Swedish Tunnel Uses RFID to Monitor Air Pollution
The nation’s transport agency has deployed Identec Solutions’ RFID tags in conjunction with sensors, to ensure that workers are not exposed to excessive levels of toxic gases
British Researchers to Study Home Hygiene Habits
The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine will use RFID technology to monitor volunteers’ hand-washing and other health-related behaviors.
Can Tags Be Activated and Deactivated as Needed?
We are interested in deploying an RFID-based library-management system. We wish to protect patrons’ privacy by deactivating tags when books are checked out, and then reactivating them once the books are returned, in order to track them. Is this possible? —Garima...RFID News Roundup
Dundee Precious Metals tracks safety with Wi-Fi RFID; Zebra Technologies, IBS team up on RFID-enabled safety and logistics planning; TagMaster announces major port installation in the Persian Gulf; Omni-ID secures $8 million in additional funding and announces new CEO, partner; Google Wallet rollouts begin.
NASA Launches RFID to Track Vibrations
The space agency is using active RFID sensor tags to transmit data to a reader and a PC, where the information can be reviewed in order to determine the sound and vibration levels generated by a rocket launch.
Where Can I Purchase a 1-bit RFID Transponder?
Which vendors carry such a product? —Name withheld ——— There is no such thing as a 1-bit RFID transponder. That’s because a group of transponders with 1 bit would be identical, so you would be unable to tell those with it on from those with it off. RFID tags all...Can an RFID Tag Indicate an Electronic Device’s Activation?
I was wondering if there were any tags available that could sense an external electronic circuit as being “on” or “off”—to determine, for example, whether or not a red street signal light was lit—and then transmit a readable signal to an RFID...
French Supermarket Tests NFC Tool for Visually Disabled Shoppers
Groupe Casino has teamed with the Institut de la Vision to try out an NFC-based solution from Think&Go so that customers with vision impairments can access data about the products they are considering purchasing.
SmartRoom Brings Information to Patients, Caregivers
The company’s solution, currently being deployed by Connecticut’s Stamford Hospital, uses real-time location system technology to display patient- and personnel-related data on a monitor installed within each patient’s room, based on a signal transmitted by a staff member’s ID badge.
Fear of RFID
The theories presented in the book “Freakonomics” might explain what is preventing more CEOs from embracing RFID and other new technologies.