The group is testing a wireless sensor mesh network to track the vital signs of at-risk patients at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, allowing them to move around without being tethered to bulky medical monitoring devices.
Military logistics centers in Sao Paolo are equipped with EPC Gen 2 technology as part of a program to increase the efficiency, accuracy and visibility of distributing supplies to soldiers.
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A group of farming families is testing 433 MHz battery-powered wristbands and readers, to be sold this fall, in order to protect kids and pets from farm machinery and vehicles.
The Quebec hospital is using a system with passive HF RFID tags linked to specific medical supplies to request replenishment of those items.
A strategic alliance between Hartford Financial Services Group and Intelleflex is designed to improve visibility into the conditions of perishable-food shipments, thereby reducing spoilage and helping to lower the cost of insurance premiums.
One of the apparel chain’s stores is using EPC RFID tags to track men’s jeans stored on shelves in stacks up to eight feet high.