Since breast implant patients are frequently advised to have their breast implants removed or expect them to be replaced every 10 to 15 years, a medical technology start-up is on a mission is to make breast implants safer and better for women globally. The Costa Rica-based company plans to do this by delivering a world…
Air Canada Cargo is moving forward with the implementation of a large-scale RFID solution that will enable tracking of cargo and mail shipments across additional stations in its network. Initial implementation and solution validation was took place last year, starting with Montreal and Frankfurt being the first 2 stations installed. Boston is now on-line, with…
NFC or Near-Field Communications is a rapidly growing wireless, short-range technology. Approved as an ISO standard in 2003, NFC is a form of RFID technology that has a read range of up to a few centimeters. The ISO standards approved by the International Organization of Standardization (ISO 14443 and ISO 18000-3) exist on the HF…
Air Canada Cargo is moving forward with the implementation of a large-scale RFID solution that will enable tracking of cargo and mail shipments across additional stations in its network. Initial implementation and solution validation was took place last year, starting with Montreal and Frankfurt being the first 2 stations installed. Boston is now on-line, with…
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) might just be the next big thing in retail. RFID, an electronic device, small enough to remain undetected by the average consumer, can be discretely attached to an item and allows retailers to uniquely identify a product in the same manner as a barcode. The advantages and possibilities of RFID however,…
Container Centralen, CC, is Denmark and Netherland based pooling operator providing returnable transport item services for horticulture, retail and logistics. CC Container, CC’s container type for flower transportation, is the single standard method for transporting flowers and plants throughout Europe. 3.5 million CC Containers are used by more than 23 000 customers in their logistics…
Some European municipalities have begun to experiment with embedding radio frequency identification (RFID) tags into trash and recycling bins in an effort to boost recycling and reduce waste. Interest in these kinds of systems in the U.S. appears to be growing. “It has matured to the point where UHF (ultra-high frequency) has become a dominant…