On-site with Ainscough

We've just put a system in for Ainscough Crane Hire - helping their Heavy Cranes Division keep track of the luffer sections that extend the crane's jib so that when a crane goes to site its got all the bits it needs for the lift it's going to do.

I went up to their Leyland depot yesterday to see the system in action.

Seriously impressive ironmongery in the luffer yard.

Here's a photo of one of the tags in situ on a luffer section.

Using this Ainscough get a complete history of each section use, which hire jobs it went on when and so on.

I hope to do some more customer visits soon. When you think about the range of things our systems keep track of, we ought to be able to get some interesting photo's to share with you.

Green RFID

Good question from a customer - "How green is RFID?"

I had to admit that I had no idea. As it turns out, right now the answer is "not great" (although there are plenty of applications where RFID does help improving green credentials). There are initiatives to create recyclable tags but not a lot so far. I'm working what I've found out into a white paper - should it be a green paper - for our web site.....

After "Pigs in Space" : "Cows on Twitter"

This amused me...

http://mashable.com/2010/04/27/cows-on-twitter/

Just another example of how the technology is being used.

Well after commenting on sloth last time, it seems only appropriate to leave it a couple of months before posting again....

Still we've been busy with some new implementations in health and safety systems and other work in manufacturing.

Our latest case studies are:

• Vaillant Group
• Emotional Value
• Lund University

A Triumph For The Spirit of Sloth

For those of you who are finding it hard to get up steam in the cold weather and feel that the whole "pace of life" thing has just got too much, try Real Snail Mail.

High tech, yes (it uses RFID tags) but slow speed (it uses real snails).