Coherent Market Insights’ 2020 report finds that COVID-19 has fueled the use of RFID for improving drug and device inventory management, as well as for medical devices, automated data collection and reducing time-consuming, error-prone tasks.
The Internet of Things facilitates advances in smart farming, environmental monitoring, gas detection and air quality monitoring.
San Diego-based organization Black Tech Link has launched a program to help middle and high school students learn about the Internet of Things, smart cities, smart homes and other technologies.
The company has teamed up with ON Semiconductor on an IoT development framework, added Infineon’s Cypress Semiconductor products to its offerings and, with Arizona State University, named Floe the winner of its IoT innovation competition.
STMicroelectronics intros evaluation boards for smart grids, IoT; NFC company Panthronics, RFID firm AdvanIDe form partnership; OleumTech unveils IoT-based temperature transmitter; Digital Twin Consortium, FIWARE Foundation collaborate; Avnet offers hardware for embedded computing, edge IoT.
With its homegrown solution, QR code inventor DENSO deploys its own handheld RFID readers, along with Confidex UHF RFID tags, to automate the audit counts of IT assets at its facilities.
SpanSet Australia has launched a solution that allows customers to inspect the slings, lifts and safety gear they purchase via automatic RFID tag reads, and to retrofit work equipment by applying labels and tracking them with the same readers, using a solution from CoreRFID.
The joint liaison agreement is aimed at promoting more open standards for UWB and RTLS technologies, as well as easing regulatory demands for UWB power and outdoor use in industrial and other settings.
RFID technology is helping providers tackle problems to improve patient outcomes.
With increased memory and sensitivity, the company’s latest tags are intended to offer a low-cost solution to the aviation, logistics and manufacturing markets, in which the need for RFID sometimes outpaces supply.