DPR Construction Uses RFID Building-Security Solution
The system, provided by Trimble and ThingMagic, enables the general contractor to automate safety and access management during construction at the UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay.
Are Passive Tags Detectable When Moving at Between 10 and 20 Meters Per Second?
Is it possible to read a tag passing by at such a high speed? —Name withheld ——— To answer your question, I reached out to an engineer at Impinj, which manufactures passive ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) RFID chips based on the EPC Gen 2 air-interface protocol. According...
Danish Industries Safeguards Its Offices Via RFID Integrated With Cameras, Glass-Breakage Detectors
Schneider Electric provided its I/Net software, along with Idesco’s high-frequency readers to manage access to interior and exterior doorways, cameras and other security components.
Can Multiple RFID Tags Be Read in Succession?
How can we register when approximately 30 passive tags are leaving or entering a single field? —Name withheld ——— Passive tags, both high-frequency (HF) and ultrahigh-frequency (UHF), have anti-collision protocols allowing tags to be read in succession. This happens...
Can Anyone in the Obama Administration Spell ‘RFID’?
The president called for Congress to authorize $1 billion for ill-defined support for manufacturing, while ignoring the RFID revolution in its backyard.
Whom Should I Contact Regarding the Manufacturing of Custom Tags and Readers?
I have seen you mention a maximum read range of 300 feet. Are there any solutions with a longer range? And can some systems be tied into GPS technology, working together to achieve a more accurate and longer range? I assume that anything can be done, but that it would...Are There Any Institutes That Standardize the Cost of RFID Tags and Readers?
Or is it based on competitive pricing, order sizes, data-holding capacity and other parameters? I am aware of the difference between active and passive tags, but not about inter-category pricing. —Rohini S Vangury ——— Rohini, There are no standards for pricing. What...
Flomio Brings NFC RFID to 3D Objects
The company has launched a service in which it manufactures figurines and other three-dimensional plastic objects with embedded RFID tags, for applications that include marketing and gaming.