issues that need to be addressed as the technology becomes mainstream.