SevenHills Hospital of Mumbai, India has chosen Ruckus Wireless’ automated real time data collection system to reduce errors and instantly capture patient information. The hospital will use wireless handheld devices and patient wrist bands employing RFID technology to make it possible to track the location and status of patients throughout the hospital’s 17 acre campus. […]

Registration is now open for two RFID Health Care conferences, which is focused on helping health-care providers understand how technology can help improve hospital efficiencies and cut costs. Each of the one-day events will feature end user presentations with objective case studies exploring the different types of RFID technology and how they can optimize hospital […]

Sirit announced that it has been selected for the upgrade of an in-lane toll collection system on the 91 express lanes in Orange County California. To ensure the free flow of traffic, customers of the express lane pay tolls from pre-paid accounts using the RFID-enabled FasTrak transponder device mounted to their vehicle’s windshield. The project, […]

Axcess International has been contracted for a wireless ID system that it says will automate and improve safety on an oil platform in the Far East. Each worker will wear an RFID-enabled badge, similar in size to traditional ID badges. The only difference being that these wireless badges have embedded transceivers that automatically relay on-the-job […]

SMARTRAC announced the release of its low-frequency SmartMiniGlassTag that is designed for the identification of very small animals or objects. The little transponder weighs only 70 milligrams and measures 2.12 mm x 8.8 mm. Its typical applications include the tagging of mice, fish and other small animals. It also suits access control and other general […]

Yankee Design’s BrainWave desktop microwave brings back memories of the easy-bake ovens, minus those where your hand gets stuck and burned to high heaven, according to Ubergizmo. This modernized version of the famous childhood toy comes with a USB port and RFID scanner built-in. You simply open the pre-packed food and get the RFID-enabled utensil […]

A herd of dairy cows from the University of Waterloo are using Twitter to communicate their status, according to a Mashable report. The data for the tweets come from a computer operated, cow initiated milking system run via RFID. Each cow wears a tag that communicates with a central computer and coordinates her activities. As […]