RFID Brings Bottled Water to Students
West Virginia University is deploying Evive Station’s RFID-enabled kiosks that clean and refill reusable water bottles for free, while displaying advertising targeted to a particular user’s demographics.
In Minnesota, RFID Helped Zombies Get Treats and Stop Tricks
The passive EPC tags and readers allowed managers of the Twin Cities’ Zombie Pub Crawl to count the event’s undead participants, as well as control access more efficiently and prevent gate-crashing.
Burlington Medical Supplies Adds RFID Tags to Its X-ray Aprons
Passive EPC UHF tags allow users to track the locations and inspection histories of the protective garments used by hospital staff.
Southwest Accepts RFID Device to Track Cargo Temperatures
The solution, which the airline has been testing on its flights, uses Cold Chain Technologies’ insulated containers and Intelleflex’s RFID sensor tags.
Learning From the Experts
Highlights from the recent RFID Journal LIVE! Europe event, held last week in Oslo, show that the technology can deliver benefits in many ways.
RFID News Roundup
TempTrip announces RFID-enabled temperature tag for food, pharmaceutical cold chains; CAEN RFID intros wearable handheld UHF reader with Bluetooth support; Smartrac launches 6-millimeter HF RFID tag; IDTronic intros cylindrical UHF RFID antenna for industrial automation processes; Kiddicare installs ZBD’s RFID-based e-paper and electronic shelf displays; Snagg releases new pet collar with an embedded microchip; Libelium launches Waspmote Plug & Sense.
RFID Brings Visibility to the Sport of Orienteering
Participants in this year’s North American championships wore passive RFID tags, providing updates regarding the locations of athletes racing across the forested mountainsides.