Pramari, AWID Offer EPC Gen 2 System for Tracking Health-care Assets
The solution would enable hospitals to use passive UHF RFID tags to record when equipment approaches a doorway, and to trigger an alarm or other response.
Airbus Signs Contract for High-Memory RFID Tags
The aircraft maker plans to use the EPC Gen 2 RFID tags—which will have as much as 8 kilobytes of memory—to track thousands of repairable parts for its new A350 XWB planes.
North Sea Company Uses RFID to Catch Fish Crates
The system enables crate-leasing firm Pack and Sea to know where its containers are as they pass from fisherman to auction house to buyer throughout Europe.
What End Users Want From RFID Vendors
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Can RFID Determine Exact Distances?
Is it possible for the distance between a tag and a reader to be recorded using radio frequency identification? —Name withheld ——— Distance can be determined by employing something known as received signal strength indication (RSSI), but it is not extremely accurate....The Tragedy in Haiti
The disaster could be worsened by problems coordinating the response.
Liverpool Achieves 100 Percent Case-Level Tagging
The Mexican department store chain is receiving RFID-tagged shipments from all 2,500 of its suppliers, and says it enjoys improved, streamlined order management and excellent inventory accuracy as a result.
Wal-Mart CIO Still ‘Bullish’ on RFID
During a panel discussion at NRF’s conference this week, Wal-Mart’s Rollin Ford reported that the company is still exploring ways to use the technology to improve its operations.
RFID News Roundup
Airetrak adds Wi-Fi temperature monitoring to RTLS app; Federal Signal buys Sirit to bolster intelligent transport and safety offerings; Discover publishes white paper on contactless sticker payment pilot; ADT’s RFID Performance Test Center gets GS1 EPCglobal re-accreditation; Orange Tags manufactures more STMicroelectronics RFID chips.
Wiley Studies RFID Use to Manage Textbook Returns, Halt Piracy
The publisher’s printers have tagged a half million textbooks shipped to colleges and universities worldwide.