Sensors
Learning From the RFID Learned
At RFID Journal LIVE! 2011, an unprecedented wealth of knowledge will be shared by end users with hands-on experience deploying real-world RFID systems.Frisbie Memorial Hospital Takes RFID on Emergency Calls
The New Hampshire facility is tracking equipment and the temperature of medicine that emergency medical technicians take with them whenever an ambulance is dispatched.
Beverage Metrics Serves Up Drink-Management Solution
The system's active RFID tags can track the amount of liquor poured at a restaurant or bar, while also tracking bottle inventory in the back room and enabling billing of beverage purchases at banquets.
Bluechiip Nears Commercial Launch of System for Biobanking Apps
The company has lined up a manufacturer—STMicroelectronics—to make its passive RFID sensor tags, which are based on MEMS technology, measure 4 millimeters across and can transmit temperature data at -196 degrees Celsius.
The Year of Value-Driven RFID Deployments
2010 might have been a turning point for radio frequency identification, in that end users finally discovered the technology's business benefits.
DOD’s RFID Efforts Are Winning the War on Inefficiencies
Last week's RFID in Defense conference highlighted some of the successes the U.S. Department of Defense and its suppliers are having with radio frequency identification.
UC Davis Winery Tracks Fermentation Via RFID Sensors
The system allows the school's new facility to track the sugar content and temperatures of its wine within each of its 152 fermenting vats, putting an end to manual measurements.
Honeybees Are in Trouble—and RFID Can Help
An RFID sensor network can track environmental changes within hives, allowing a beekeeper to infer the insects' health.
Driscoll’s Monitors Its Berry Shipments in Real Time
The company is using a combination of RFID sensors, GPS and cellular communication technology to ensure its products are transported at the proper temperature, and that trailers are not opened while in transit.