New Airline Bagging Tagging Chip
Delta Airlines is testing a
new RFID baggage tagging solution called BagChip from RFID Ltd. The
system is expected to cut down on lost baggage which estimated at
around 800,000 pieces yearly, costing US$100M annually. Each BagChip
tag is about US$10. [Business Wire via Biz Yahoo]
Medline RFID For Surgical Sponges
Medline
Industries is the latest company to offer an RFID system for tracking
surgical sponges. Such sponges are used during operations and have a
tendency to be left behind under the stress of some surgeries.
Medline's system also works with surgical gauze and towels. [via RFID Journal]
South Korea Certifies ThingMagic
ThingMagic's Mercury4 RFID reader has been certified
[RFID News] for use in South Korea, and is already being used for a
number of applications including airline, high-security, and casinos.
Mercury4 functions on EPC Gen 2 technology.
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