Motorola unveils new small, light RFID-enabled handheld; Austriamicrosystems’ UHF RFID reader IC featured in Nordic ID’s Morphic handheld; MTI and partners unveil RFID kit for small office/home office market; Xerafy, KeyTone launch RFID-based managed inventory-auditing service; TagMaster North America intros ACTS application software; Savi challenges developers to build innovative RFID solutions.
The RFID industry’s biggest event, to be held on Apr. 12-14, in Orlando, Fla., will feature more than 50 case studies presented by leading end users, as well as solutions from more than 175 technology companies.
SC Freda is attaching EPC Gen 2 tags to each item it makes, and monitoring the status of its products as they move into storage and onto trucks, thereby improving efficiency in warehouse management, shipping and production.
University of Southampton researchers have deployed wireless sensor systems to gather information about glacier movement, as well as forecast mudslides.
Are companies adopting the technology—and, if so, where and how?
VICS, GS1 Canada and GS1 US, as well as retailers, goods manufacturers and other retail associations, have teamed up to create the Item Level RFID Initiative, in order to provide recommendations for EPC tagging on the item level, to be used by retailers and their suppliers.
Staff members at the medical center’s emergency and psychiatric wards use Wi-Fi-based tags to call for help and respond to alarms from colleagues.