Wisconsin Blood-Tracking Study Moves to Phase 2
Based on results of an earlier study, the BloodCenter of Wisconsin and its partners will build a prototype RFID system for blood banks and hospitals, supported by a $1.4 million government grant.
NXP Shares Product Roadmap and Application Know-How
The RFID chip manufacturer plans to introduce new UHF chips by the end of this year, as well as a dual-frequency tag in 2011, with other innovations in the works.
Twin Cities’ Bus Garages Increase Visibility
Minneapolis-St. Paul’s Metro Transit uses a Ubisense RFID system to help it locate 900-plus buses at its five parking garages.
Construction Group Improves Its Ability to Find Heavy Equipment
Active RFID tags and readers help work crews to locate machinery, even when obscured by tall grass and deep snow, ensuring that the company doesn’t order unneeded assets.
IT World Canada Gets It Wrong
An article suggesting that Wal-Mart will pull the plug on its RFID effort—and that food suppliers and retailers will never achieve a return on investment—is highly misleading.
What Are RFID’s Contributions to Ubiquitous Computing?
How has radio frequency identification helped foster ubiquitous computing—the practice of making computers so common, intelligent, omnipresent and accessible that users are not even aware of their physical presence? ——— At present, ubiquitous computing is still more a...IT World Canada Gets It Wrong
An article suggesting that Wal-Mart will pull the plug on its RFID effort—and that food suppliers and retailers will never achieve a return on investment—is highly misleading.
Focus on RFID’s Value, Not Tag Cost
Add up all the benefits a tag would deliver, then decide if the price is right.
Do You Really Need to Justify Your RFID Investment?
Maybe not—if you think of the technology as infrastructure that can deliver many benefits, then calculating the ROI on any one application becomes less critical.
Malaysian Forestry Department Studies RFID
Seeking a system to help it satisfy EU regulations, the government agency recently completed a project using EPC Gen 2 tags to track the movement of logs through the supply chain.