Number 10: Wireless Patient Tracking Can Help Halt Contagion, including Swine Flu

Although it has quieted down in the U.S. media, on June 11, 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) raised the worldwide pandemic alert level to Phase 6 in response to the ongoing global spread of the novel influenza A (H1N1) virus. A Phase 6 designation indicates that a global pandemic is underway. Seventy-six (76) countries are reporting cases of human infection with novel H1N1 flu. The U.S. alone has nearly 50% of the world-wide confirmed cases: 17,855. The flu is spreading faster and killing more people in the U.S. than any other country. Read more here...

Number 9: Tagent produces the first passive UWB RTLS and antenna on chip

The skeptics said it could not be done.  Yet, last week I had the honor of having a personal demonstration of the world’s first passive ultra wide band integrated circuit (IC): the Tagent Talon™ – an engineering accomplishment 12 years in the making.

“We call it a no-battery active tag”, declares Geoff Zawolkow, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at Tagent Corporation.  “Just as an active tag stores power in a battery, we harness RF energy and store it in an onboard capacitor directly on the IC.  The IC uses the stored power to transmit data.” Read more here...

Number 8: Episode 5: The Importance of RFID Equipment Enclosures

Number 7: How Not to Install RFID

With all the hype about RFID over the past few years, a lot of people have claimed to have more expertise than they actually possess. Here are some of the mistakes made and lessons learned the hard way in no particular order or project:

1) Assuming that because you are an industry expert in a given area that you know how to implement an RFID system. I can drive the heck out of my Kawasaki Ninja, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to try to rebuild its engine! Read more here...

Number 6: Episode 3: Impinj Revolutionizes RFID Readers

Impinj claims the Impinj Speedway Revolution RFID reader meets or beats every specification of the current Speedway only with lower power consumption and a much smaller form factor. In this edition of The RFID Network, we’re going put that claim to the test and see just how revolutionary the Impinj Speedway Revolution really is.

Number 5: Episode 1: Omni-ID Unveils The Ultimate Passive Tag

Number 4: Lean Wireless Solutions in Warehouse Operations

Number 3: What is Lean Wireless?

It costs an American business $.48 to produce a dollar’s worth of goods.

This $.48 figure is known as the raw-cost index or RCI, and comes from an exhaustive 2008 study by the Manufacturers Alliance (MAPI) and the Manufacturing Institute, which is funded by the National Association of Manufacturers.Read more here...

And the Number 1 Article of 2009

RFID Lessons from Real-World Implementations

In this week's edition, we're going to return to our more traditional, in-depth format, by looking at some of the design factors involved in an RFID system implementation, such as selecting active vs. passive technology, choosing RFID tags, attaching RFID tags to assets, and performing application testing. For each design factor, pros and cons of the available options are discussed, as well as common pitfalls – and how to avoid them. Read more here...