The organization’s new executive director intends to help the Near Field Communication industry make the technology consistently reliable and commonplace, with a growth plan similar to that of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, so that users will recognize a logo and tap it without needing to know anything about NFC.
In 2020, manufacturers of Internet of Things devices will need to comply with new laws in California and Oregon.
The country’s Ministry of Interior is deploying an RFID solution from Go+, using technology from Kathrein Solutions in cooperation with Wireless Dynamics, to track the nation’s registered vehicles as they travel highways and city roads, thereby providing traffic flow- and law-enforcement-based data.
The manufacturer has achieved an increase in productivity and a reduction in shipping errors for its surfboards and snowboards, by tracking each item via an RFID system from EPC Solutions Taiwan as it moves through each process.
FreshTrack, provided by CoreKinect and Kudelski Group, is being piloted by three retailer companies to track conditions around goods in the supply chain; sensor data is captured as goods are received, enabling store managers to view the conditions before they accept a shipment.
The provider of RFID inlays, labels and serialization services has purchased Smartrac, another major provider of tags and labels, demonstrating it has great confidence in the future growth of the RFID market.
No connected device is unhackable, but there are steps a company can take to protect its network from attacks.
The acquisition will give the California-based adhesive company a greater presence in the RFID industry, by providing tags and inlays for retail, industrial and other markets in the UHF, HF and LF frequencies.
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Any of the event’s 3.7 million attendees who want to try out the 70 amusement park rides can purchase NFC-enabled passes that will allow them to simply tap a card at each ride to gain entrance, rather than buying and handling paper tokens.