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Episode 014 - Mojix Redefines the Range for Passive RFID

Find out more about the product that won the “Best in Show” category at the RFID Journal Awards 2008 in this episode.

Kevin Duffy from Mojix
Picture : Kevin Duffy from Mojix giving a presentation just before the interview

Harold Boeck was judge for the RFID Journal Awards 2008 so he had the incredible opportunity to review all the submissions that were sent in for the prestigious RFID Journal Awards 2008. The winner for this year’s “Best in show” category would be one of RFID’s best kept secrets called Mojix. Here’s an interview he did with them right after one of their presentations at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas during RFID Journal Live! 2008.

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Episode 013 - Implementing RFID in the Retail Industry

What major benefits are early adopters in retail seeing?
How do you choose which RFID application to implement?
Can retailers leverage their EAS investment?

André Côté from Checkpoint Systems
Picture : André Côté from Checkpoint Systems

In this episode of RFID Radio, Anthony Palermo from Academia RFID presents his third and last interview from the American Apparel and Footwear Association RFID Summit that took place in New York city. He asks André Côté, Senior Director at Checkpoint Systems his approach to identify which RFID application to implement, what are the most common RFID applications being implemented and the major benefits gained by retailers. He also presents an interesting alternative that Checkpoint offers retailers who want to leverage their EAS investment towards RFID.

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Episode 012 - Improving Dispute Resolution with RFID in the Security Industry

How is RFID used to secure high value assets in a building?
Where is the ROI in using RFID in the Security Industry?

Mobile RFID

Wearable RFID
Picture : Mobile and wearable RFID system from Tracient Technologies

In this episode of RFID Radio, Anthony Palermo from Academia RFID interviews Grant Pugh from Tracient, a New Zealand based company that specialises in mobile and wearable RFID systems. The interview took place at the American Apparel and Footwear Association RFID Summit in New York.

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Episode 011 - Social Shopping in a Fully Enabled RFID Store

Industry Standard is a street couture shop and recording studio from Columbus Ohio that merges the west coast skate culture with the east coast hip hop culture. Their retail store is FULLY RFID enabled. You may have read the case study presented in RFID Journal, but here’s what you didn’t know…

Find out how they managed to implement RFID in their store.
Find out what detailed benefits they are seeing right now.

If you’re in the retail industry, you don’t want to miss this podcast…

Ryan Jones, Neco Can & Dominic Petrozzi from Industry Standard
Picture : Ryan Jones, Neco Can & Dominic Petrozzi from Industry Standard

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Episode 010 - Are You A Member of the RFID Tribe Yet?

How can you meet more RFID suppliers or end-users?
How can you boost your RFID career?
What are the worldwide RFID hotspots?
What are the worldwide RFID trends?

RFID Tribe
Picture : RFID Tribe logo

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Episode 009 - What Is the Difference Between LF (Low Frequency), HF (High Frequency) and UHF (Ultra High Frequency)?

Pierre Deschamps from Cathexis
RFID Pen
Photo : Pierre Deschamps from Cathexis and their RFID Pen     

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Episode 008 - What Are the Differences Between Item Level Tagging, Case Level Tagging and Pallet Level Tagging?

What are the differences?
How do you do it?
What are the benefits?
Is RFID just a barcode replacement?
How is RFID changing business models in the pharmaceutical industry?

John Beans, Blue Vector
Photo : John Beans, Vice President of Marketing, Blue Vector

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Episode 007 - What Are Venture Capitalists Looking For in an RFID Start-up?

Is money out there for your RFID start-up?
The answer is yes!

Find out what characteristics venture capitalists are looking for before they invest seed funding in your company.


Photo : Louis Bianchin from Venture Development Corporation (VDC) presented the conference “Investing in RFID – how to pick a winner in a crowded field” at RFID Journal Live 2007 in Orlando.

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Episode 006 - What Are Direct Thermal and Thermal Transfer RFID Printers?

An important RFID+ certification topic :

What is direct thermal printing?
What is thermal transfer printing?
What are the advantages of each?

Steve Hull from SATO
Photo : Steve Hull with an open SATO thermal transfer printer (Can you notice the black ribbon in front of the labels?) at RFID Journal Live! 2007 in Orlando Florida

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Episode 005 - Making Business Sense of Real Time Location Systems (RTLS)

What are the key asset tracking challenges faced by hospitals?
How is WiFi used inside of mines?
What are the advantages of using WiFi for RFID?
What’s the difference between RTLS and RFID?
Should you save your WiFi band for other purposes?


Photo : Tuomo Rutanen holding an Ekahau tag at RFID Journal Live! 2007 in Orlando Florida

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