RFID News Roundup
Toshiba TEC's RFID products get EPCglobal certification; TimeLox puts RFID security into Four Seasons Hotel; Florida county library system to tag 1.4 million items; RF Controls releases new smart antennas; ADT Security announces real-time inventory solutions; GuardRFID's active RFID systems work with video; SkyBitz intros tank activity and tire-pressure sensors.Forest-Monitoring Sensors Harvest Energy From Trees
The U.S. Forest Service is deploying a climate sensor network powered by energy harvested from living trees.- New York Medical Center Tracks OR Equipment for Trauma Care
- NFC Brings Visibility to British Home Care
- Phone-Tracking Pilot Down Under Points to Big Benefits
- New System Tracks Specimens From Hospitals to Labs
- Marigold Industrial Gets a Better Grip on Glove Production, Inventory
- Drilling Company Taps RFID Benefits
- RFID News Roundup
- RFID Protects Tut's Treasures
More News
- Bar-Code Technology Is Not Cheaper Than RFID
- RFID in the Middle East
- The Myth of Perfect Read Accuracy
- Wireless Sensors Monitor Mobile Machines
- Achieving Six Sigma Retailing
- Best Practices in RFID
- RFID Journal LIVE! on Demand
- RFID Moves Beyond Tracking
- Debunking Reports of RFID's Death
- RFID Crosses the Chasm
More Editor's Notes
- That 'Internet of Things' Thing
- How RFID Can Help Manufacturers Thrive in Recessionary Times
- Hex Is Not the Standard
- Beyond the Basics
- Lessons From Air Safety
- A Broader Definition of RFID
- Why Buy EPCglobal-Certified Products?
- Solving the Water and Metal Problem
- Identifying RFID's Biggest Threats
- AspireRFID Can Lower Deployment Costs
More Expert Views
Defense
- Dayton to Foster New RFID Solutions
- RFID Plays Crucial Military Role in Middle East
- Queralt Developing Behavior-Monitoring RFID Software
Consumer Packaged Goods
- Alliance, Seeonic, UPM Raflatac Collaborate on Item-Level Retail Display
- RFID Is TOP Priority for Store Loyalty Cards
- Two Food Chains Trial RFID-based Electronic Shelf Labels
Health Care
Logistics
- Phone-Tracking Pilot Down Under Points to Big Benefits
- RFID Protects Tut's Treasures
- H&M Bay Cools Its Freight With RFID
Manufacturing
- Marigold Industrial Gets a Better Grip on Glove Production, Inventory
- Cimko Cement Plant Loads Up on RFID
- Voyantic Helps Companies Put RFID Tags to the Test
Retail
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RFID Technology Selection for Waste-Management Applications
Published June 2009Texas Instruments' Josh Wyatt and J.A. Gouldbourne offer an overview of RFID opportunities in the waste-management industry, to help those in that sector to make short- and long-term decisions regarding RFID implementation. (23 pages)
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Maximizing Waste Management Efficiency Through RFID
Published June 2009Texas Instruments' Josh Wyatt explores how technology is playing a vital role in waste hauling operations, how the pay-as-you-throw (PAYT) system works, and how the application of low-frequency RFID is making a positive impact on the way communities address waste management.
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Santa Fe Optical Thwarts Theft With RFID
Published June 2009The retailer, which offers designer eyeglass frames to its clients in Austin, Texas, is employing an RFID solution from Electronic Inventory Solutions and Avery Dennison to reduce theft within its store. The RFID system has also enabled the firm to decrease its inventory-taking time by 80 percent.
