P360 upgrades Swittons IoT smart devices for life sciences; Insight SiP launches BLE module for smart lighting, buildings; STMicroelectronics offers new BLE system-on-chip; NXP unveils BLE solutions for IoT, gaming and more; Auburn University RFID Lab certifies Paragon ID tags, inlays; Rockwell Automation, Microsoft expand IIoT partnership.
The company is including Near Field Communication functionality in a line of products for new iPhone models under its MagSafe brand name.
PervasID’s Flow Ranger is designed with bidirectional sensing for UHF RFID tags moving in densely packed environments, while preventing body shielding that would block RF transmissions so the device can capture tag reads at store doorways and at portals in warehouses, hospitals or factories.
Michigan’s Crystal Mountain will open its winter season with an RFID system from Axess that enables skiers to buy passes in advance, print and retrieve those passes at kiosks, and then walk through lift gates without touching anything or stopping to present credentials.
Invista and other companies are tracking when workers fall or require assistance, where individuals are located for safety and productivity management, and the zones in which they have been, for the purposes of contact tracing in the event of a positive COVID-19 test, using Triax’s Spot-r wearable technology provided by United Rentals.
The Internet of Things has disrupted the cleaning sector and is here to stay.
The company has also announced the integration of its Systems Control Engine with VMware’s offerings for campus and data center device visibility.
SimplyRFID offers CSL, Avery Dennison tech for monthly fee; Kerlink, ClearBlade intro IoT tech for smart cities and agriculture; Zigbee Alliance launches Europe Interest Group; Senet receives patents for cloud-based IoT network architecture; Everactive upgrades IoT wireless networking protocol; Swissbit extends storage solutions for IoT and more.
An RFID Journal Virtually LIVE! panel, held with authorities, entrepreneurs and executives from that nation, shows market expansion.
The Polish company says it will be able to produce and ship about 170 million UHF, NFC and HF RFID tags a year to start, for use in smart packaging, with the aim of bringing nearly any product online.