Tweet (RFIDWorld.ca) Linen Tracking Technology, a company based in Miami has recently patented a washable RFID (radio frequency identification) chip that can be sewn into hotel robes, towels and linens to keep track of them. The company is assuring that such technology will not only keep towel and linen thefts down but it will also [...]

Tweet (RFID World Canada) Federal funding of over $110,000 has been granted to Quebec’s maple syrup producing federation so that they can test and examine the traceability of RFID (radio frequency identification) chips. The Federal Canadian Integrated Food Safety Initiative (CIFSI) granted the Federation des producteurs acericoles due Quebec (FPAQ) a funding of $110,620 in [...]

Tweet (RFIDWorld.ca) DB Schenker has now begun to use RFID technology to monitor the temperature of medication which is one of many sensitive freight that they carry.  The RFID technology has been adopted from Siemens. Siemens and its partners developed the technology allowing it to continuously monitor products using RFID chips.  An integrated temperature sensor [...]

Tweet (RFIDWorld.ca) Researchers from the University of Florida have introduced new RFID microchips that are combined with nano-particle antennas, which are able to communicate with laptops or cell phones to monitor if any given patients have taken their medicine.  This allows doctors to efficiently keep track of their patient’s records. This new method is still [...]

Tweet (RFIDWorld.ca) After 34 organizations across Canada have agreed to embrace global GS1 barcoding standards for medication, the Canadian Barcode Project is closer to streamlining the process, by reducing medical errors.  All commercial drugs on the Canadian market will be automated, decreasing room for errors. The goal is to reduce relabeling and renumbering so as [...]