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Hospitals roll out RFID
News Hospitals across England are keeping track of patients and equipment using RFID tagging. The misidentification of people, supplies, medicine and medical devices is a very real issue for the health service and by... [09 Jul 2008]
Glasgow NHS keeps tabs on equipment with RFID
News The wireless network was installed in May 2007 by Carillion IT Services and tagging started roll out in September last year and is ongoing. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has implemented a... [28 Apr 2008]
The killer app for M2M
Comment The highest profile M2M technology is currently RFID, a wireless tagging technology which has crossed over into the corporate arena where it is widely used for tracking documents and assets. Using M2M to... [22 Feb 2007]
RFID heralds the 'internet of things'
News Current rollouts of RFID tagging will be dwarfed by the future development of sensor networks, according to Robin Mannings, BT futurologist and research foresight manager. But there is still a way to go before even RFID... [20 Nov 2006]
Leader: IT at the heart of T5
Leader BAA CIO Paul Coby has said the wireless tagging technology will not be used on the baggage system immediately because of cost and logistics difficulties, though it could be added in future. These will... [20 Feb 2006]
RFID upheaval: What to expect this year
News Among the analyst's other predictions for the RFID market is the emergence of item-level tagging during 2006, currently not often making it beyond trial level due to its prohibitive cost. Towards the end of the year,... [09 Jan 2006]
Gartner: RFID spend to hit $3bn by 2010
News If the FDA's regulatory activity proceeds, he said, widespread tagging could begin around 2007. Worldwide spending on the emerging wireless tracking technology is set to reach $504m this year, up more... [14 Dec 2005]
US military fires up RFID supply-tracking
News This latest rule calls for case-level tagging as well as electronic advance shipment notices that correspond with data on tags. RFID technology involves the wireless monitoring of objects via radio signals. [14 Nov 2005]
Meadowhall retailers profit from warehouse tech
Case Study The ARC is a 24,000 square foot facility which offers storage space for the Meadowhall retailers and additional services such as preparation of merchandise for the shop floor including stock-tagging and deshrouding. [15 Jun 2005]
RFID tags: 200 billion a year until 2015
News With analysts predicting an RFID market that will reach $2.8bn by 2009, Eslambolchi said the wireless tagging technology is set to experience an explosion: "RFID will take off dramatically - we will be... [04 May 2005]
Departure lounge limbo costing businesses dear
News Last week silicon.com spoke to SITA chairman and BA CIO Paul Coby about the possibility of airlines adopting RFID electronic tagging technology, potentially for documents as well as luggage. BT and others, whether using... [30 Mar 2005]
Wireless tagging in hospitals is 'inevitable'
News Businesses peddling wireless tagging technologies - such as RFID chips - to the NHS and other healthcare providers will come up against plenty of resistance, but should not give up, according to a recent... [07 Dec 2004]
Now Nokia has a 'world first' magic touch
News Niininen suggested that companies could use RFID for security purposes, for example by tagging sensitive areas of their premises, and giving a security guard an RFID device they could check that these places were being... [04 Nov 2004]
Leader: RFID, NFC and consumers
Leader Research out today shows a surprisingly high awareness of radio frequency ID (RFID) chips and tagging possibilities among US citizens. There is a healthy debate about privacy and tagging chips. Today... [22 Oct 2004]
£6bn NHS IT overhaul about 'automation not innovation'
News Technology such as wireless tagging of patients, blood plasma packs and medicine bottles - which reduces medical errors - should be welcomed with open arms by medical staff. The claims are made in the... [16 Sep 2004]
