The EXO Checkout solution from Stark RFID enables Boston sports and music fans to buy goods in seconds at TD Gardens Shoppers at concert and sports arenas stores are in a hurry. Retailers in these venues are competing with time—the home team’s kickoff, tip off or face...
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Bluetooth Mesh Network in Tests for Rail Car Management
Industrial Networks has prototyped its SMRTag beacons and anchors now being tested to capture real-time location data about where train cars Railcars in Houston, Texas, are being tracked in real time with a new Internet of Things (IoT) solution using a combination of...
Ag-Tech Co. Captures Intelligence at Durian Plantations in Malaysia
Sustainable Hrvest is deploying its LoRaWAN IoT-based solution for Malaysian fruit farmers to manage real-time data and analytics about soil health, watering status and weather. A popular Asian fruit known as the durian is both challenging to grow and highly...
RFID Journal LIVE! 2025 Opens Attendee Registration for Las Vegas Event
RFID Journal LIVE!, the world’s premier event for radio frequency identification (RFID) and related technologies, is officially open for attendee registration. The highly anticipated 2025 event will take place May 6-8 at the Paris Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada,...
Study Finds IoT Cybersecurity Risk Increased 400 Percent Last Year
Zscaler’s latest study finds that manufacturers are especially at risk of malware or botnet attacks without some precautions in 2024 The rate of cyber security threats for Internet of Things (IoT) systems has risen four-fold in the past year according to an annual...
RFIDJournal.com’s Best of 2023: 2023 Provided Steady Growth for RFID
From retailers and brands to quick serve restaurants, the rate of RFID deployments has seen gradual growth The passive UHF RFID industry has seen a year of growth, especially in retail, driven by rising RFID tag order volumes as brands meet retailer mandates....
Expanding Pet Collar Use Beyond GPS Tracking with IoT
Wearables market expected to reach over $4.0 billion in coming years Most pet owners are aware of collars that track their dog or cat. But what about a market for similar wearable devices giving insight to the health and wellness of their beloved family member? With...
Beontag, Comprion, Ellisys, Siva, NXP: RFID Journal News Roundup
Beontag opens Ohio manufacturing facility; Comprion, Ellisys offer CCC Digital Key Bluetooth testing solution; Siva releases on-metal UHF hard tag for kegs and drums Beontag to Open Ohio Manufacturing Facility Global radio-frequency identification (RFID)...
New Paper RFID Tag is Environmental-friendly by Being Chip- and Metal-Free
Global brands will pilot a passive RFID tag from PulpaTronics that transmits a unique ID when interrogated, but without a chip or metal-based antenna. Research out of the U.K. has led to a startup company—PulpaTronics—that is building a chip-free, paper RFID tag that...
Thermo Fisher Relies on CYBRA’s RFID Tracking, Alerting System
Edgefinity IoT allows Thermo to accurately track medical serum inventory in sub-zero conditions. Thermo Fisher is using an Internet of Things (IoT) radio frequency identification (RFID) system from CYBRA to track medical serum inventory in real-time in sub-zero...
Greek Island Brings IoT Intelligence to Parking
Paros is rolling out a LoRaWAN based solution from Cicicom using Actility’s software to help citizens find parking, alert police to parking violations When tourists descend on the iconic Greek island of Paros each summer, they bring or rent cars, and that creates a...
Metalcraft On-Metal RFID Tags to Cut Price for Retailers Such as Walmart
The Eco Mini is designed for use on household or sporting goods sold in retail, while the Eco Mini-Plus targets work-in-progress tracking in manufacturing Manufacturers and suppliers of household and sporting goods, trying to track products with low-cost RFID tags,...