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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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