New smart-home technologies, providing more benefits and services, offer dealers tremendous growth potential over the next few years.
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RFID Reader Enables Vehicle Access Control
ACURA’s updated EDGE-30R+ AutoID UHF RFID reader is designed for access security and can be used in outdoor areas.
RFID News Roundup
Sewio offers RTLS subscription service, software; Wiliot, Identiv unveil battery-assisted IoT tags; Soracom expands IoT partner program; Talkin’ Things receives funding for RFID tag manufacturing; Senet, Ready Wireless partner on LoRaWAN solutions; Essence Group, Securitas Direct provide IoT-based intruder prevention; RedLore adds UWB tech to Wirepas IoT network.
Asking the Experts About RFID
If you have a burning question regarding RFID, NFC, BLE, RTLS or other IoT-based technologies, RFID Journal’s editors can help you find the answer.
Motorsport Drives RFID Use in Race Pits
Several racecar drivers and teams are employing and sponsoring a solution from Surgere to track the performance of tires or other components by monitoring how often each part passes RFID readers.
STMicroelectronics Offers Gesture Recognition for Time of Flight
Companies are piloting or deploying the technology to recognize hand motions and convert them into instructions, such as adjusting temperature or volume levels, turning a page on a screen or selecting a beverage from a vending machine.
Airline Automates Air Cargo Tracking via BLE
Cal Cargo Airlines has deployed a solution from Descartes that provides data about the locations and conditions of palletized or containerized cargo moving through a worldwide network of BLE gateways.
RFID Meets the New Retail Model
The technology gives companies the ability to meet supply chain demands, from decreasing delivery times to reducing overhead and worker costs.
Two-Way UWB Communication Allows Picking By Light
SICK is among the first companies to offer a solution leveraging the UWB backchannel feature in Sewio’s Studio 2.6 platform, allowing users to communicate with a tag and prompt it to light up so that it can be easily spotted.
RFID News Roundup
Avery Dennison unveils dual-frequency RFID inlays for retail, healthcare; Kathrein Solutions intros RFID test and demo kit; Zebra offers mobile computing solution for front-line workers; NFC Forum launches wireless charging certification program; Semtech, CITiLIGHT collaborate on smart street lighting, LoRaWAN; Litmus, Google Cloud develop AI manufacturing platform.
RFID Journal Workshop Shows How to Perform Bluetooth Tagging
At next week’s conference in Las Vegas, Wiliot will help technologists and businesspeople put their hands on BLE sensor technology so they can start building systems to solve problems.
Technology Startup Offers NFC Payment Implant
Walletmor has developed a Near Field Communication tag that can be embedded in a user’s hand to enable credit card payments; the long-term plan is to release a similar solution for a full digital wallet, with an embedded NFC tag for multiple payment sources, access control and medical records.