A single Asian giant hornet led Washington State Department of Agriculture scientists to its nest via a VHF RF tag strapped to its body, which transmitted a unique signal to a handheld reader with a half-mile range.
JADAK adds new HF-LF RFID module; Confidex, Environics partner on industrial equipment monitoring; CISC RFID software evaluates reader-tag communication; Tageos joins RFID healthcare consortium DoseID; UrsaLeo, Alleantia integrate 3D digital twin, sensor gateway technologies.
Recent news accounts regarding the successful eradication of a nest of Asian giant hornets in Washington has spotlighted a highly innovative use of RFID technology.
XO2Tech has patented a family of products that leverage NFC, RFID or BLE to detect sensor information, such as when an elderly person takes his or her medication and what the next task should be, or when food in a refrigerator begins to spoil.
Pet crematoriums are adopting Angelpaw’s technology to automatically identify remains picked up at veterinarian offices, ensuring that animal owners receive requested services, and that cremains are never lost.
For some applications the answer is absolutely ‘yes,’ while in others, achieving 95 percent or higher is more than sufficient.
With traditional IT-style approaches unable to scale cost-effectively, new approaches will be required as the volume of devices and applications increases exponentially.
The Brazilian company, launched to accommodate that country’s underserved market, is accelerating RFID deployment across the retail and tolling sectors, and has been providing RFID inlays to U.S. customers since 2018.
Fujitsu launches Bluetooth 5.0 dual-mode wireless modules; Schreiner MediPharm adds RFID to security labels; IntelliGuard offers platform to read GS1 RFID drug labels; NXP, Xiaomi offer NFC stickers for smart-home use; LoRa Alliance releases new spec; PLI unveils RFID hotel keys made with recycled materials; Impinj intros RFID reader for IoT.
With its UHF RFID-enabled cabinets, or with retrofitted kits using PervasID readers, the company is offering avionics and automotive companies, as well as other manufacturers, a solution for preventing tool loss and foreign object debris at more than 99 percent read accuracy.