Australian Waste-collection Businesses Tag Trash Bins
The EPC Gen 2 RFID tags enable the firms to distribute the receptacles more efficiently to homes and businesses—and, eventually, to monitor the collection of trash and recyclables.
Tool Tracking Goes Mobile
A new mobile trailer uses radio frequency identification to enable companies to track tools used on industrial sites.
IBM Releases New Version of RFID Software
IBM released its latest RFID middleware product, WebSphere Sensor Events, which includes support for a variety of RFID and wireless sensor technologies and can scale to support high transaction volumes.
What Devices Are Needed for Mobile Phone RFID Applications?
I am a seventh-semester student in the Computer Engineering Department at CIT in Changa, Gujarat. I want to develop a mobile cell-phone RFID application. Can you please tell me which types of devices or equipment are necessary, and what the exact cost for this...Can RFID Be Used for Car-Racing Purposes?
Is it possible to utilize radio frequency identification to track race cars? —Name withheld ——— Yes. In 2004, the Indy Racing League (IRL) began using RFID to time and score the 16 races in its IndyCar Series, including the prestigious Indianapolis 500. Each car...Can RFID Track Students in Schools?
Could radio frequency identification be used in school hall passes to track students who are out of their classes? —Name withheld ——— Yes, this could be accomplished, but the right type of RFID technology depends on what exactly you want to know about the students....Can Very Small Items Be Tagged?
Can a portable handheld reader search for passive RFID tags on very small objects, such as glass slides? —Name withheld ——— Yes. Motorola has developed an ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) handheld RFID interrogator application that enables the device to increase its beeping...How Can RFID Be Used to Deter Theft?
Can you provide any reference for mobile theft prevention using RFID tags? —Name withheld ——— I’m not sure what you mean by “mobile theft prevention,” but RFID has been considered as a possible theft deterrent. Northland, an Austrian outdoor apparel...What Are the Typical RFID Tag Frequencies?
What radio frequencies are used to read RFID tags? Are different frequencies utilized for inventory tracking, as opposed to monetary transactions? —Name withheld ——— The main frequencies used by passive tags are 125 KHz, 134 KHz (low-frequency), 13.56 MHz...
German Researchers to Test Networking Tags for Assets, Blood
The group will use specially developed active UHF tags with built-in temperature sensors and the ability to determine their own location.