Cimko Cement Plant Loads Up on RFID
The Turkish facility has deployed passive EPC Gen tags and readers to automate the filling of trucks, thus lowering costs and improving the facility’s capacity by up to 20 percent.
Can RFID Create Enclosed Perimeters?
Is there a flexible system to create an enclosed perimeter using RFID technologies? For instance, would I be able to arrive at a farm with my RFID products, quickly set up a perimeter around a pig pen and also tag the pigs, so that I could be alerted if the animals...Auto Deal an Example for Pharma
The automotive industry’s decision to accept higher fuel economy standards in order to avoid dealing with 50 state requirements might be a good model for pharmaceutical companies looking to avoid having to comply with 50 state laws mandating drug pedigrees.
Ohio Music Festival Sings RFID’s Praises
Organizers of Six Fest added tags to their tickets, thereby improving traffic flow for 14,000 concert-goers and saving thousands of dollars by discouraging counterfeiters.
RFID News Roundup
Confidex offers tag services to ease deployment; IDtronic intros mobile Bluetooth RFID reader; UPM Raflatac, Hansaprint to offer online NFC printing service; Bouygues Telecom gives boost to NFC startup Twinlinx; TagStone, noFilis to bring RFID, supply chain expertise to Middle East; Visonic Technologies adds 433 MHz RFID reader to portfolio.
Voyantic Helps Companies Put RFID Tags to the Test
The Finnish startup says its system has allowed tag research and design teams to reduce by half the time needed to bring new tags to market.
RFID Weekly News Roundup June 18, 2009
This article highlights RFID news and developments from this past week, which saw regulations for RFID-enabled personal identification documents take a new twist. The week also saw continued RTLS and other active RFID implementations, as well as more examples of RFID functionality being embedded in consumer-oriented applications.
Is RFID Applicable in Libraries?
Can radio frequency identification be used in libraries and information centers? —Name withheld ——— Absolutely. Many libraries around the world have deployed RFID systems to track books, CDs and periodicals (see Libraries Adopt RFID by the Book, Tag Encryption for...Farmer and Rancher Coalition Opposes RFID-Tagging of Animals
The group’s members believe tracking live animals will not solve the problem of food-borne illnesses.
NAIS Shows How Government Takes the Wrong Approach
Pressing small farmers to tag every chick is not the best way to track animal disease and reduce outbreaks of food-borne illness.