Sector: Entertainment Savings: $1 Million-plus Submitted by ThingMagic Disney is relying on RFID to make the Magic Kingdom even more enchanting – especially for its cast members. The theme park has deployed an RFID solution from ThingMagic to track $100 million worth of costumes worn by the likes of Cinderella, Mickey Mouse and others. By [...]

Skiers who fork over $10,000 apiece for the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association’s Gold Pass lift ticket will receive the additional benefits of RFID technology next season. The USSA announced this week that its Gold pass, which provides unlimited, transferable access to National Ski Areas Association resorts coast-to-coast, will become the first pass in the [...]

We recently published a case study about how the Agricultural Bank of China is using RFID to track money bags. When you think about it, tracking large sums of cash is a natural for RFID. So it should come as no surprise that the UK-based game show Million Pound Drop is using RFID to track [...]

RFID is being used in more and more ticketing applications at major sporting events, and the Washington Nationals are the latest to make use of the technology. The team is piloting RFID smart cards with 300 season ticket holders this season. According to a report in the Sports Business Journal, the club plans to roll [...]

More than a quarter-million concertgoers will wear RFID-enabled wrist bands when Canada’s largest blues festival takes place from July 4-15. By adopting RFID cashless payment and access control technology, music fans attending the RBC Royal Bank Bluesfest will be able to use their RFID wristband to pay for food, drink and other goods during the [...]

Concertgoers are in for a special treat at many North American music festivals this summer. RFID-enabled wristbands will not only allow for seamless entry into events like Coachella, Lollapalooza and Bonnaroo, but will also enable patrons to buy merchandise, beer and other items with a flick of the wrist. RFID solutions company Intellitix and cashless [...]

This application note describes how one might design a robust race timing system using ThingMagic UHF RFID technology. The application note assumes the reader to be generally familiar with RFID technology and the ThingMagic MercuryAPI.

The WaterWheel Foundation, the charitable arm of rock band Phish, is turning to RFID to better control inventories of T-shirts, caps and other items while the band is on tour. The WaterWheel Foundation applied RFID tags to more than 2,500 items during the band’s tour last summer. The  logoed items are awarded to concertgoers who [...]

In case you missed this week’s issue of RFID 24-7, we’ve posted the article here. As the use of RFID explodes, the technology is being integrated into more and more consumer-facing applications. That was evident last week when Burger King announced that it is rolling out Coca-Cola’s RFID-enabled Freestyle soda machines to all 850 of [...]

RFID is making its way onto the professional sports stage. The Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League has embedded RFID tags into 10,000 jerseys given to season ticket holders this season. The jerseys, which have RFID tags sewn into the sleeve, allow fans to receive discounts on food, beverages and retail items when [...]