Vizinex RFID releases Sentry UltraSlim 270 RFID tag ••• Global Tag intros Metally and Fibery RFID tags ••• Champion Healthcare Technologies, VueMed partner on medical device tracking ••• New version of RFID for the Supply Chain and Operations Professional available ••• New York & Company stores to use Shopkick app, beacons.
A lot is riding on this butcher’s equipment, especially when the mercury breaks 100 degrees in the Utah desert, so the shop owners have turned to internet-networked sensors to keep tabs on its coolers and freezers remotely.
San Francisco startup Density has unveiled a new iteration of its anonymous foot-traffic counting sensor technology, which it is offering to retailers and others through a subscription service.
The companies found that a system combining passive UHF RFID and digital camera technologies could identify 98 percent of vehicles—including battle tanks—passing through portals at high speed.
Wildland firefighting is not a spectator sport, but some drone pilots seem to think otherwise. Fortunately, the Department of the Interior is partnering with technology providers to put a stop to the disruptions that UAVs sometimes cause.