Features
Multi-Protocol IoT Solution Aims at Residential Sustainability, Intelligence
STRATIS IoT is deploying its 3.0 Gateway with BLE, Z-Wave, Zigbee, Wi-Fi and Thread from a single Silicon Lab IC, as well as LoRa technology, so that users can manage data from door locks, water sensors, Wi-Fi access devices and shopping apps, with a single bridge and cloud-based software.
Solar-Powered RFID Brings Insight to California Woodpeckers
UC Berkeley researchers are using active RFID tags powered by the Sun to capture the social behavior of acorn woodpeckers cohabitating or fighting, and to track efforts to rebuild after wildfire destruction.
Teen Launches RFID Music Player for Elderly, Children
The Juuke Box, using RFID cards to select and play music, was designed to amuse the grandmother of the inventor's girlfriend, and has led to pre-orders, a second version's development and a search for investors.
NHS Trust lab Leverages RFID System for Sample Tracking
Quality Hospital Solutions' SamplePod comes with PragmatIC's flexible HF integrated circuit in labels, in order to identify each sample, link it to the pod and identify its location from a hospital's surgery department to lab testing.
Consortium Aims to Standardize RFID for Pharmaceuticals
DoseID, comprising drug label and packaging companies, as well as healthcare and RFID technology firms, is working to create guidelines for the development and use of RFID to track medications and vaccines; Auburn University's RFID Lab will provide tag testing and specifications.
NFC Poised for Growth With Apple Acquisitions and Partnerships
The technology firm has acquired NFC payment company Mobeewave, teamed up with BMW for keyless car access, and released a feature for developers to provide easy NFC transactions without requiring an app.
Elder-Care Facility Opens with Temperature, Behavior, Accident Tracking
Australian senior living facility Odyssey is deploying sensor-based IoT technology to track residents and patients so it can predict, prevent and respond to injuries and health issues, as well as identify anyone with a fever attempting to enter.
RFID Beer Taps Bringing Fewer Touches to Beverage Service
Restaurants and bars are leveraging their self-serve beer walls to offer a safer beer-drinking experience, according to PourMyBeer, and sales have matched a pre-pandemic high for new companies deploying the technology.
Digital Shopping In-Store Offers Physical Distancing
An RFID- and barcode-based solution from Mieloo & Alexander allows German fashion retailer Bonprix to display a single garment for each style, while shoppers can request specific sizes and colors to try on or purchase, bypassing the process of searching through racks of clothes.
PREMIUM CONTENT
Webinar Report: The Future Demands Action Now
For businesses to excel during periods of downturn and hardship, taking the proper steps and having ...
RFID and Blockchain Bring Shared Visibility to Supply Chain
Auburn University's RFID Lab has completed a proof-of-concept (POC) that it says proves blockchain c ...
RFID Journal LIVE! Europe 2019 Report
Throughout Europe, radio frequency identification technologies are being deployed at large, midsize ...
Virtual Event: RFID in Harsh Environments
Companies in the oil and gas, chemical, mining, construction and energy industries are using radio f ...
Smart Packaging Plays a Key Role for Brands and as a Marketing Tool
Increasingly, products are being made available for sale through e-commerce and by companies with li ...
Promise Lies in BOPIS for Retailers With RFID
Opportunities for retailers are looking rosier than news reports might be indicating, according to G ...
Pharma Company Releasing RFID-enabled OR Drugs
Pharmaceutical company Fresenius Kabi is launching a portfolio of RFID-labeled medications. Medica ...
Developers Compete to Help Protect Elephants with IoT
The elephant species may be on its way to extinction due to the illegal ivory trade and a loss of ha ...
RFID Enables Pandemic-Era Safe Opening at New Museum
Colorado Springs, Colo., is known as Olympic City USA, since the Olympic and Paralympic Committees i ...
RFID to Track More Than 40,000 Assets at U.K. Hospital Trust
University Hospital Plymouth NHS Trust (UHP), based in Devon, England, is deploying an RFID-based sy ...
Counting 15,000 Inventory Items in an Hour With One Employee
Imagine counting a store's entire inventory containing 15,000 clothing items using barcode scanners. ...
Havan Labs Reduces Store Inventory Time via RFID
Gone are the days when a company's inventory counting had to take employees away from their main and ...
LoRaWAN Delivers Road Intelligence to Public Works
Frost Control Systems (FCS) provides wireless road-condition intelligence to cities, counties and pu ...
Multi-Protocol IoT Solution Aims at Residential Sustainability, Intelligence
Property management technology company STRATIS IoT is deploying a multi-protocol, Internet of Thin ...
Solar-Powered RFID Brings Insight to California Woodpeckers
California researchers are tracking woodpecker behavior via solar-powered RFID tags and receivers de ...
Teen Launches RFID Music Player for Elderly, Children
A Norwegian teenager has proven that radio frequency identification technology deployments need not ...
NHS Trust lab Leverages RFID System for Sample Tracking
Hospitals in the United Kingdom's healthcare system, the National Health Service (NHS) Foundation ...
Consortium Aims to Standardize RFID for Pharmaceuticals
Members of the pharmaceutical industry have launched a self-governing consortium this summer known a ...
Webinar Report: The Future Demands Action Now
For businesses to excel during periods of downturn and hardship, taking the proper steps and having ...
Webinar Report: How to Reduce Waste in Your Supply Chain
Globally, shippers suffer $2.3 trillion in damaged goods every year, amounting to 2 percent of all p ...
RFID Journal LIVE! Europe 2019 Report
Throughout Europe, radio frequency identification technologies are being deployed at large, midsize ...
Virtual Event: RFID in Harsh Environments
Companies in the oil and gas, chemical, mining, construction and energy industries are using radio f ...
RFID Journal LIVE! Retail 2019 Report
RFID technology is being deployed at stores and warehouses around the world to improve item-level in ...
RFID Journal LIVE! 2019 Report, Part 2
This year's RFID Journal LIVE! conference and exhibition, held on Apr. 2-4 at Arizona's Phoenix Conv ...