Wi-Fi RFID Alerts Espirito Santo Saude’s Staff
Ekahau badges and call buttons enable employees at two Portuguese health-care facilities to quickly identify the location of an emergency.
Are There Any Student-Tracking Systems That Use RFID and Text-messaging?
A private school in Mumbai is seeking a solution for its students. The school will stick an ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) tag on the back of every student ID card. As each student enters the school gate, the UHF reader should read his or her tag and send that...
Scandinavian Group Finds That Tracked Cod Sells Better
The Swedish eTrace project used EPC Gen 2 RFID tags and EPCIS software to document the fishes’ provenance—which served to reassure consumers and thus boost sales.
How Do Active and Passive System Prices Compare?
What is the cost of an active RFID system, as opposed to that of a passive tag system? —Name withheld ——— Passive tags can cost as little as 15 cents apiece, compared to $20 or more for active tags. However, it is difficult to offer a straight comparison between the...
Armored-RFID Tag Loves to Get Hammered
A new steel-shrouded UHF EPC Gen 2 tag, developed by Technologies ROI, can be welded to metal pipes or tools for the oil and gas, construction or other heavy industrial sectors, and is built to sustain abuse.
Where Can I Find a Good RFID Consultant?
I am seeking a consultant who is skilled in a variety of applications, to take a look at some solutions I may not know about. Could you recommend someone? —Name withheld ——— Yes, I would be happy to, but I would prefer to do it privately, so as not to anger any...
Sidestepping Capital Costs
New solutions make RFID technology more manageable—and affordable—for apparel retailers.
Ubiquitous RFID and Privacy
As radio frequency identification proliferates, the potential for abusing the technology will rise—but democratic capitalist societies have mechanisms to respond to and limit abuses.
Like the Car Industry, RFID Has Matured
Recent improvements in the technology have been substantial.