Industry Must Promote RFID’s Role in Food Safety
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to issue guidelines within three months regarding how to create a system to trace tainted food, and RFID needs to be part of the plan.
EPCIS Implementers Need to Clean Up Their Data
One hundred percent of first-time exchanges of EPCIS events between companies contained errors. If not corrected, such mistakes could jeopardize the promise of tracking and tracing.
How Can RFID Assist First Responders?
What future applications do you foresee for emergency first responders pertaining to radio frequency identification? —Name withheld ——— There are a number of applications that have already been deployed. The state of Texas, for instance, has implemented an RFID system...What Is RFID?
What is the definition of RFID? —Name withheld ——— That really depends on whom you ask. RFID, of course, stands for “radio frequency identification,” which our glossary defines as “any method of identifying unique items using radio waves.” Some...
RFID Secures Command Center at Boston Pops Concerts
For a Fourth of July event held at the city’s Esplanade, EPC Gen 2 tags and portals tracked who entered the room where federal, state and local officials worked to ensure public safety.
RFID Has a Future in Middle Eastern Phone Store
A Kuwaiti retail chain is using EPC Gen 2 RFID tags to monitor its inventory of Nokia phones and other items, as well as to improve customer service and security.
Airbus Issues RFID Requirements, Expands RFID Usage
The aircraft maker has distributed RFID requirements to suppliers of parts for its A350 aircraft, and will use EPC RFID tags to manage the configuration of A330 and A340 planes, as well as to track tools.
RFID News Roundup
European Youth Olympic Festival to use RFID-enabled ID cards; RF-iT adds virtual tunnel to its RFID solutions; Seoul Subway to save millions with RFID ticketing; Pennsylvania lawmakers move closer to banning forced chip implants in people; Maryland hospital to use VeriChip’s RFID-enabled emergency management system; Hi-G-Tek unveils new line of active RFID tags, readers.
RFID Weekly News Roundup — July 9, 2009
The Fourth of July wasn’t a holiday for RFID technology as several organizations collaborated to provide an RFID-based access control system and public safety officer identification system to manage the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular. This article highlights that, plus all the other RFID news and developments from the past week.