What do you call an RFID chip that is somewhere between high and low memory? Waltham, Mass.-based Tego, a provider of high-memory tagging solutions is still searching for the exact wording, but the “mid-memory” chip is available nonetheless. The company unveiled its TegoChip 2000, a 2-kilobit chip for tagging aircraft parts that require only birth [...]
In an effort to capture new customers and increase sales, luxury automakers are tempting consumers with free maintenance programs. Volvo, for example, is pushing a feature that covers all maintenance costs for the first five years of new vehicle’s life. In an effort to manage these programs, manufacturers are investigating high memory RFID tags like [...]
Sophisticated users of RFID technology are beginning to embrace the concept of running applications on high memory RFID tags, instead of just storing information. Read about this and other ways that the aerospace and auto industry are using high memory tags in this week’s issue of RFID 24-7. According to Tego CEO Tim Butler: “The [...]
In an effort to capture new customers and increase sales, luxury automakers are tempting consumers with free maintenance programs. Volvo, for example, is pushing a feature that covers all maintenance costs for the first five years of new vehicle’s life. In an effort to manage these programs, manufacturers are investigating high memory RFID tags like [...]
RFID TagSource has signed a cooperative research and development agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration that allows the firm to use the FAA’s laboratory facilities and resources at the FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center in New Jersey. The collaborative research will eventually help to enhance flight safety and maintenance operations by storing maintenance history [...]
Editor’s Note: For those who may have missed this week’s top story in RFID 24-7, we’ve posted the story here. Be sure to subscribe to RFID 24-7 here: Last week the industry was abuzz following the launch of the Item Level RFID Initiative, an alliance of major retailers that hope to accelerate the use of [...]
The aerospace industry has long been a pioneer when it comes to RFID research. Today, a pact between Airbus, MAINtag SAS and Tego will take that innovation to a new level. By early next year, thousands of Tego’s high memory tags will find their way onto aircraft parts across the Airbus A350 XWB fleet. Approximately [...]