CSL unveils UHF interrogator with integrated antenna; NFC mobile payments forecast to exceed $30 billion by 2012; Inside Contactless, ConnecThings partner to develop NFC platform; FileTrail awarded GSA contract for RFID file-tracking systems; Sumikin Bussan to distribute Impinj RFID products in Japan; AgoraBee adds active RFID tags to its portfolio.
Bionest expects that by using active RFID tags with built-in sensors to track temperatures of fruit shipments, it will be able to reduce spoilage.
Juniper Research predicts the value of NFC transactions will reach $8 billion this year and grow to $30 billion in three years. Coupon and promotion applications are expected to be prominent in the early market, but eventually will be supplanted by contactless payment.
At its DC in Buttenheim, Germany, the retailer is deploying Mojix’s STAR technology to help reduce the loss of pallets and other returnable transport items, as well as automate their management.
RFID Journal and the Oil & Gas RFID Solution Group have teamed up to produce RFID in Oil & Gas, a virtual event revealing how energy companies can use radio frequency identification to improve the way they do business.
The technology alerts unskilled workers when routine tasks need to be performed, and also enables managers to confirm they’ve been completed properly.