Bahrain drives RFID

Bahrain has become the first country in the Middle East to electronically track all of its land deals through the Survey and Land Registration Bureau (SLRB), reports Trade Arabia.

The completion of the radio frequency identification deployment project by telecoms giant Motorola is expected to use one of the most advanced technologies of its kind.

“With this system in place, we will benefit from reduced costs, create best practices and ensure both centralised and de-centralised filing,” says SLRB resources and information systems general-director Shaikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa.

UK library workers are threatening to walk out over plans to bring in new self-service machines, states Portsmouth Today.

Portsmouth City Council will spend £400 000 to introduce RFID technology into all libraries across the city by next year.

The potential number of redundancies among the city's 100 library staff is unknown, but the council estimates the machines can save it £160 000 annually on wages. Library staff members are understood to be willing to strike on the issue.

Boeing and Airbus have both made plans to use RFID technology in the near future to better track and monitor avionics and other aircraft installed parts, says RFID News.

Boeing's 787 Dreamline, due for delivery by the end of the year, will use RFID tags for monitoring maintenance-significant parts.

Information from the tags is said to better support aircraft configuration management and line maintenance, repair shop optimisation and life-limited parts monitoring.