Many of Primex Wireless’ customers are using its Wi-Fi-based solutions to automate the testing of emergency lighting, measure the length of cardiopulmonary emergencies, record temperature levels and detect water leaks.
While the past 10 years have seen ups and downs when it comes to the use of radio frequency identification, we now know a great deal about how and where the technology delivers value.
The company is using a combination of EPC Gen 2 RFID and battery-powered GPS/GPRS tags to increase visibility into its pool of plastic pallets, and to save missing pallets from being chopped up and sold to recyclers.
Companies whose business is threatening alleged infringers exact money that could fund innovation.
The new tags, which measure approximately 0.05 inch in thickness, are being used or tested by about 20 companies to track laptops, oil pipes, shopping carts and other assets.
Alien Technology adds Low-Level Reader Protocol support to interrogators; Powercast announces RF-based chipset and RF energy-harvesting reference; Met Labs completes first round of medical-device RFID susceptibility testing; Libelium debuts new Wi-Fi sensors for Web-enabled servers, Apple, Android devices; New NFC Products, partnerships and services announced.
Several consumer goods manufacturers are testing technology from Transmon Engineering to alert forklift drivers when they come within range of a pedestrian.