RFID is quickly making its way into electronic devices, something that is evidenced by the amount of new RFID-enabled gadgets being unveiled at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. I didn’t make the trip to CES, since my schedule takes me to the NRF Big Show in New York next week. However, word [...]
RFID in retail is exploding, and tonight the latest tends in retail RFID will be discussed at the MIT Enterprise Forum meeting at MIT. The event, “Disruptive Innovation: Improving the Retail Flow of Goods,” will examine the impact of long-range RFID and sensors on the Internet of Things for retail and other industries. Speakers include [...]
RFID continues to make inroads in the transportation sector, from high speed trains moving at 250 kilometers per hour (155 MPH), to car manufacturers like Volkswagen and Porsche. This video demonstrates that RFID can be used to accurately track vehicles moving at high speeds. European RFID system integrator 7ID was tasked with demonstarting that RFID [...]
The transportation and logistics sector are ahead of most industries when it comes to deploying technologies that will enable them to take advantage of the Internet of Things, a future world where all items are connected by technologies like RFID. According to a global study conducted by Forrester Consulting, only 15 percent of respondents have [...]
The return on investment for many RFID projects continues to hit the stratosphere. That certainly seems to be the case for Bear River Services, an agricultural supplier based in Rio Oso, Calif., that has seen an ROI of just several months for the yard management system it installed from Intelleflex and InCom. The first automated [...]
NASCAR has turned to RFID to ensure that race teams and drivers do not receive a competitive advantage over other teams. According to a case study posted by Impinj, NASCAR teams are allowed a set number of tires for each event. Teams must practice and qualify only on the allotted tires so they do not [...]
RFID is gaining traction in Asia as a solution for product authentication in a region that is plagued by counterfeit products in the consumer goods sector. Now, Shanghai officials have attached RFID tags to 50,000 taxicabs in China’s largest city to ensure that all taxicabs are registered and to eliminate fake cabs. A story in [...]
This case study from Intelleflex discusses the benefits of implementing pallet-level temperature monitoring and reviews a recent project with a major North American berry producer. It describes the importance and value of pallet level temperature monitoring from harvest to retailer including and the advantages of using FEFO+ to optimize routing based on shelf life.
The total value of the worldwide RFID market is expected to reach $7.46 billion in 2012, up from $6.37 billion in 2011. In total, four billion tags will be sold in 2012, a sharp increase from the 2.9 billion tags consumed in 2011. The market forecast from IDTechEx includes tags, readers and software/services for RFID [...]
Michelin has piloted RFID in tires for seven years, including embedding tags on 50,000 tires that have logged more than 3.4 billion miles to test the technology for monitoring tire pressure and maintenance. Now, the long drive to commercialize RFID in tires is coming to fruition. Michelin has included RFID tags on its X InCity [...]
