Less2Care’s VacuScan solution can identify waste-collection bags at healthcare and nursing facilities prior to vacuuming, ensuring waste is properly sealed and odor-free, and that it cannot contaminate a building or the waste stream.
Operationalizing location technology with enterprise business processes offers a competitive advantage, but only if management understands how much their business is tied to geography.
The IoT solution, provided by Miromico and Semtech, includes a wireless scanning device that enables postal customers to request service via an IoT network and receive assistance within a day.
Much Asphalt has eliminated errors and improved efficiency by leveraging RFID tags on its customers’ vehicles, as well as readers at weigh bridges to capture the tare and gross weight of each vehicle that comes to collect product.
The chip, developed at North Carolina State University, is about twice the width of a human hair and is reportedly small enough to enable RFID tags to cost less than a cent apiece and be applied to low-value goods.
Rising labor costs, difficulty managing supply chains and increasing expectations from customers are creating an opportunity for automation to assist in developing brand value and creating a firm niche in today’s dynamic retail environment.
The United Kingdom is offering some public events, including a 3,000-fan pop-up concert by Liverpool event manager Circus, where masks were left at home and social distancing was non-existent, but all attendees were pretested for COVID-19 and used a touch-free payment process with RFID wristbands and kiosks from Festicket.
R4i/Nebula integrates CAEN RFID readers; Qualcomm intros 5G modem for Industrial IoT; STMicroelectronics acquires edge AI software company Cartesiam; Kerlink, Cloud Energy develop IoT LoRaWAN smart-farming initiative in Vietnam; Semtech, SAS partner on cloud IoT solutions; Wind River adds security features to its IoT platform; Perr&Knight issues report on Kinetic wearables for workers.
Pairing RFID and new technologies like IoT helps reshape the manufacturing landscape.
The Linen Group is managing the status of towels, bedding and other linens for its hospitality customers as they reopen their doors to guests following the pandemic shutdown.