RFID monitors conveyor belts

Advanced ID supplies RFID solution to Correias Mercurio in Brazil to enable monitoring of its high value conveyor products.

... "Correias Mercurio initiated an RFID project to monitor the condition of the belt at all times to prevent costly repairs and minimize downtime. After nearly a year of working and testing Advanced ID products, the RFID tag has been approved for commercial deployment. " ...

Via Advanced ID: Correias Mercurio, Brazil

RFID Fish Monitoring Tags in Pacific Northwest

Digital Angel deploys RFID monitoring solution on Federal Columbia and Snake River hydroelectric projects to monitor the native salmon population. ...

... "Destron Fearing unit has been awarded new orders for Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) fish-monitoring RFID tags from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The value of the new orders is expected to be in the range of $1.5 to $2.0 million over the next year. The Company expects to begin shipping product under the new orders within two weeks. The new orders extend the Company's participation in a project currently underway to continue to develop a PIT-tag system for monitoring salmonids using the spillways at hydroelectric projects in the Columbia and Snake River basins in the U.S. Pacific Northwest. " ...

Via Digital Angel: NEW ORDERS FOR FISH MONITORING RFID TAGS

RFID Container Monitoring Creates Asset Visibility

Australian logistics firm, Townley Group, chooses Wavetrend RFID technology to create visibility into its assets in the supply chain. The RFID technology will be deployed on a number of challenging logistical scenarios for the companies. ...

... "The combination of high-performance fixed infrastructure and mobile handheld device field technology combined with asset monitoring software made Wavetrend the clear choice for Townley Group and its customers in the region. The ability of Wavetrend’s active RFID network to deliver unprecedented asset visibility and perform at a high-level under harsh conditions ensures that it will meet all requirements for Townley Group’s applications. " ...

Via Wavetrend: International Container Monitoring and Security with Australia's Townley Group

RFID Smart Home

Chinese university team looks to RFID technology in role of access control to enable smart home capabilities. ...

... "smart home network system that works by integrating well-known Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology into the Open Service Gateway Initiative (OSGi) to allow people to access a video monitoring and media system ... " ...

Via DNA: Smart home

RFID Power Monitoring using Integrated Smart Plugs

Treehugger folks identify RFID-enabled plugs from Zerofootprint that can integrate power information and receive commands to intelligently manage energy consumption. ...

... "TalkingPlugs, a system that includes devices that attach over existing electrical outlets, giving them special powers: namely the ability to wirelessly transmit their energy output and, inversely, to be remotely controlled and programmed. " ...

Via TreeHugger: Zerofootprint Monitoring

RFID Chemical Sensors Research at GE

GE Researchers will explore the use of RFID technology integrated with sensors to monitor exposure to toxic volatile chemicals. The solution will be wearable. RFID readers will interrogate the worn sensors and integrate readings to the monitoring system / software where exposures can be understood and actions and alerts can be generated. ...

... "A prototype of wearable wireless sensor system will be developed and demonstrated that will contain replaceable passive RFID sensors. Developed sensors will be interrogated by a small-sized, wearable sensor reader that will relate the findings to a local base station. " ...

Via GE Global Research: Wearable RFID Sensors Detect Chemicals

RFID Student Tracking

The application of RFID technology to tracking students and managing access control is being considered in the Phillipines. ...

... "he asked school officials to consider the use of RFID to monitor the whereabouts of students while inside the campus and to prevent the entry of unauthorized individuals posing as students. " ...

Via Business Mirror: RFID system

RFID Senses Environmental Conditions

Savi implements an automated asset and inventory tracking system for the Expeditionary Logistics Center at the Sierra Army Depot in California. The depot supports the storage, maintenance, assembly, and containerization of operational inventory items, ready for deployment. ...

... "The Savi solution at the depot is designed to enhance the visibility and management of assets such as containers, trailers, generators and water purification units. In addition, the solution utilizes sensors that monitor the environmental conditions of DEPMEDS, which are hospitals in a container and include necessary medical supplies and equipment required for rapid deployment into the field of operations. " ...

Via Savi: Army Depot Visibility and Management of Inventory

RFID Skier Training

Fraunhofer researchers collaborate with industry to apply RFID technology to the training of skiing athletes, where thousandths of a second in improvements matter. The technology can be used to monitor performance and identify areas for improvement. ...

... "The underlying technology is radio frequency identification or RFID. A computer calculates the position of the skis every millisecond and displays their exact path on a monitor. A coach recognizes whether both skis were parallel, explains Richter, whether the skier has drifted from her path in a curve and whether she is able to carve properly. " ...

Via Fraunhofer Institute: Signal opportunities on the slopes

Wynn RFID in Las Vegas Chip Detection

The gaming industry has been adopting IT enablers, such as RFID technology, to improve its monitoring and detection capabilities. The industry is expanding at a heated pace in Asia, where technology adoption is increasing. ...

... "Wynn Las Vegas started the RFID chip approach rolling three years ago, putting radio frequency identification (RFID) tags into its casino chips. These tags allow readers, linked to the casino's computer systems, to detect counterfeit betting chips. " ...

Via MIS Asia: Gaming industry IT applications

RFID Healthcare Installation in Israel

Wavetrend Technologies implements an active RFID project for the new Ashdod Medical Center in Israel, that creates the largest active RFID installation in the Middle East. ...

... "In the interest of achieving the best possible monitoring of equipment, personnel and high-risk patients, Ashdod Medical Center required full RFID coverage for all six operational floors of its facility. To meet this objective, Ardan will install a vast infrastructure of active RFID supplied by Wavetrend. Readers will be strategically positioned throughout the hospital, and an extensive array of tags designed to track multiple assets will be deployed. The real-time tracking capabilities that the system offers will allow the hospital to locate critical equipment and personnel in the event of an emergency, and also monitor the whereabouts of high-risk patients in real time so that medical staff can react to an alert immediately. " ...

Via Wavetrend: Largest Healthcare RFID Installation in Israel

RFID Green Applications for Monitoring Beijing Olympics

AIM Global sees application of radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies in enabling green capabilities as a growth market segment. ...

... "Vehicle emissions monitoring using RFID is being implemented at this summer's Olympics in Beijing to help supervise air quality. Emissions testing is required for all vehicles travelling in and out of Beijing. An RFID tag is embedded in a decal which is placed on the windshield if the vehicle passes the emissions test. A handheld reader is used to check vehicles on the road. This application will continue even after the 2008 Summer Olympics to help reduce pollution in the city. " ...

Via AIM Global: Increased Acceptance, Utilization Of RFID Technologies in Green Applications

RFID 3D Antenna

PREMO develops RFID antenna for 5.5khz applications, such as remote monitoring system for sporting. ...

... "The new PREMO RFID antenna, the newest 3D antenna offers the maximum sensitivity (>5 at 5.5 kHz) in the minimum space. Besides, there are antennas available for 20khz (sensitivity >10) and 125khz (sensitivity >70) applications. " ...

Via Grupo Premo: RFID transponder coils for 5.5 Khz

RFID Infant Protection Success Story

Verichip sees healthcare industry success with the protection of infants using its Hugs RFID protection system. ...

... "Xmark's infant protection systems are designed to prevent infant abductions and inadvertent child mismatching in hospitals. The main component of the systems is a wearable RFID tag that is assigned to child and mother following birth. Monitors positioned throughout the hospital detect the integrity of the tags and location of the child. If a newborn is removed from the ward, if the tag is lifted from the baby's skin or if the ankle strap is compromised, the system immediately triggers an alarm, alerting hospital security to the situation. " ...

Via Verichip: One Million Infants Protected in 2007

RFID Electronic Patient Tracking Enables Lean Hospital Processes

Hospital will use RFID technology to support patient tracking processes and create efficiencies through lean techniques. ...

... "The RFID monitoring system will be linked to Hawke's Bay hospital's PAS patient management system, so capacity planning and bed management systems are automatically updated when patients are admitted and discharged. " ...

Via Stuff.co.nz: Hastings hospital