I've been looking at some of the stuff going on in the academic world with RFID and came across this the totem project.

I'm having enough trouble cataloguing the thousands of digital pics in my Photoshop catalogue, but maybe there's something in this approach for hands-on museums?

Nice new web site front page....

We've put up a new flash panel at the head of our web site. At last we've got rid onf the man scratching his bum on the escalator - that slipped through our extensive visual testing when the site went live originally.

The new home page features the work we've done for Ainscough Crane Hire, Vaillant Group, Cosalt and Thomas Cook Airlines.

See it here.

Handy Hints....

Every so often I spot an article in the RFID firmament that I wish I'd written. This is a good contribution from Louis Sirico at RFID Net. It's got some good hints and tips.

Unfortunately its not always as easy to avoid these pitfalls as it might seem....

Louis Sirico on 5 Common Mistakes

Where's the payback..

I'm always interested by how people plan to cost justify their investments in technology (partly because so often projects seem to go ahead on a feeling of "it will be a good thing really" and partly because I've always tried to look for a cost-justification for expenditure on marketing projects).

One conversation with a potential customer this week pointed to an interesting basis for a business case. We quite often see people basing their justification on improved service or lower cost of operations in one way or another. Sometimes its about risk-avoidance or an insurance policy for regulatory compliance.This time the thinking was: using RFID we can be sure how much product we have delivered to our customer, that allows us to invoice the customer for work in progress sooner, improving our cash flow. In times of tight money, maybe we'll see more of that sort of thinking.

Busy day on case studies. nothing for ages then two come along together. Just posted Jade Industrial - users of CheckedOK for scaffolding safety checking - on the web site and there will be another Checked OK user up shortly.

Jade Case Study at www.corerfid.com