The Wind of Change
After 20 years as a champion for the radio frequency identification industry, founder and editor Mark Roberti is retiring from RFID Journal.
Mojix Launches Platform, App for Supply Chain Traceability
The company’s Source software-as-a-service platform is designed to make first-mile traceability easier for raw material suppliers, including in agriculture.
Talkin’ Things Releases Omnidirectional RFID Tag
The company is expanding its production capacity to a billion NFC and UHF tags per year, while adding a more sustainable antenna production process for the development of specialized and standard RFID tags.
RTLS Protects Infants, Dementia Patients at Healthcare Facilities
A solution from Interface Systems uses active RFID wristbands or tags, as well as exciters at doorways and readers deployed around a facility, to ensure patients can be accounted for and prevented from leaving secure areas.
Digital Transformation Exposes Missing Middle Layer Between Online and Brick-and-Mortar
If the bowels of the tech stack are not clear and organized, the whole system lags.
Senet, WHIN Deploy LoRaWAN Connectivity in Indiana
The companies plan to increase access to IoT networks and sensor-enabled solutions, making the rural region an epicenter for manufacturing automation and digital agriculture.
RFID News Roundup
STMicroelectronics intros M2M embedded SIMs, inertial sensors; Renesas acquires Reality Analytics, offers IoT development platforms; A2B Tracking RFID platform receives Zebra validation; Technology provider Velociti doubles warehouse size; Indoor Robotics raises Series A funding for drone tech.
Always a Bigger Fish
Mergers and acquisitions have been a steady occurrence in the RFID ocean of late, with HID Global dominating the currents.
IoT Platforms: Adoption, Features and Applications
The Internet of Things enables applications in a variety of sectors, from healthcare and industrial to home automation, environmental monitoring, retail and more.
RFID-enabled Ice Cream Truck Comes When Hailed
Unilever has begun offering its Ice Cream Shop mobile stores in West Hollywood, leveraging Robomart’s vehicles and app with a UHF RFID system to detect what products are in stock and when customers select them.