RFID goes beyond inventory tracking
By: Grant Buckler - Network World Canada Click here to view original article ... to affix radio frequency identification (RFID) tags to merchandise has been the poster boy for RFID for so long that anyone could be forgiven for thinking RFID is simply an inventory control technology – [more...]
Date: 2008-10-31 20:54:11
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Sept. Scientific American: Dude, Where's My Privacy?
keyfob Gizmodo.com A new generation of RFID-enabled credit cards, like this Mastercard Paypass keyfob from Citibank, ... of privacy, to RFID chips that can track more than inventory. Here's an RFID chip reader used ... stranger than fiction in How RFID Tags Could Be Used [more...]
Date: 2008-08-22 17:18:58
Past Competitors: RFind (First Prize, 2006)
RFind, the 2006 BC Hydro first-prize winner, continues to innovate in the field of real time inventory tracking ... to manually record inventory, an RFID reader can wirelessly scan all nearby tags instantly ... for reader infrastructure. RFID has been quickly adopted by many industries; Walmart [more...]
Date: 2008-08-21 22:53:35
ROB BALGLEY: Sales chain RFID manages inventory in the field
Dec. 18, 2008 – CEO Rob Balgley discusses how Skyetek is helping companies extend their management of inventory from their own premises to " ... that active RFID often runs on; but you are not talking about using active RFID per ... outside of a premises-based distribution center or warehouse – basically the idea of being able [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 15:57:34
Turning VR Inside Out
Instead of trying to create reality virtually, what if we embed virtuality into reality? Crossposted from Super Concepts. This video shows how RFID can help improve control over stock inventory both in real world ... . Computer controlled reality. RFID will play a large part in this. The data it will provide [more...]
Date: 2008-11-20 12:03:27
RFID Sewn In
We’ve started to see the introduction of RFID to track things like store inventory, travelers in airports and passport holders - and next, ... a trackable RFID tag that can be sewn into garments and withstand washing machines and ironing. We’re ... you wonder how connected our clothes will be in the future. RFID Journal reports: Another of RFID Lab’ [more...]
Date: 2008-08-14 15:02:36
Eyewear Retailer applies RFID to eliminate shoplifting
Santa Fe Optical applies EPC tags to all of the frames it sells, helping it to eliminate shoplifting and streamline inventory management ... has a number printed on it—the same number encoded to the RFID chip inside the tag. At that time, employees manually input the RFID tag number into the store’s inventory database, along with other information [more...]
Date: 2008-09-12 10:10:46
RFID in Retail
RFID solutions enable retailers to explore new avenues to increase revenue and improve operational efficiency ... movements tracking across the retail process, phases or floors, RFID provides real-time inventory tracking, with minimal human intervention, allowing you to: Improve security against shoplifting [more...]
Date: 2008-12-10 15:01:45
COMPACTplus-b Safety Light Curtains
safety light curtains and multiple light beam safety devices with blanking functions COMPACTplus-b Safety Light Curtains are Active Opto-electronic ... | 165 | 10 — aerospace | Barriers | Composites | inventory | Manufacturing | RFID Industrial Markets Served: Automotive — Automation | custom assemblies | electromechanical | force measurement | wire [more...]
Date: 2008-10-21 18:15:26
New RFID SD Card for Mobile Market Unveiled
"RFID usage has been widely deployed in inventory tracking and supply chain management as well as some health care and security checking in consumer market. In view of the high demand, DAILY RFID, a China based leading supplier for RFID devices ... hardware change. The SD format based RFID reader is compatible with 13.56MHz RFID tag in various formats [more...]
Date: 2008-11-17 03:22:02
Convergence of Technologies Is the Dominant Trend at the National Retail Federation’s 98th Annual Convention and EXPO
At this week’s National Retail Federation (NRF) convention and EXPO held at New York’s Jacob K ... . RFID is everywhere. RFID-enabled systems can now help retailers track inventory as well as develop shopper profiles to study the buying habits of consumers. RFID is also being used for contactless [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 16:35:05
RFID Works For Big Brother
RFID Works For Big Brother British reality program Celebrity Big Brother is using Wavetrend active RFID tags to track the movements of the show's participants. By Claire Swedberg, RFID Journal Smart Bottles Reduce Glass Breakage Inventory Management Helps Build A Bridge: Glidewell... Case Study: Whiteman Airforce Base Keeps The B-2 Bomber [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 14:51:45
Is Amazon the Wal-Mart of Cloud Computing?
John Pescatore, information security analyst at Gartner, ... its industry and supply chain to adopt more efficient practices such as RFID and supplier-managed inventory [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 19:08:41
Secured Digital wins $1.76 million contract from New Alliance China - Computer Business Review
The contract is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2009. According to Secured Digital, its EyStar Warehouse Management System (EWMS) integrates bar code, radio frequency identification (RFID) and WiFi data collection to track inventory ... [more...]
Date: 2008-08-22 05:33:42
GAO launches beaconing tag
Canadian firm GAO RFID Inc. has released a new 2.4GHz active beaconing RFID tag ... in asset locating and tracking and warehouse inventory management applications. The new tag ... receives a specific signal from a nearby RFID reader, a built-in LED flashes to assist the user [more...]
Date: 2008-09-09 19:12:00
Keeping tabs on schoolkids
Keeping tabs on schoolkids by Roger Sinasohn Jun 25th 2008 4:03PM Kids 5-7, Kids 8-11, EducationRadio-Frequency Identification (RFID) technology has been used for years to track inventory; now, one school district in Rhode Island is planning to use the technology to track students. RFID chips will be put into the kids' schoolbags [more...]
Date: 2008-06-25 20:15:35
Mobile RFID in India
Today Microsoft announced the general availability of its BizTalk RFID Mobile integration software, which it released in beta form in April ... warehouse inventory. Working with S3Edge, a Microsoft partner in India, RiteCare created an RFID ... environment. BizTalk RFID Mobile empowers businesses by giving their workers tools to make them [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 09:38:00
Fuel prices causing companies to “Move West”
I lived in Los Angeles during the early 2000’s and had the opportunity to tour various inland logistics centers based in the Fontana/Ontario area ... including inventory, returns, distribution, etc. and was even in the preliminary stages of RFID development for the warehouse. At that time, I was also responsible for two large tech firms that were [more...]
Date: 2008-07-29 02:26:46
Wavemark-Lumedx RFID technology helps Florida Hospital reduce costs
HealthCare Management was recently informed of a product launch that could potentially, help hospitals lower their inventory costs, improve tracking of medical devices, and positively impact patient care. The new RFID technology enabled system is being launched jointly by Wavemark: a market leader in real-time inventory [more...]
Date: 2008-12-13 07:12:05
RFID tags could help manage data center assets
Data center staffers are typically not employed to maintain inventories of hardware assets, ... adoption, said Jonathan Collins, U.K-based principal analyst by the RFID & contactless group at ABI ... of the extreme point of 2013. IT managers can use passive or active RFID technology. With passive [more...]
Date: 2008-10-17 03:25:38
Doug Farry to Speak at Biotech Supply Chain Academy (BioSCA)
Doug Farry, chair of the firm's RFID practice, will moderate the panel, ... on the Biotechnology Supply Chain RFID Opportunities for Biotech Applications Collaborative Demand Planning, Rapid Replenishment & Vendor Management Inventory (VMI) Systems Human Resource [more...]
Date: 2008-09-11 15:21:47
Get To Grips With Warehouse Inventory Software
Many of the tools and methods needed in your business can be simplified with Data colection software, from RFID to barcide and mobile solutions. On the web, you can easily find warehouse inventory [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 05:02:56
SkyeTek SkyeModule M9
SkyeTek SkyeModule M9 The SkyeModule M9 is a tiny, embedded UHF RFID reader module for OEMs. Manufacturers add RFID as a feature to a broad range of products with this high performance ... : WIP/Supply Chain Inventory EMI and RFI Design Consulting MIKOH SecureContainer more... [more...]
Date: 2008-11-14 17:48:43
Dr. Scott’s Predictions for 2009
Many Newspapers continue to struggle those that have high debt levels will consolidate, retrench through bankruptcy, or good old liquidation. ... RFID technology begins to take hold in retail starts to supplement bar code technology to enhance retail experience. .ie checkout and inventory control. Huge shot in the dark without Wal-Mart [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 05:53:50
The RFID and the saguaro
As somebody who used to have a front yard with a saguaro cactus, I understand why people pay up to $1,000 for them ... inventory. Photo: backlitcoyote Project Wonderful - Your ad here, right now, for as low as $0.00 Tags: crime • environment • internet of things • plants • RFID Related posts Will cleaner fuels raise [more...]
Date: 2008-10-08 19:11:32
Data Extraction Software Explained In Plain English
Many of the tools and methods needed in your business can be simplified with Data colection software, from RFID to barcide and mobile solutions. About the author For a deeper look into various data collection methods and more, such as Inventory Stock Control Software, and WMS Software then one click could provide all the answers you’ve [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 21:10:16
GAO Offers 433MHz Active Handheld RFID Reader
This light weight and palm-sized handheld reader is an ideal solution for localization and tracking merchandise, inventory, or other assets. [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 18:03:22
Hold Onto Your Seats, Sports Fans: SF Giants to Try Airline-Style Pricing
Passengers find no shortage of befuddling experiences in the air travel industry. But perhaps nothing confounds customers as much as airlines’ approach to pricing, in which the fare two people pay for the exact same service can swing wildly based on — from a customer’s perspective — a labyrinthe [more...]
Date: 2008-12-09 11:32:00
Hold Onto Your Seats, Sports Fans: SF Giants to Try Airline-Style Pricing
Passengers find no shortage of befuddling experiences in the air travel industry. But perhaps nothing confounds customers as much as airlines’ approach to pricing, in which the fare two people pay for the exact same service can swing wildly based on — from a customer’s perspective — a labyrinthe [more...]
Date: 2008-12-09 10:50:00
Designing product packages? How it’s made?
A designed product’s package fulfills several different functions it provides a protective shell for transportation and storage, acts as a vital source of information to the product’s user in today’s heavily manufactured world, and performs an important marketing role to make it stand out amid a flood of similar articles [more...]
Date: 2008-06-07 01:42:50
Microchip Additions to Clothing Possible
Link to Video Microchip Additions to Clothing Possible CHAN: Ever feel like big brother is watching you sometimes? ... a conference on Wednesday to confer upon the usage of Radio Frequency Identification in garments. This technology otherwise known as RFID employs tiny devices which can respond with identifying information [more...]
Date: 2008-12-09 14:00:17
4 Scary Toys in Big Brother’s Toolbox
BY MEGHAN HOLOHAN. It seems like government agencies are ready to party like it’s 1984. In its zeal to prevent another terrorism attack, the U.S. has relaxed laws that protect our privacy, making it easier for the government to keep an eye on you. The following four products could help Big Brother keep watch. 1. Wristy Business: Monitors [more...]
Date: 2008-08-15 18:39:21
innovation wish list for 2009
Today was my first day back at work in over a week. Now it really feels like a new year, and work is cranking right along ... at, where’s my microwave with the same barcode/RFID reader? Why can’t I just wave the little package ... like that, but seriously, where are the following innovations? Where’s my refrigerator with a barcode/RFID [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 21:44:56
Fleury’s Open Remote is all about the software
It has been over five years since I started writing about wireless applications which live in the air, for home automation, ... , one-off solutions? There are some killer apps out there, applications which can use sensors, motes, and RFID connected by wireless networks to simple, Linux-based base stations. Linux because that’ [more...]
Date: 2008-07-28 13:02:45
Overdue Books 2.0
As always, Ed Vielmetti is thinking about how to make the library’s data work harder for him, with or without the library’s help. ( ... -based services than most other libraries, but the simple openness of their systems makes it easy for a superpatron like Ed to extend these services even further on his own.) So when Ed couldn’t find [more...]
Date: 2008-08-20 03:54:45
In-Store Retail Advertising Causes as Many Woes as Wows
The Wall Street Journal’s Emily Steel describes the latest in in-store video advertising and RFID ... now is to figure out how to use them most effectively: Procter & Gamble is placing radio-frequency identification tags on products at a Metro Extra retail store in Germany so that when a customer pulls [more...]
Date: 2008-08-25 08:49:18
Two New California Privacy Protection Laws Go Into Effect
Every year the Consumer Federation of Californiamonitors, supports, and opposes numerous bills related to privacy protection ... Reading of RFID without an Individual’s Knowledge and Prior ConsentRadio Frequency Identification ... for tracking and identification purposes. When a RFID reader emits a radio signal, the devices [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 19:36:00
Smart Bottles Reduce Glass Breakage
Smart Bottles Reduce Glass Breakage Glass container maker Ardagh Glass, as well as Coca-Cola, Coors and other beverage companies, are using facsimile bottles with built-in active RFID tags and sensors to identify sites ... Mechanical Thinks This Might Be The Big One! Integration Story: Laredo's Water Department Uses RFID To... more... [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 19:53:40
Baghdad’s Post-Blast Wall Bibliothèque
As I kept flipping through the images in this gallery of Baghdad’s incredible blast wall murals, recalling fairly recent news of how the U.S. military had begun dismantling some of the barricades in Dora (a district in Baghdad), and even more recently how control of the Green Zone was just handed over to the Iraqi government, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 01:01:00
My volunteer work helps me be a better consultant", says Lucy Vento
... for CSC Consulting in the Supply Chain Management practice where she specializes in global logistics ... of the Colorado RFID Alliance and was the 2001 President of the Denver Telecom Professionals (renamed [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 06:14:54
Tikitag Turns Wal-Mart Inventory Tech into Fun
RFID and NFC aren’t really new, but up til now, the most exciting use for the tech ... , readers or packages containing both. Then it’s up to you to either use or create applications to take [more...]
Date: 2008-09-09 03:23:00
"Enhanced" Licence May Enhance Privacy and Security Risks
This week the Ontario legislature will resume debate on Bill 85, proposed legislation that could lead to the creation of an "enhanced drivers licence" ... (RFID) within the card, is the outcome of that work. While the enhanced card will be optional ... as a photo card for non-drivers - has received little public attention despite the urgent concerns [more...]
Date: 2008-11-17 09:25:14
InvoTech Selects Atlanta’s M2SYS Technology for Leading-Edge Fingerprint Software
ATLANTA, Ga. — M2SYS Technology, an award-winning fingerprint biometrics research and development firm, announced today that InvoTech Systems Inc ... System) application, an inventory management solution for a wide variety of clients spanning ... ., the leading provider of “back-of the-house” inventory tracking systems for the hospitality [more...]
Date: 2008-11-24 21:17:45
InvoTech Systems Adds M2SYS Technology for Leading-Edge Fingerprint Software
ATLANTA, Ga. — M2SYS Technology, an award-winning fingerprint biometrics research and development firm, announced today that InvoTech Systems Inc ... System) application, an inventory management solution for a wide variety of clients spanning ... ., the leading provider of “back-of the-house” inventory tracking systems for the hospitality [more...]
Date: 2008-11-25 18:09:40
Arphid Watch: In Your Underwear
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 13, 2008 Protest Today Against RFID in Clothing and Shoes RFID WHERE? ... Frequency Identification or RFID technology. Past attendees include New Balance Athletic Shoes, Reebok ... Carrie know?))) Protesters will gather today in Manhattan to greet attendees of the third annual "RFID [more...]
Date: 2008-08-13 17:03:18
RFID's new utility in the datacenter
When you think of RFID, you likely think of the radio tags being used to track items in a warehouse or verify prescriptions in a hospital -- two long-time uses of the radio frequency identification tags. But today, RFID's biggest growth ... is now found in the RFID tagging of IT assets, especially those deemed high-value, says Michael [more...]
Date: 2008-08-20 18:47:09
RFID and Digital Signage Integration
RFID tag integration for digital signage targeting and information display If we were to throw privacy out the window and just talk about the “far-out” technological possibilities of RFID and digital signage, we may well see how both ... ll certainly see more integration with other devices like mobile phones. In fact, RFID chips [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 19:29:14
Types of Label Printers
by Mary Bush Label printers use a wide range of label materials, including paper and synthetic polymer materials ... variety of materials. Thermal label printers are mostly used for bar code printing because ... has the ability to produce exact bar widths that successful bar code printing and scanning require. Each [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 14:00:06
2008 Terrorism
As 2008 comes to a close we must look back at America's security and terrorism in general around the world ... , gaping holes in our security. Dave Gaubatz* comments on the recent Department of Homeland Security's ... the report itself to be a national security threat for America ??? more importantly for the children [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 01:13:07
Battling the Mark of the Beast By Bankruptcy
http://www.coastalpost.com/08/10/24.html Link: Coastal Post Online Article October, 2008 ... implantable microchip identification device which people have implanted in their hands or arms in order ... of privacy that using such technology entails. He is calling for a nation-wide boycott of the device [more...]
Date: 2008-10-01 19:46:12
