RFID News Roundup
SML Group launches RFID solutions for retail garment and item tracking; Cascade Engineering’s Xtreme RFID division launches on-metal UHF tag made with Avery Dennison inlay; Leo InnoTech, UPM RFID implement solution for apparel warehouse optimization in China; Sony Ericsson announces NFC-enabled Xperia smartphones, tags; LSCM R&D Center intros near-field UHF RFID reader chip; Hutchison Port Holdings unveils round-the-clock monitoring service for cargo, assets.
PigTracker Project Finds UHF Tags Effective for Swine
The Danish Agriculture & Food Council conducted a three-year pilot at five farms to learn how well EPC passive UHF tags performed for tracking pigs.
Cisco Tracks IT Assets Via RFID
The manufacturer of routers and switches that run the Internet is turning to radio frequency identification to know where its blade servers and other assets are located, in real time.
BCS National Championship Fans Use RFID to ‘Kinect’ to Social Networks
The Kinect-based game tests participants’ ability to throw, dodge and run like a pro football player, and utilizes radio frequency identification to share the results with friends on Facebook or Twitter.
Children’s Hospital Colorado to Expand Wireless Sensor System
The hospital reports that TempSys’ CheckPoint solution has already paid for itself “a couple of times over,” by reducing the amount of labor required to track temperatures within blood coolers and other units.
Is There a Specific RFID Product Classification Called “One-Use RFID Tags?”
Does such a category exist? —Name withheld ——— The short answer: No. The main concept of the Electronic Product Code (EPC) was to develop low-cost tags that would have a serial number, with data stored on the Internet related to each unique ID. This would make RFID...B:MING Clothing Stores Try RFID
A solution from Fujitsu enables the Japanese retailer to track inventory from its distribution centers to its stores, and to increase efficiency at the point of sale by reading the tags of goods sold.
Apparel Retailers Get RFID
The VICS Item Level RFID Initiative’s recent meeting and dinner revealed that great progress is being made toward the technology’s adoption in retail apparel.
POAGS Uses RFID to Manage Ore Deliveries
Australia’s largest bulk and general stevedoring company is utilizing active tags and readers to identify ore-hauling trucks, and to direct their drivers to the appropriate hoppers.