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New Study Shows RFID Significantly Improves Item-Level Inventory Accuracy

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study on the use of radio-frequency identification tags on individual retail items shows that inventory accuracy decreases or diminishes over time with conventional systems that rely on barcodes and/or ...

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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'Labor der Zukunft' - Tomorrow's laboratory technology

Biomedical laboratories have to be safe, ergonomic and flexible. At the same time, labs need to be able to deal with a high throughput of samples while reliably documenting each step in the testing process. ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Playing RFID tag with sheets of paper

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags are an essential component of modern shopping, logistics, warehouse, and stock control for toll roads, casino chips and much more. They provide a simple way to track the item to ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Consumer's guide to downloadable gifts

Remember when gifts were objects, purchased or crafted and wrapped with a bow, then presented with a flourish?

Technology / Other

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bionic glasses for poor vision

A set of glasses packed with technology normally seen in smartphones and games consoles is the main draw at one of the featured stands at this year’s Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jul 06, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (11) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

NXP technology aids 'no sponge left behind' in surgical procedures

NXP Semiconductors, the RFID leader for multi-applications, announced that ClearCount Medical Solutions has selected NXP RFID solutions to enable its SmartSponge System. The SmartSponge System can easily and ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Apr 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

USA Today rewrites strategy to cope with Internet

(AP) -- USA Today, a newspaper created nearly 30 years ago to appeal to people who grew up watching television, is revising its formula to try to counter the Internet's threat to its survival.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 23, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Using quantum methods to read classical memories offers surprising advantages

(PhysOrg.com) -- Currently, the data stored in classical digital memories such as CDs, DVDs, and barcodes is read by classical light. But as a new study shows, using quantum light to read these classical memories ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Mar 14, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (31) | comments 5 | with audio podcast feature

New UCSF robotic pharmacy aims to improve patient safety

Although it won't be obvious to UCSF Medical Center patients, behind the scenes a family of giant robots now counts and processes their medications. With a new automated hospital pharmacy, believed to be the nation's most ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Mar 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Acer announces the Iconia Tab A500 with Android 3.0 Honeycomb

(PhysOrg.com) -- Acer is making a new move into the world of tablets. They showed off their new Iconia Tab A500. The device features the Google's Android 3.0 Honeycomb software and an interesting set of hardware ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 14, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast weblog

Pay for a latte by mobile at Starbucks

US coffee chain Starbucks on Wednesday began allowing customers in its US stores to keep their cash and credit cards in their wallets and pay for their drinks with mobile phones.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 19, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1


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