RFID logs every wash cycle as Cheonan opens AI-inspected reusable delivery container centre
Every stainless steel container in Itgreen's Returnit scheme, launched in Cheonan on 28 August 2026, carries an RFID tag recording supply, collection, wash and per-item cycle count. That is the…
Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust tracks 846 beds and 1,309 medical devices with active RFID
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust tags 1,309 medical devices, 846 of them beds, across its two acute hospitals and regularly locates 95% of them. Battery-powered active RFID tags report…
RFID in Manufacturing: Tracking Work-in-Progress Across the Line
Fixed readers at cell entry and exit points give manufacturing execution systems live work-in-progress visibility without a single operator scan. On mixed-model lines, tags carry routing data that steers conveyors…
Tanzanian gold mine cuts asset losses 73% with RFID, repaid in 11 months
An unnamed Tanzanian gold mine tagged more than 2,000 movable assets with passive UHF RFID and reported a 73% drop in equipment losses over 12 months of operation. Gate alarms…
FEIG uses UHF RFID to check fire appliance equipment is back on board
FEIG ELECTRONIC has set out how UHF RFID transponders on hoses, breathing sets and cutting tools let a fire appliance check its own load is complete before the next call.…
Controversy over microchips on surgical instruments at Poznań Provincial Hospital
Poznań Provincial Hospital tagged 12,500 surgical instruments with UHF RFID, then found chips detaching during sterilisation and turning up in patients' wounds. Several hundred tags were damaged in nine months,…
Hospital Albert Einstein saves R$1.5m a year on linen with RFID
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein in Sao Paulo has saved R$1.5 million a year on linen control alone, with 120,000 textile pieces individually tagged and 500 rooms inventoried by RFID reading…
RFID for SMEs: Is It Finally Affordable for Smaller Businesses?
Passive UHF inlays that cost 20 to 30 cents a few years ago now sell for 5 to 8 cents, and entry-level fixed readers have dropped under $500. Add cloud…
Bellaire library tags nearly 100,000 books in four months
Bellaire City Library in Texas tagged close to 100,000 books in four months, against an original estimate of nine months to a year. The shortcut was circulation itself: staff tagged…
Gerald R. Ford International Airport switches on RFID-tracked tote baggage handling
Gerald R. Ford International Airport has opened a $135 million terminal expansion built around a baggage system that moves every checked bag in its own RFID-enabled tote, lifting capacity from…
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