The recent news about potentially unsafe levels of arsenic in fruit juices has reignited the focus on food safety and monitoring the food supply chain. Tonight, MIT will host a very timely seminar on RFID and food safety. The RFID SIG event, “RFID Protects the Food Chain,” will be held at MIT’s Stata Center beginning [...]
The U.S. continues to lag when it comes to food safety and RFID, but that isn’t preventing a strong global market from developing for the use of the technology for food traceability and to prevent illnesses. In a new report published by IDTechEx, a technology vendor is quoted as saying that “the USA has, if [...]
RFID is becoming more and more of a common solution when it comes to tracking and managing large amounts of cash. Imagine how beneficial the technology would be to firms like Wells Fargo that truck money around all day. And while retailers love RFID because of the increased supply chain visibility it provides, retailers like [...]
RFID is becoming more and more of a common solution when it comes to tracking and managing large amounts of cash. Imagine how beneficial the technology would be to firms like Wells Fargo that truck money around all day. And while retailers love RFID because of the increased supply chain visibility it provides, retailers like [...]
Yesterday we addressed the rollout of RFID-enabled ticketing at Disney World. Today, RFID access control and cashless payment systems provider Intellitix says it activated more than one million RFID-enabled wrist bands at concerts in North America this summer. Concert sites included Coachella, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Outside Lands, Austin City Limits, Electric Zoo, Moogfest and Le Festival [...]
Consumer sentiment is changing rapidly when it comes to RFID technology and the “big brother is watching” reputation the technology once carried. At last week’s RFID Forum at the University of Arkansas there was little discussion about privacy issues and negative feedback from customers as retailers roll out item level tagging en masse. The VICS [...]
There is some interesting dialogue occurring about privacy issues over on the RFID Arena blog page. Mirva Saarijärvi of Nordic ID has posted some interesting content on the issue surrounding privacy and RFID, as its use spreads not only in retail, but in government (passports), manufacturing, transportation and other sectors. The piece also looks at [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Could NFC technology make the role of librarian obsolete? A new NFC-based solution demonstrated at the 100th German Librarian Day in Berlin certainly suggests so. The prototype of the first-ever mobile SelfCheck features an NFC capable smart phone that makes it possible to borrow straight from the library shelf. Users can check out, extend the lending period [...]