University of Alabama Tags Historical Garments Collection
Staff, students and volunteers are tagging thousands of items so they can be identified through a closed box, without being handled, by means of handheld RFID readers.
What Is the Maximum Distance From Which an RFID System Will Work?
From how far away could I read radio frequency identification tags? —Name withheld ——— The answer depends on the type of RFID solution that you are using. Passive low-frequency (LF) and high-frequency (HF) systems have a read range of approximately 3 feet (1 meter). A...
Law Firm Uses RFID to Track Every Page of Confidential Documents
The firm utilizes a system provided by Lexmark, Plus Technologies and ATM Software Solutions to print RFID-enabled documents with a unique ID for each page.
RFID News Roundup
Ekahau announces updated Wi-Fi RTLS staff badge and pager; IVSN Group debuts shipping solution that supports RFID for DOD contractors; Smartrac joins OSPT, an alliance promoting a standards-based, secure contactless transit fare-collection platform; GS1 US, GS1 Germany combine data-management subsidiaries.
What Are the Best Wi-Fi RFID Tags?
Which manufacturers produce the top tags of this type? —Hamed ——— Hamed, Aeroscout and Ekahau are two of the leading providers of Wi-Fi-based real-time location systems (RTLS). It’s difficult to say whose tags are “best,” however, or whether there is...
Baltimore Concert Venues to Try Reusable RFID Wristbands Instead of Tickets
MissionTix is providing wristbands with built-in RFID tags that venue operators can read via an Android-based NFC-enabled smartphone and a cloud-based software application.
Killure Bridge Nursing Home Tracks Staff, High-Risk Residents
The Irish facility is using Ekahau Wi-Fi tags to trigger an alarm if a resident suffering from dementia enters a restricted area or tries to wander off.
Argonne National Laboratory Tests New Radiation-Sensing Tag
The ARG-US tag, codeveloped by Evigia Systems and ANL, is being deployed at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site, to gauge whether it can detect abnormal conditions involving storage barrels containing sensitive nuclear materials, as well as issue alerts in real time.
Where Can I Find Specialized RFID Tags?
Are there any companies focused on prototyping custom-sized tags in very low volumes? —Name withheld ——— NXP Semiconductors, Smartrac and Avery Dennison all have facilities that can develop customized antennas for passive high-frequency (HF) and ultrahigh-frequency...
RFID’s Next Generation of End Users
Students around the world are learning about radio frequency identification, and will likely embrace the technology for solving many business problems.