Pitney Bowes expands collaboration with GE; Infosys testbed seeks root cause for part failure; new IoT starter kits from Texas Instruments; LoRa expanding into France, Russia; Sensara, Greenpeak creating smart home platform for seniors.
The University of Lodz has adopted the SmartUni app, which enables its 1,200 international students to better understand their surroundings and receive updates, announcements and schedules based on their location on campus.
HID Global debuts Mini SlimFlex and Embeddable PCB Coin tags ••• IDTronic announces new smartphone with high-frequency NFC RFID reader ••• Nordic ID launches new RFID area reader ••• Google’s Edition Series of smartphone cases feature Smartrac NFC RFID tags ••• Identiv launches Internet of Things access-control solution with Cisco ••• Swirl intros new Bluetooth beacon with longer battery life.
At its Minds + Machines conference, General Electric predicted a threefold increase in revenue for its software business, announced a partnership with PTC, and launched a new application aimed at optimizing power plants.
IEEE Brasil will again host its RFID conference, and CPqD will host its second International Workshop on RFID and IoT in conjunction with the event.