Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Mojix Wins Lufthansa
Los Angeles-based Mojix, a developer of RFID technology, has scored a win with Lofthansa Cargo, Lufthansa's cargo business. According to Lufthansa and Mojix, they have completed a pilot deployment of the MOJIX STAR passitve RTLS system, in Frankfurt, Germany. Financial impact of the win was not announced. According to the airline and Mojix, the pilot install is being used to locate cargo shipments, pallets, and containers on a real-time basis. Mojix, which is backed by Oak Investment Partners, Red Rock Ventures and InnoCal Venture Capital, is taking technology and techniques originally developed for deep space communications at JPL/NASA, and applying it to RFID readers to extend the range of passive RFID tags.