The VMBeacon system includes beacons and a smartphone app that enables shoppers to learn more about a garment on display in a store or window, and to purchase that product online—even if the store is closed.
Powercast Corp. and Vanguard ID co-developed the tag, which uses power harvested from an interrogator to energize sensors and transmit that sensor data back to the reader, up to 25 feet away.
After building the best-known brand in the RFID market and positioning itself as the gorilla, Motorola sells its RFID business to Zebra Technologies.
The Q120, with a 3-meter read range, is sized to fit into a small alcove or other location where it is less likely to be damaged in a manufacturing environment.
The solution, from Dominate RFID, consists of an RFID reader that plugs into a smartphone or tablet running an app for managing lenses, cameras and other equipment fitted with passive UHF tags.