Radio frequency identification tags are putting products in emerging markets online, enhancing fields such as emergency services livestock, oil and gas, construction, and manufacturing, healthcare, and non-profit logistics, according to Glen Kathler, director of the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology’s RFID Application Development Lab.

RFID tags improve processes and track assets, including clothing and medical devices , Kathler says. Kathler made the remarks in a talk called Radio Frequency Identification: Innovation and Applications at an event hosted by IEEE SIGHT Southern Alberta.