ISO accepts EPCglobal Gen 2
EPCglobal has announced its UHF Generation 2 (Gen 2) air interface protocol has been incorporated into the International Standards Organisation (ISO)18000-6 RFID standard.
EPCglobal says ISO acceptance of the Gen 2 specification provides recognition of the work the EPCglobal community is doing to build user-driven technical standards to advance the adoption of EPC/RFID technology in supply chains throughout the world.
The EPCglobal Gen 2 standard was initially developed by more than 60 technology companies and describes the core capabilities required to meet the performance needs set by the end-user community. EPCglobal Gen 2 is a foundational element for creating standard interfaces and protocols to drive the development of new RFID hardware products.
Europe supports RFID development
A consortium of 31 global organisations has begun a three year initiative dedicated to research, development, training and demonstration in the effective use of RFID, based on EPCglobal standards.
The "Building Radio frequency IDentification solutions for the Global Environment" (BRIDGE) project is being supported by the European Union and co-ordinated by global data standards body, GS1.
BRIDGE is aimed at transforming RFID from being an identification technology into providing an EPCglobal-based product information network. The BRIDGE project will focus on business-based research, provision of information services and hardware (sensors, tags) and software development.
RFID monitors bartenders
A Miami-based beverage-monitoring software company has developed an RFID-enabled tilt switch that attaches to bottles and updates an Internet database every time the bottle is poured to ensure bartenders are not overly generous.
eWeek says the Hilton and Hyatt hotel chains are believed to be testing the system which not only records how many times the bottle is poured, but it also calculates the volume of each pour by factoring in the tilt of the bottle, the duration of the pour and the bartender`s pouring style.
The system then reconciles pours to ring-ups and recipes and automatically decides whether bartenders are following authorised recipes as well as if they are pouring too much or too little.
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