Achieving Transformational Benefits With RFID
Companies need to think about radio frequency identification as more than just a technology for tracking lost tools or parts bins.
CoreRFID Helps CraneCare Lifting Services Speed Up Inspection Certification
The U.K. specialist lifting software company is helping the Irish lifting equipment inspection firm to reduce the amount of time it takes to issue critical certification from weeks down to a matter of minutes.
The Future of Robots in the Home
Where do we stand, where are we headed and what potential hurdles will the industry face in the coming years?
IoT-BLE Device Brings Low-Cost Tool for Experimentation
STMicroelectronics is selling a low-cost plug-and-play Internet of Things device with built-in sensors and an app so that anyone with a smartphone can begin experimenting with IoT solutions in their home, business or place of recreation.
Special Olympics World Games Tracks Athletes via the IoT
The system, provided by Sigfox and its local operator iWire, located four missing athletes during the course of the Abu Dhabi event—not only at the stadium but around the city—each time within less than 30 minutes.
University Research Tracks Everyday Activities via RFID
A team from the University of Michigan and the University of Washington have completed their testing of a UHF RFID system that measures received signal strength and phase responses to reader interrogation, to identify not only what tag is in a room but whether it has moved or interacted with a person.
GS1 Summit Addresses Challenges of Industry 4.0 and the IoT
The event’s speakers discussed the obstacles facing the Internet of Things and Industry 4.0, as well as the main initiatives to deal with these challenges, both with and without RFID.
New Sled from Janam Brings UHF RFID Reading to Android-based Handhelds
The sled snaps into XT2 and XT2+ series mobile-computing devices so that users can have the flexibility of reading RFID tags, along with the existing functions of bar-code scanning, as well as HF RFID and NFC tag reads.
A Retrospective Look at the Future of Communications
Here are some industry trends to watch out for, including IoT telemetry.
RFID Is as Important as Computers
Many companies have failed to grasp just how transformational the technology is.