Siemens to Acquire Precision Innovations
Key takeaways Siemens is adding AI-powered chip planning and early design exploration technology to strengthen its EDA portfolio for semiconductor customers. The acquisition is intended to help engineering teams reduce design iterations, improve power-performance-area...
RAIN Alliance Launches Working Group to Support Growing RAIN RFID Sensor Ecosystem
Key Takeaways The RAIN Alliance formed a new working group to remove deployment barriers and promote standards-based use of RAIN RFID sensor systems across industrial IoT and asset management. Members will focus on real-world use cases like pharmaceuticals, food,...
Reducing Human Error in Carcass Traceability
Traceability failures in meat processing rarely begin with a dramatic event. They begin quietly, with a mistyped number, a mislabeled hook, or a carcass that moved between stations without being recorded. On a fast-moving kill floor, where hundreds of carcasses pass a...
NFC Forum’s Mike McCamon on the Future of NFC Standards: The RFIDJournal.com Q&A
Key Takeaways The NFC Forum’s 2026 Technology Roadmap targets an eightfold increase in data transfer speeds, the group’s first-ever NFC Controller Security Profile and post-quantum security protocols across converging markets. Mike McCamon, executive...
How RFID Is Being Used for Wildfire Management
Wildfire seasons are becoming longer, more destructive and increasingly difficult to manage. Fire agencies now rely on a growing mix of technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), drones, satellite imagery and Internet of Things (IoT) sensors, to improve...
Identiv Completes Sale of IoT Assets, Renames Company INVE Technologies
Key Takeaways Identiv closed the sale of its IoT assets and brand to Trackonomy, receiving $50 million in preferred equity and rebranding as INVE Technologies. The renamed company will pivot toward a physical AI compliance SaaS business under new interim CEO James...
Wiliot, CISC Partner to Advance High-Volume Production of Battery-Free IoT Pixels
Key takeaways CISC’s BLE Xplorer gives Wiliot manufacturing partners a standardized way to functionally test IoT Pixels at higher speeds and with 100 percent output validation. The partnership is aimed at accelerating supplier onboarding and increasing global...
Your Factory Is Smarter Than Its Network Will Allow
The factory of the future has a plumbing problem. Billions of dollars have poured into smart sensors, autonomous robots, digital twins, and AI-driven quality systems. Procurement teams have signed off on RFID readers that can track a pallet through a...