Trendspotting: Smarter Factories Integrate OT and IT
As the Industrial Internet of Things grows, next-generation technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning and augmented reality can be highly useful in factories.
Energy Company Testing Passive RFID Sensor for Equipment
Once piloting is complete, the power company could opt to deploy Asygn’s passive UHF RFID chips across the energy-generating machinery it operates around the United States and Asia.
RFID News Roundup
Printronix Auto ID offers thermal and RFID printer; Wiliot raises funding for postage-stamp-sized IoT computer; IoT company Swift Sensors intros water-resistant PoE bridge; TAG Sensors opens factory in Norway; CalAmp launches smart sensors for tracking assets; Armstrong International, Everactive collaborate on IoT steam trap monitoring system.
Companies Testing Passive BLE Sensor Tag
Wiliot’s battery-free sensor tag can incorporate temperature or other sensors and send encrypted data using ambient radio waves from Wi-Fi, cellular and Bluetooth transmissions within the vicinity.
Contactless Payments Are on the Rise
Merchants are increasingly using physical cards for payments, as well as a growing number of smartphones equipped with either special chip readers or encoded images.