RFID News Roundup
Confidex intros RFID system for automotive industry; Kerlink, SmartMakers partner on real-time asset-tracking solution; Insight SiP signs distribution agreement with Avnet Japan; Senet, CNIguard, Semtech provide LoRaWAN gas leak detection tech; Cloudleaf expands IoT integration partnerships for supply chain visibility; Frost Control Systems, u-blox team up on road-safety IoT platform.
Beeight Speeds Up Distribution via RFID
The Brazilian clothing brands business has adopted iTAG technology to speed up its entry and exit processes at the company's DC.
Laptop Employs UWB Radar, Facial Recognition to Authorize Users
Lenovo's new laptop leverages a Novelda system-on-chip to detect an individual's presence, which launches facial-recognition software to identify users, thereby automatically opening when they arrive and locking when they leave.
An Injection of Common Sense
A new video currently circulating falsely claims COVID-19 vaccines will contain RFID chips intended to track everyone who receives them.
UWB Contestants Propose Tracking Pets, Forklifts, Elevator Use
Sewio launched its Digital Hero contest in September, offering enablement kits to three finalists with the best ideas, and received nearly six times the number of responses it expected, ranging from industrial to healthcare and COVID-19 management.
Current World Scenario Increases Demand for Smart Packaging
Speakers on IoP Journal World's international panel concluded that opportunities for Internet of Packaging deployments are on the rise in businesses across a range of industries.
Food Companies Piloting Detego RFID Solution with AI
As food producers and retailers test the system for tracking goods through production, supply chains and stores, the company is partnering with Microsoft to provide AI features that can help users identify when products might expire, which planograms are most successful and how sales could be improved.
RFID News Roundup
XO2Tech unveils RFID tag for FMCG; SODAQ adds Nordic SiP to its solar-powered cellular IoT asset tracker; LoRa Alliance announces LoRaWAN webcast, releases white paper with Wireless Broadband Alliance; Litmus, Industrial-IoT Solutions distribute edge-computing platform in Brazil; Kerlink, Richardson RFPD sign distribution agreement for IoT network solutions; Avnet offers LTE-M development for IoT solution developers; Industrial Internet Consortium publishes COVID-19 edition of Journal of Innovation; ARMOR Solar Power Films launches IoT innovation competition; CEVA BLE 5.2 platform receives Bluetooth SIG qualification.
RFID Journal LIVE! 2021 Postponed to Late September
Due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, the annual conference and exhibition has been rescheduled from its original April dates.