Will NFC Dominate Mobile Payments?
As banks, credit-card companies, smartphone manufacturers and others vie for dominance, much of the buzz surrounds a form of radio frequency identification known as Near Field Communication.
Industrial Meat Ovens Cook With RFID
Food equipment manufacturer Alkar is offering wireless temperature probes that have helped its customers save on labor, as well as reduce spoilage.
Is It Safe to Sit Near an RFID Pad All Day?
I work on a PC that has such a device attached to it, which I sit near all day long. Is this an unsafe practice? —Ellie (United Kingdom) ——— Ellie, The pad is a 13.56 MHz reader, and I’m guessing you need to place a tagged object within 8 to 12 inches in order...RFID News Roundup
Trimble updates ThingMagic embedded RFID readers; Identec Group raises $7.5 million in round of private financing; Google unveils NFC-based mobile-payments service; ODIN Labs completes benchmark tests on high-memory RFID tags; Frick offers new RFID floor tags for warehouse operations; HCT USA intros slim PDA with wireless RFID reader; U.K. contactless solutions companies, ACT and sQuid, merge.
RFID Makes Matches for E-Cigarette Smokers
Transceivers embedded in packs of Blu Cigs electronic cigarettes will alert users when another smoker of the same product comes within about 10 meters.
Are Any Courier Companies or Parcel-Delivery Firms Tracking Final Deliveries With RFID?
If so, which businesses are using the technology for this application? —Miriam ——— Miriam, None of the major courier companies are tracking individual parcels to the point of delivery with radio frequency identification technology. All of them have looked into RFID,...
RFID Helps Scientists Study Honeybees’ Homing Behavior
A newly published study shows how tiny passive 13.56 MHz tags were used to measure the length of time it takes the insects to return to their hive, after being transported to a variety of locations.
NFC System to Aid Diners
Canadian startup CustomerIn Systems has developed a solution enabling patrons to interact with a restaurant using an NFC-enabled phone, and also plans to launch a Web site in July to help developers create similar solutions.
Which Companies Produce RuBee Tags and Readers?
Are there any other firms that do so besides Visible Assets? —Scott ——— Dear Scott, Visible Assets developed the RuBee protocol, and while it is an IEEE standard (IEEE P1902.1, to be exact), no other company, to my knowledge, offers systems based on that protocol....Hong Kong RFID Awards 2010 Announced
The awards will be presented on Nov. 5 at the 10th GS1 Hong Kong Supply Chain Management Excellence Summit.