IoT and RFID: What’s the Connection?
The Internet is allowing for more hardware and human connectivity. How should industry respond to balance efficiency with privacy?
RFID Brings Intelligence to Texas Warehouse Roll-Up Doors
The high-speed doors were opening inadvertently to allow forklift drivers access to freezers and coolers, so the retailer operating that warehouse acquired a battery-assisted passive RFID solution from TagMaster to pinpoint a forklift’s location, confirm a driver’s authorization to enter, prompt the subsequent door opening and store the related data.
A Reflection on Smart Packaging
Technologies such as RFID, NFC, digital printing and QR codes, among others, are making packaging ever smarter.
Metalcraft Offers Lower-Cost, Longer-Range On-Metal Tags
The company reports that its Universal MC adhesive tags offer a variety of options, including printable-onsite or pre-printed tags that can be ruggedized and offer a read range of 7 or 15 feet, at about 40 percent of the cost of similar on-metal tags on the market.
Enterprise IoT Needs Orchestration to Survive
How can orchestration remedy the Internet of Things problems that plague so many businesses?
Pilot Aims to Prove Passive RTLS Success for Manufacturing Site
RTV Engineering has built a solution leveraging RF Controls’ overhead reader and antenna system to track the locations of a manufacturer’s bins of materials as they are stacked seven bins high on metal racks, thereby enabling the company to know where its components and materials are located in real time.
RFID News Roundup
Smart Label Solutions, Newave Sensor Solutions, Wistron NeWeb Corp. partner to develop Asia-Pacific RFID market; Sigfox, Alps Alpine ally to boost IoT market innovation; Altair Semiconductor receives SoftBank NB-IoT validation for cellular IoT chipset; Nexxt Solutions, Microsoft, Tuya collaborate on smart homes and home automation; CTIA approves Intertek as authorized testing lab for IoT cybersecurity certification; ITL Group launches RFID podcast.
Understanding the Three Levels of Location: Presence, Proximity and Positioning
To maximize ROI when utilizing the Internet of Things, invest in an RTLS solution that covers all levels of accuracy and multiple use cases, and that will be scalable for future growth.
New Consortium to Spread UWB Adoption and Standardize Security
A handful of technology companies have created the FiRa Consortium to develop a standard for UWB security, in order to boost the development of interoperable deployments using what the group calls fine ranging and positioning capabilities.
Economy, RFID and Success in Brazil
Despite fluctuations in the nation’s economy, RFID businesses can grow even more, including during crises, with the correct marketing actions.