Stark RFID recently deployed an RFID tracking system to track the whereabouts of some 50,000 dancing “zombies”. Their words, not mine. The Zombie Pub Crawl is an annual event in Minneapolis/St. Paul during which thousands of people pretend to be dead and wander the streets, boozing and dancing and carousing as zombies – possibly better […]

Trimble introduced its next-generation ultra-high frequency (UHF) RFID reader module, designed to be embedded into a wide variety of handheld, portable and stationary devices throughout commercial, industrial and consumer markets. The size and powerful performance of the Mercury6e-Micro (M6e-Micro) offers users increased efficiency, reduced development costs and time-to-market advantages for RFID applications. Only 46 mm […]

Jason’s Deli and Blue Lemon are two resaraunt who have recently started testing RFID technology to help track and expedite food orders, according to Nation’s Resaraunt News. Employees taking orders at the sales counter provide customers with an RFID device resembling a drink coaster. The employee also enters the identification number on the device into […]

Burlington Medical Supplies (BMS) has partnered together with ODIN, a provider of RFID-enabled health care solutions, to launch a new inventory management system for radiation garments at hospitals and health care facilities. The Burlington Apron Inventory Management System (BAIMS) is available through BurmedID, a division of BMS. This inventory management system for lead aprons helps […]

Danier Leather Inc., the Canada retailer of leather clothing and accessories, has selected Truecount Corporation RFID software to pilot in three Danier retail locations to increase inventory accuracy, visibility and replenishment. Truecount’s integrated real-time replenishment feature ensures items received from distribution centers are placed on Danier sales floor as quickly as possible to reduce out-of-stocks […]

Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Mo. has partnered with Terso Solutions Inc. for an RFID-based automated stockroom inventory management solution. Terso’s RFID stockroom inventory management solution tracks who took what and when in a 24/7 environment – from charge capture and maintaining accurate inventory records, to PAR levels and reordering. The real-time monitoring […]

The YMCA of Middle Tennessee has added RFID tracking technology to protect their full-sized bath towel inventory, according to a local news report. Some thousands of towels are being equipped by volunteers with RFID tags to curb towel loss. With the wireless tag installed, when a towel nears an exit, a friendly reminder will sound […]

Shands at the University of Florida in Gainesville has implemented the AeroScout real-time location system (RTLS) across its health care facilities to improve operational efficiency and staff satisfaction by automating asset tracking and temperature monitoring. The teaching hospital originally implemented AeroScout Asset Management to track approximately 1,000 assets – with a combined value of $1.1 […]