SML launches new RFID inlay for retail apparel; HID Global unveils industrial, financial card-printing products; IntelliGuard intros RFID-IoT inventory-management solution; SCA Pharma adds Kit Check embedded RFID tags to its products; Sewio promotes UWB tech with free RTLS enablement kits; Fluke invests in Everactive to accelerate IIoT solutions growth; Industrial Internet Consortium updates IoT vocabulary terms.
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Zebra Unveils Mobile Computers for Retail, Logistics
The RFID company’s TC21 and TC26 devices, designed to increase productivity in these sectors, are aimed at businesses of all sizes.
Gerdau Increases Security, Reduces Human Error via RFID
The company’s adoption of radio frequency identification is expected to provide greater visibility and increase employee productivity.
SML Adds Features to Enable BOPIS, Reduce Labor for Retailers
The technology company is providing four new tools in its Clarity software aimed at automating the process of identifying and routing inventory for sale to customers, as well as marking down prices as stores reopen during the pandemic.
Why Bandwidth Might Be Hurting Your RFID Tag Performance
Performance is most often evaluated based on read range, but another factor is just as important in real-world applications: bandwidth. What happens if you overlook it?
NFC with Blockchain Tracks COVID-19 Test Kits, PPEs
SUKU and Smartrac have teamed up to build a solution for the authentication and test result verification of goods being manufactured, shipped and purchased around the world, to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
Curiosity May Kill the Cat, But RFID Could Save Its Life
MyKotty’s new smart litter box, funded via Kickstarter and designed to monitor feline health while automating supply reorders, looks to be the cat’s meow.
RFID News Roundup
Xerafy adds new flexible RFID inlay; Litmus, Oden Technologies offer IIoT smart manufacturing solution; CAEN RFID unveils embedded RFID reader module; Confidex provides washable returnable item tags, durable on-metal tags; Zyter announces IoT connectivity platform for schools.
Startup Launches BLE Social-Distancing Solution With 15-Centimeter Accuracy
Belgian company Maggy developed the low-power solution for an EU Hackathon and is now selling the solution, leveraging a Silicon Labs SiP, to provide alerting and anonymous contact to help prevent COVID-19 transmission.
IoT Enables Pump Health Monitoring
Wilden’s Safeguard system was released this past spring, using sub-GHz RF transmissions and cellular connectivity to capture cycle counts and leak events on air-operated diaphragm pumps, managed by cloud-based software, to prevent or detect failures.
The Value of Going Virtual
RFID Journal Virtually LIVE! will provide great education at a low cost to potential RFID and IoT technology users around the world, enabling them to meet companies offering the right solutions for their needs.
SpotSee to Be Cornerstone Sponsor at RFID Journal Virtually LIVE!
The supply chain damage-management specialist will lead the sponsorship lineup at this year’s virtual event, taking place on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1.












