HeartHero’s mobile automated external defibrillator, which comes with NB-IoT, GPS and Bluetooth Low Energy, provides emergency responders with alerts and location information as soon as someone opens the device and places the sensor pads on another person’s chest.
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Data-Driven Techniques to Optimize Customer Experiences and Build Loyalty
With data analytics and a curious mind, companies can get the answers they need to identify crucial trends and opportunities to succeed.
Small Inlay Enables Pharmaceutical Tagging Across Materials, Form Factors
Drug companies, label converters and systems integrators are testing or employing Tageos’s ARC Spec S-certified UHF RFID inlay for tracking single-unit drugs and small devices, no matter the material and even around liquids.
RFID News Roundup
STMicroelectronics intros time-of-flight multi-zone ranging sensor; Cognian, Avnet forge IoT-BLE strategic agreement; PaceTrail offers NFC-enabled location tracker and digital business card; TAGnology RFID, Energous partner on wireless power for IoT, RTLS; MicroAI joins Silicon Labs’ technology partner program.
RFID4U App Enables RFID Testing Within One Hour
The company has released a free app for those testing fewer than 100 UHF tags, making it affordable and fast for customers to determine how the technology could track inventory or assets at their facilities.
Transponder Provides RFID With Switch for Vehicle Occupancy Changes
Star Systems International has received OmniAir Consortium certification for seven products, including its Genesis windshield and headlamp transponder for high-occupancy tolling, which is more sensitive than previous tags and can be switched to transmit in different modes, depending on the number of occupants.
Privalia Embraces RFID to Manage Goods
The Spanish fashion outlet takes advantage of suppliers’ smart tags by integrating them with its own stock-management and inventory-control application.
Generation Gaps and Mobile Apps
An industry consultant offers his nostalgic view of how college campus ID cards evolved to incorporating mobile technologies.
Retail’s Future Requires a Shift from Mobile-First to Mobile-Only
If the last year has taught us anything, it’s that change and disruption are constant.
AGVS Increases Intelligence of Autonomous Guided Vehicles
The company is employing RFID technology from eSolutech to make its solutions more competitive and complete.
RFID News Roundup
Parsl, NXP, Avery Dennison SmarTrac form strategic partnership; STMicroelectronics unveils industrial eSIM for M2M IoT; Balluff offers high-speed RFID read-write heads; Star Systems International intros e-tolling transponder; Kerlink, NetOP Technology create IoT-based wildfire-prevention system; EECC publishes UHF RFID almanac.
Auburn University Issues Mobile Student IDs for Contactless Transactions
The college’s mobile Tiger Card can be added to a student’s iPhone, Apple Watch or Android phone to open doors and pay for food and merchandise.












