Why the RFID Industry Needs a Certification Program
A robust program that could replace CompTIA’s RFID+ courses is important, because it would help the industry to develop the human resources necessary to deploy RFID systems on a grand scale.
The Year of Low Power
This year, RFID will benefit from a trend toward electronics that are more energy-efficient.
Hanmi Pharmaceutical Uses RFID to Automate Picking, Shipping
The Korean drugmaker—which has employed EPC tags to track 60 million items annually, and to help it carry out government-mandated price changes—is now expanding the system to wholesalers and drugstores.
RFID News Roundup
Smartrac announces high-memory NFC tag; ABI Research foresees healthy growth in RFID market; MTI Wireless Edge announces new RFID reader antenna; CISC unveils portable UHF tag test system; NewPage unwraps new paper-based RFID label substrate that supports thermal transfer; Delo intros die-attach adhesives for smart-card market.
RFID-enabled Lexus Ad Debuts in Pages of Wired Magazine
The publication’s readership can access information about the carmaker’s new app suite, by tapping a mobile phone against an NFC label attached to an advertisement within its April edition.
Big Award
Two winners of last year’s RFID Journal Award for Most Innovative Use of RFID have found an interesting way to highlight their solution.
Is RFID Being Used in the Pharmaceutical Industry?
If so, how is the technology being utilized by businesses within that sector? —Name withheld ——— Initially, pharmaceutical companies were focused on employing radio frequency identification to collect data related to pedigree regulations. There was an expectation, at...
McDermott Sees Gains From RFID Tracking in Indonesia
The oil and gas construction company tested the use of RFID to monitor and track pipes being fabricated onsite, with preliminary results showing that the technology reduces the labor required to track inventory, while improving work-in-progress visibility.
With Its New Reader Chip, NXP Hopes to Expand Market for Tagging Consumables
The company says the SLRC900, designed for installation in printers, drink dispensers and other devices, can be used in tandem with tags containing its EPC Gen 2 UHF chips, in order to enhance the consumer experience, as well as combat product counterfeiting.
The Passion of the Next Generation
I received an encouraging e-mail from a high-school student who is energized by what radio frequency identification can do.