RFID Helps Satisfy OSHA Rules for Industrial Respirators
Colden Corp. has begun using passive high-frequency tags to track the inspection and maintenance of the respirators used by factory workers.
How RFID Can Help Manufacturers Thrive in Recessionary Times
With every economic crisis comes opportunity. A well-scrutinized RFID project has the potential to yield a strong return on investment.
UAE Universities Adopt RFID to Thwart Diploma Forgery
Schools in the United Arab Emirates are placing RFID tags on the academic certificates they issue, to ensure the documents’ validity and speed the registration process.
Wireless Sensors Monitor Mobile Machines
Wireless sensors can help companies monitor mobile equipment and environments too large to be outfitted with wired sensors.
Dairy Queen Pilots RFID-Based Mobile Marketing Platform
Dairy Queen is testing a new customer loyalty and discount system that uses an RFID tag to authenticate customers that have received coupons via text message on their mobile phones.
RFID Tracks Consumables in Genetic Analyzers
Applied Biosystems is marketing devices with RFID readers to help eliminate the need to redo a time-consuming genetic test.
Can RFID Tags Survive Steam Sterilization?
Is there a passive RFID tag available that can withstand steam sterilizing, and that comes with a sterilizing counter? —Name withheld ——— There are both active and passive tags that can withstand steam sterilization. Elecsys Corp. offers a low-frequency (LF) tag that...
RFID to Protect Intellectual Property
BookFactory is partnering with FileTrail, selling laboratory notebooks fitted with EPC Gen 2 tags to companies that need to track researchers’ personal notes.
RFID News Roundup
NFC Forum unveils N-Mark for tags; TagStone, Identec Solutions team to offer RFID systems to Middle East companies; LA Metro switches to more secure Mifare Plus chips; Belgacom, Alcatel-Lucent work together on contactless platform; FleetMind, Alien Technology partner on RFID for automated service products; Melexis announces new sensor tag IC for cold-chain applications.