BloodCenter of Wisconsin and technology company Fresenius Kabi have piloted an RFID solution at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, to test how well the system helps to ensure that blood products are moved efficiently and are not overstocked or wasted when split into child-sized doses.
Bridge Alliance, SoftBank Corp. extend M2M and IoT partnership; Inmarsat, Actility announce global LoRaWAN IoT network for business apps; Libelium adds industrial protocols to its IoT sensor platform; PTC expands IoT ecosystem with ThingWorx partners; B2X adds to IoT offerings, announces partnership with drone maker Zerotech; Tantiv4 intros IoT device to simplify household tasks; Hazelcast releases distributed data-processing engine.
The North American distribution agreement offers an economical path for growers to act upon drone data.
IDTronic releases new turnstile RFID gate readers ••• Nedap announces weatherproof, durable RFID tag ••• Invengo unveils slim UHF RFID tag for linen tracking ••• Rauland Responder, Versus Technology intro nurse-call and RTLS integration for hospital workflow automation ••• Socket Mobile expands contactless reader-writer product line ••• Technavio predicts large RTLS market growth in health care.
The program provides tools for member companies to certify and ship products.