Education & Universities

U Minnesota rolls out RFID-enabled biking system

Last night I attended “From Social Insights to Social Business Innovation” at the MIT campus in Cambridge. Hosted by the MIT Enterprise Forum, the event addressed the role social media is playing within  the business community. I’m always impressed with the network of bike lanes that stretch throughout the MIT campus. It got me to [...]

Survey: RFID gets bad grades for tracking students

Using RFID to track the safety of students has made great strides over the past several years, but a new survey says that half of Americans still aren’t ready to utilize the technology to make sure school children get to school safely. The study, conducted by research consultancy Market Strategies International, says that 51 percent [...]

Textbooks and technology; public schools and universities embrace benefits of RFID

Here’s last week’s issue of RFID 24-7 for those that missed it. You can subscribe to RFID 24-7 here. School’s back in session, and RFID technology is being used to monitor students and staff and to track equipment more than ever, from K-12 to the college level. Adoption is becoming so widespread that it appears [...]