Veterans Affairs awards $543 million RTLS contract to HP to cover all VA hospitals, clinics; Mecomo integrates Nanotron’s RTLS chirp technology to track logistics items outside GPS signal areas; SencorpWhite, CAEN RFID partner on distribution agreement; Comprion intros new NFC terminal test system; RFID performs at Bamboozle music festival.
GS1 US publishes RFID tag-serialization guidelines; Saident announces RFID-enabled tube for product packaging and promotion; RFcamp launches small, thin metal-mount RFID tags; Blue Spark Technologies, IDS Microchip codevelop EPC Gen 2 BAP RFID sensors; RF Technologies releases software update for wandering-management solution; OnChip Devices unveils thin silicon-based dual-capacitor for RFID applications.
This winter, the organization’s Gold Pass—which provides major financial donors with access to ski resorts across the nation—will contain HF and UHF passive RFID inlays, compatible with all RFID-enabled ski lifts.
The Obama Administration plans to spend $1 billion on food safety, but the RFID industry is not explaining why some of that money should go to track-and-trace technologies.
An article suggests that the technology can improve food safety by providing better tracking of potentially tainted goods.
The Russian footwear retailer is using an item-level RFID system from Avery Dennison to track inventory, sales and security at one of its Moscow stores, and at a corresponding distribution center.
With the acquisition, Stanley plans to add real-time location system functionality to future versions of its patient- and asset-tracking solutions for health-care and industrial environments.
The event will focus on helping health-care providers understand how the technology can assist them in improving patient safety, hospital operations and supply chain efficiencies.
The Mojix STAR 3000 offers cloud-based applications, industry-specific solutions, smartphone compatibly and improved performance, the company reports.