19 Oct, 2009India poised to implement RFID highway tolling system
The Indian government is looking to adopt a nation-wide RFID-enabled open road tolling (ORT) system, in which motorists would pay one toll electronically as opposed to constantly stopping at toll booths. On October 31, the ministry of road, transport and highways (MoRTH) will begin a six-month pilot project testing the merit of three different ORT […]
19 Oct, 2009College student invents RFID coffee mug
Recent Marquette graduate Chris Hallberg has invented an RFID-enabled coffee mug that allows patrons of coffee shops to pay for their drinks without pulling out their wallets. The smug mug is built by sonically welding an RFID tag onto a coffee mug. A smug mug owner can put money on the chip, and a payment […]
19 Oct, 2009Brewery uses RFID to track kegs
The New Belgium Brewing Company is adopting an RFID asset tracking solution by Fluensee to help track, manage and improve the utilization of its 150,000 kegs. New Belgium will implement Fluensee’s browser-based AssetTrack application and passive RFID technology to provide better visibility to its keg fleet, monitor fill-to-fill cycle time for each keg, track the […]
16 Oct, 2009U.S. Department of State to tag ‘mission critial’ assets
The U.S. Department of State has announced that it will tag 10,000 mission critical IT assets using ODIN’s RFID turn-key IT asset tracking solution. The DoS has chosen the UHF Gen 2 passive RFID tracking system to save money, increase security, and reduce administrative burden. According to ODIN, the State Department’s agency-wide adoption of RFID […]
16 Oct, 2009DIY robotic tail wags to your mood
DIYer Wei-Chieh Tseng has created a robotic plush tail a la Super Mario Bros. 3 that uses RFID-enabled emotion cards (3 to be exact: angry, happy and sad) to remotely prompt movement from the tail. As seen in a video recorded by Wei-Chieh Tseng, the “mood tail,” which he programmed himself using Arduino, can either […]
16 Oct, 2009Louisville hospital built around RFID
Norton Health Care opened the doors to its newest hospital at Brownsboro Crossing in Louisville, featuring a fully integrated RFID tracking system designed to remotely monitor a patient’s location and medical status, track and inventory equipment and report the temperature of medicines and blood samples in the hospital refrigerators. “This entire hospital was designed from […]
15 Oct, 2009HandGiene develops RFID hand washing system
HandGiene Corp. has developed an RFID-enabled Hand Wash Monitoring System designed to ensure employees follow established hand washing protocols. Under the system, each employee is issued an RFID embedded name tag. This tags are read by RFID enabled hand cleanser dispensing units and ancillary RFID readers that monitor employees as they move about the facility, […]
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