Beacons, App Help Patients, Employees Navigate Huge Clinic
The National Institutes of Health Clinical Center has launched an app that leverages data from beacons to guide patients and personnel around a 3-million-square-foot building.
U.S. Malls, Hospitals Use Senion’s Beacon-based Solution
A California hospital and a mall have installed the Swedish company’s StepInside technology to track and analyze traffic patterns at their facilities; the software also enables them to share location-based content with app users.
Allrecipes Uses Beacons to Spice Up App
Footmarks’ beacon platform, installed at Marc’s stores in Ohio, provides Dinner Spinner app users with recipes tailored to their location, weather and current product sales.
Sensors Cross the Industrial-Consumer Divide
New, more capable and affordable sensors are being used in both industrial and consumer Internet of Things applications.
Venture Research Adds More Intelligence to Its Surface Reader
The latest version can identify not only EPC Gen 2 RFID tags, but also Bluetooth beacons, enabling companies to track tools and other assets in real time.