Books to be tagged

The Boekhandels Groep Nederland is starting the use of RFID to facilitate the tracking of special order books. The retail chain is looking at item level tagging as the next step. The book store will deploy RFID interrogators at two shelves which currently have RFID tags on books. The readers and shelf antennas are provided […]



Australian Defense Force Begins RFID-Tagging Shipments

Australian defense commences RFID enabled shipments. The forces are making use of the same technology as being used by the United States and other allies. The tags are being made use to track the supplies that are sent to the Middle East and also throughout the country. The first tagged cargo was destined towards Afghanistan […]

RFID to boost efficiency at Georgia port

The new system at The Port of Savannah’s has 915 MHz active RFID tags, OCR and 125 kHz underground inductive loops to identify and locate trucks and their cargo containers. The port authorities are looking at tracking the shipments that are brought in and leave the port. The use of RFID will help to strengthen […]

RFID to monitor power towers

In order to help the operators of the electricity networks to monitor the infrastructure in a proper form and to look after issues of damage or corrosion, the IT services and solution team of IBM is proposing a scheme wherein the active RFID tags are coupled with interrogators on helicopters.
According to Ulrich Becker:
The helicopter’s pilot […]

RFID to track Granite and Marble

Bresciana Graniti, the Italian supplier of Marble and Granite is looking at the use of RFID. He is making use of 13.56 MHz tags to manage the production and distribution of the stone slabs it sells. The tags are being made use of to track the slabs from the manufacturers place to the end customer. […]

Leigh Hospital makes use of RFID to manage patients and Hospital

The Leigh Valley Hospital is a group of 3 hospitals. The hospital is getting ready for the tracking of surgical patients. This will be made possible with the help of UWB RFID. The hospital management feels that this will help to improve the communication between the staff and the patient’s friends and families.
The hospital is […]

Indian Garments to have RFID tags

The women boutique in Bangalore, Sakhi Enterprises has started the use of RFID for both inventory management as well as security reasons. The company has installed RFID in its facility since February. The installation has been done by Orizin Technologies. The company is making use of item level tagging, the tag is removed at the […]

New RFID tags to maintain consumer privacy

The Australian provider of tamper proof seals and other security solutions has come up with a Smart&Secure Retail tag. As per the company the tag takes care of the consumers concerns over privacy. The consumers are skeptical that the data stored on the RFID tags can be accessed by third parties.
According to Atherton, either Smart&Secure:

Retail […]

RFID to track construction cranes in real time

RFID tags from AssetPulse ar being used by Stafford Tower Crane to keep a track of the location of the cranes as well as components at the construction sites. The technology will be used to track the equipments of the company all across the United States. The company has tagged around 15 cranes and a […]

Intel and Reva Systems collaborate to drive the RFID reader

Intel will be providing Reva with the Low Level RFID Reader Protocol developers’ kit. After the completion of a thirty day prototyping the Reva LLRP developer’s kit, implementation code and supporting documentation will be turned over to an open source project available to any individual or company who wishes to participate.
According to Michael J. […]