The Top 10 Stories of 2009
It was a tough year for every industry, so it’s no surprise there was both good and bad news for the RFID sector.
British Touring Car Championship Tracks Tires
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.
Citibank Says High-Volume NFC Pilot Shows Strong Usage
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.
Louisiana State University Students Craft an RFID Solution for Art Museums
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.
SenoRx Uses Implantable RFID Tags to Mark Breast Tumors
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.
RFID News Roundup
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.
ZF Friedrichshafen Shifts to RFID-Guided Production
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.
At Dragon Boat Race, RFID Captures Festival-goers
RFID interrogators installed in Chicago’s Ping Tom Park helped the event’s organizers learn where attendees of varying demographics spent their time.
Should I Be Concerned About RFID’s Health Effects?
What about the cancer issue? Is that a reason not to use RFID? —Name withheld ——— By “cancer issue,” I assume you refer to reports that implants were linked to tumors in lab animals (see Animal RFID Chip Implants Linked to Cancer), as reported by the...
Five Reasons for Optimism
2009 might have been the worst year ever for many companies, but there are reasons to believe next year will be better.