IDTronic introduces new passive RFID tag for industrial environments; Michigan’s Beaumont Hospital implements Ekahau RTLS to improve staff safety; Intermec to provide RFID equipment for U.S. Army’s pRFID II passive RFID contract; Thinaire selects Verizon Terremark cloud to support NFC-enabled mobile marketing platform; French RFID company offers open-source RFID library for developers.
RFID Journal’s second event focused on the technology sector will educate attendees about how RFID technologies are being used in the high-tech value chain.
Lycamobile is using Crystal Ball’s RFID-based solution to monitor its salespeople around the world as they make calls to resellers of international calling cards.
The company’s BlueTank solution provides a record of how much is pumped into a vehicle’s tank, and prevents the dispensing of fuel into an unauthorized truck or car.
RFID Journal’s second Brazilian event, offered in Portuguese, will gather RFID end users and vendors to discuss how companies in the region are utilizing the technology.
Dongbu Daewoo has released its Klasse Smart series of refrigerators in Korea that incorporate an STMicroelectronics RFID tag to collect data about an appliance’s functionality, and then transmit it to a user’s mobile phone.
Unfortunately, now it is the solution providers who don’t see what’s really going on.
An RFID tag’s antenna can serve as a sensor to detect cracks in concrete and other construction materials.
Teams are using RTLS RFID tags to monitor the location, speed and orientation of players on the field, with the goal of improving training and management, as well as enhancing the experience for spectators watching a game on television or online.
TowerJazz has installed AeroScout’s Wi-Fi-based RTLS technology to monitor silicon wafers as they move through workstations at its California plant.