Identive Group unveils NFC marketplace, buys identity-management firm; NFC app provider Proxama launches smart-poster campaign; RFID market remains strong, says ABI Research; Smartrac introduces line of NFC transponders; Awarepoint reports its RTLS and workflow solutions installed in 46 hospitals.
National Instruments is the latest wireless sensor manufacturer to partner with energy-harvesting firm Perpetuum to power sensor nodes with energy from a machine’s vibrations.
The program would allow software providers to install ODIN’s RFID solutions, with the RFID company providing training and support assistance.
The newly combined company will offer a more comprehensive range of solutions, enabling users to track forklifts, goods and materials using optical sensors and RFID, while also providing analytics to help customers manage the efficiency of their facilities and drivers.
Greg Brown, the firm’s chairman and CEO, says the technology is “one of the company’s top three or four priorities.”
AeroScout Wi-Fi RFID tags allow the equipment manufacturer’s kitting staff to boost material replenishment speed, and assembly workers to prepare for specific equipment as it approaches their assembly stations.
An RFID e-seal designed for ammunition, file or medical boxes can monitor for tampering.
The group intends to publish a road map by mid 2012 to help retailers, suppliers and technology vendors deploy RFID systems for the supply chain, while seeking more membership from retailers and suppliers and inviting technology providers to join at a fee.
RTL Service devices with wireless communication to access points at Hotel Resort Caprice enable guests to order services, or to locate party members, while workers can use the system to find visitors before attempting to deliver food or service.
A partnership between Next Intelligence Corp. and CenTrak enables distributors of NIQ’s CarePlus system to sell RTLS technology as an add-on function to track the locations of staff members and patients.
As part of a broader effort to grow its services business, the company will act as a systems integrator for certain RFID deployments.
VR Group is using EPC Gen 2 RFID technology to track 10,000 freight wagons, locomotives and passenger cars, helping the company to manage rail cars and work processes within its rail yards.