The Great Recession Spurs RFID Adoption in Europe
Facing tough economic times, private businesses turn to RFID for new efficiencies and cost savings.
Which RF Frequency Is Best Suited for Tracking School Children—Microwave or UHF?
What are the advantages and disadvantages for each type of technology? —Name withheld ——— Schools have used both ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) and active tags operating in the microwave range. One of the first proposed deployments in a school was at Brittan Elementary...RFID News Roundup
Clarian Health chooses Ekahau RTLS, starting with 10,000 tags; Gov. Schwarzenegger signs Toll Tag Privacy Bill; Taiwan Bike Association opts for timing solution using Raflatac EPC Gen 2 Tags; RF Code announces active reader with Wi-Fi connectivity, PoE; Evolis enhances card printers with UHF Gen 2 encoding capabilities; Southern Atlantic Healthcare Alliance chooses RadarFind RTLS.
OHSU Hospitals Expand RFID Deployment
Oregon Health & Science Healthcare continues to find additional uses for its AeroScout Wi-Fi system, five years after it was first installed.
High Demand Keeps Tag Prices Steady
An ODIN report finds that the price of UHF passive RFID tags has remained static due to a high growth in demand—and that’s good news, according to the study’s authors.
Which Firms Provided Singapore’s Electronic Toll-Collection System?
Who were the technology and systems integration vendors for the nation’s RFID-enabled Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) system? —Name withheld ——— Singapore’s Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) scheme, a toll-collection system adopted to reduce traffic congestion...Should We Be Tracking Kids With RFID?
News that a school in California is using RFID to take attendance and record the meals that students eat has raised some interesting privacy questions.
RF Code, Raritan Launch System for Monitoring Server Power Consumption
The solution combines Raritan’s power distribution units (PDUs) and RF Code’s RFID sensor tags and readers, reducing the need for an Ethernet cable to forward energy-usage and environmental data to a company’s back-end system.
Is the Tracking of Students Using RFID Recommended?
Are there any health issues involved? And does RFID have green certification? —Name withheld ——— That’s actually three questions, so I’ll take them one at a time. We don’t make recommendations regarding any particular applications, because companies...
RFID Could Play a Key Role in Telemedicine
New sensors show how the technology could help doctors monitor at-home patients remotely, thereby reducing costs and improving care.