Volvo turning smartphones into keys; the Open Connectivity Foundation says it will make the OIC’s vision a reality; Semtech, Sigfox building out networks in Germany; Actility launches network into space with Inmarsat partnership; Vodafone, 3B Medical adding cellular connectivity to sleep apnea aid.
Families and friends can tap a smartphone against NFC tags embedded in memorials or attached to gravestones, in order to access written tributes to departed loved ones, as well as videos and audio.
Responses to an RFID Journal survey indicate that even the retailers who are most educated about RFID are unfamiliar with many solution providers.
Independent tests would benefit both RFID end users and providers.
Process change—not magical thinking—will lead to increased sales.
RFID health-care solutions can improve many operations and processes, but not all the gains will impact a hospital’s bottom line.
Responses to an RFID Journal survey indicate that even the retailers who are most educated about RFID are unfamiliar with many solution providers.
Statistics from the RFID Journal website in 2015 suggest interest in RFID is growing, as some visitors want to expand their RFID projects and others want to learn how to deploy the technology.
RFID is helping to overcome the barriers holding back urban rat research.
Australian researchers have developed a solution that alerts health-care providers if at-risk patients are in danger of taking a tumble.
RFID helps furniture makers improve production processes, expedite orders and enhance customer service.
V-Tag for tracking assets and managing work-in-process; mobile LifeTrack app for keeping customers informed; UNO labels for EAS and inventory management.