Passive, Yet Worldly, Tags
EPC Gen 2 on-metal tags feature consistent read rates across regions, so they can track assets globally.
RFID Moving to a Latin Beat
Our first event in South America should help raise awareness of the benefits that the technology can deliver to companies in that region.
At NASCAR Hall of Fame, RFID Fuels Excitement
Visitors are issued plastic cards embedded with a passive 13.56 MHz RFID tag, used to activate more than 75 exhibits, and to enable a more personalized experience.
Italian Stone Company Carves Out Savings With RFID
Antolini Luigi & Co. estimates that using EPC Gen 2 tags to track blocks and slabs reduces its labor costs by 40 percent, and improves inventory accuracy by 80 percent.
New Zealand Group Uses EPCglobal Network to Track Livestock, Meat
The participants utilized a variety of EPC RFID hardware and software in a project designed to prove the effectiveness of the EPCglobal Network as a tool for traceability.
Academic Navel Gazing Continues
Another study unearths a potential security problem with RFID that could expose people to a nonexistent threat.
RFID News Roundup
Zebra intros new RFID printer-encoder for advanced item-level tagging; IDTronic intros new products to its UHF portfolio; Xerafy, Access Solutions team up on RFID solution for power generation, aviation industries; Pramari partners with UbiU to expand into the Asian RFID market; Lisbon Airport selects Alien Tags for baggage tracking; SensingTEK unveils RFID-enabled diaper for use in hospitals and health-care facilities.
RFID Helps Focus Sound at Opera Productions
Out Board’s TiMax Tracker system uses Ubisense’s RFID technology to track the location of miked actors and singers on stage, including for a production of Carmen at London’s O2 arena.
A Privacy Expert’s Misguided View of RFID
Another so-called expert talks about how RFID “could” be a threat to privacy, rather than whether it is likely to be a threat.
Hospital Saves By Using RFID To Bring Asset Management In-House
A 500-bed hospital in southeast Georgia expends $400,000 less per year by using RFID to track its own assets, instead of paying a contractor to do it.