EPC Gen 2 RFID tags built into the tires’ sidewalls enable the race organizer to identify which tires a team uses during a race, and allows the manufacturer, Dunlop, to track its own tires through the supply chain.
Early results of the project, taking place in India, find that 3,000 participants utilize their RFID-enabled phones for payments more often than consumers with credit cards.
The Exhibition Next system seeks to offer museums a more economical way to provide patrons with information about art being viewed, as well as help the museums to gauge the popularity of their exhibits.
The company’s system would allow radiologists to inject a passive RFID tag into a patient’s breast, to help a surgeon locate a lesion during a lumpectomy.
TagMaster gets million-dollar order for railway project; Ceitec develops RFID chip, livestock tag for Brazilian market; Arygon launches high-speed NFC reader; Germany to issue RFID-enabled national ID cards.
The German maker of automotive components attaches EPC Gen 2 tags to the housing of each eight-speed transmission it assembles, thus enabling the company to better manage its manufacturing process.
RFID interrogators installed in Chicago’s Ping Tom Park helped the event’s organizers learn where attendees of varying demographics spent their time.
Depending upon application requirements, low-frequency passive RFID tags and readers often outperform their high-frequency counterparts—so why do people believe otherwise?
2009 might have been the worst year ever for many companies, but there are reasons to believe next year will be better.