Statoil to Use RFID to Manage Drill Pipes at Offshore Rigs
Low-frequency tags and readers provided by Trac ID will help the oil and gas company to determine the lifespan of each pipe lowered into an oil well.
RFID Gets Visual
Electronic displays powered by radio frequency identification are adding a new dimension to the technology.
Serialization Roadmap
A top-level tagging plan will help apparel suppliers identify items now, and pave the way for tracking more products in the future.
Infinity Seismic RFID-enables Its Geophone Testers
The company’s CheckMate Land handheld device is available with an RFID reader, to automatically identify the testing of geophones used by the oil and gas industry in measuring seismic activity.
Window and Door Company Doubles Output via RFID
Idealcombi has reduced the time required to produce a custom window or door down to about one minute, using EPC Gen 2 passive UHF tags to automatically adjust the settings on its manufacturing equipment.
Startup Sees Femtocells as a Bridge to NFC-enabled Phones
Raging Mobile is developing in-store kiosks that give consumers the option of having their cell phones receive discounts via femtocell technology if their handsets do not support NFC RFID.
How Can I Track Soap Box Derby Winners?
The All-American Soap Box Derby, held annually in Akron, Ohio, has more than 600 entries. I would like to put each champion’s information into an RFID chip that we would then place into his or her car. As the cars were loaded at the starting gate, data from the...What Privacy Problems Do RFID Tags Cause, If Any?
What issues most concern privacy advocates when it comes to radio frequency identification technologies? —Name withheld ——— Radio frequency identification is simply a tool that can be employed for a wide variety of applications. It, in and of itself, cannot cause...Motorola to Broaden Handheld Reader Portfolio With Psion Acquisition
The $200 million purchase of the handheld computer company opens channels for Motorola’s product offerings to meet the needs of industrial and rugged-environment use cases.