Answering the Call at Senior Care Facility
Residents at Dogwood Village, in Virginia, use a system that includes active tags, repeaters, readers and pagers that send alerts to the staff, and also tracks response times.
Posco Steel Mill Improves Safety, Energy Conservation
The South Korean company has deployed an RFID-based system from Ubisense and IBM that tracks the locations of personnel, thus enabling managers to reduce the potential for accidents, as well as automatically control lighting.
Does RFID Create Negative Effects in Hospitals?
Please explain what effects, if any, radio frequency identification can have on hospital equipment. —Name withheld ——— Last year, researchers in the Netherlands published an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) indicating that passive RFID...Chennai Container Yard Finds RFID Sharply Boosts Productivity
A.S. Shipping Agencies applies reusable EPC Gen 2 passive tags to shipping containers, enabling the firm to track the location of freight throughout its 60-acre yard.
RFID News Roundup
New Jersey hospital installs RF Technologies’ infant-security system; STMicroelectronics intros MotionBee for remote motion control; PolyIC, Thinfilm announce high-volume pilot production of roll-to-roll printed memory; RF-iT Solutions’ RFID middleware receives SAP certification; Magellan Technology extends U.S. presence; PervCom expands its RFID solution for mining industry.
RFID Powers Energy-Sector Efficiencies
Oil, gas and chemical companies are working together to develop a common approach and standards for deploying RFID across the industries. The technology promises to improve safety and security while cutting costs during lean times.
Why Aren’t More U.S. Retailers Adopting RFID?
A variety of factors, from misinformation about performance to cultural issues, have prevented RFID from becoming a mainstream in-store technology.
A Reader Revolution
Next-generation RFID interrogators sport unprecedented power and memory, improving installation and performance and delivering an ROI to end users.
A Tool for All Industries
Will today’s technology be able to handle tomorrow’s huge RFID data volumes?
File Under ‘Whatever’
RFID can take the ‘work’ out of paperwork.