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Dinosaur Bones Are Unearthed and Cataloged with RFID

HID’s RFID ID tags and InfraMarker's RFID system improve workflow and deliver near-perfect accuracy in tracking fossils from field to museum.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

“For a couple of bucks I know where everything is. I can’t speak glowingly enough about how well this works for us. We are in the middle of nowhere; there’s no Wi-Fi connectivity here, and it (RFID) still works,” said Tom Hebert, founder and director of Earth Sciences Foundation. Leveraging technology from HID’s RFID tags, InfraMarker’s RFID system and Esri’s field mapping software, Herbert and Earth Sciences Foundation, a fossil excavation non-profit, are excavating dinosau...

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