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.
Patient-Safety Center Tests RFID-enabled Hand Sanitizers
The system, designed to decrease the number of patient infections, warns health-care providers if they fail to properly wash up before treating a patient.
RFID and the Environment
RFID technology will play a critical role in helping companies determine the environmental impact of manufacturing and recycling their products.
How Can Product Tags Be Deactivated Before Purchase?
We are a distributor, and we recently began receiving shipments with RFID tags. We would like to deactivate the tags before reselling the products to customers, to avoid any privacy issues. We cannot remove the tags easily, however, so we wonder if there is a way to...
Colorado Town Goes Contactless
An NFC-based system provided by Bling Nation allows State Bank customers in La Junta to pay for purchases with the tap of an RFID tag attached to their phones.
Health Industry Group Issues RFID Standard, But Excludes UHF for Consumable Items
The ANSI/HIBC 4.0 standard, created by the Health Industry Business Communications Council, provides guidelines for using passive RFID tags, but its likely impact on health-care organizations remains unclear.
Can Laptops With Metal Casings Be Tracked Using Passive RFID?
Is it possible to attach a passive RFID label to laptop computers that have a high level of metal in their casings? And would the range be diminished dramatically? —Name withheld ——— Yes, it certainly is possible. Wells Fargo has been employing passive...Is There a One-Size-Fits-All RFID Label?
We manufacture laptops, and wish to supply RFID labels to customers that have deployed RFID reading solutions. However, as there are multiple standards out there, is there any system that would allow labels built to some of these varying standards to be used across...RFID News Roundup
UPM Raflatac launches Dogbone Freeze tag to track frozen goods; Siemens intros compact UHF readers for production, logistics; SCM Microsystems announces new portable smart card readers; Onity’s new contactless locking solution to stay in 28 hotels; Rajant secures FIPS 140-2 validation for portable mesh network device; OTA Training creates RFID Australasian group.
DP World Ramps Up Its Dubai Deployment
Active RFID tags have been issued to 12,000 trucks that transport cargo to and from the company’s Jebel Ali terminal, where the system is speeding up vehicle entry and exit, as well as improving security.