Palo Alto Innovation intends to release its product later this year, using BLE and LoRa technologies to capture sensor data, ranging from water leak detection to an opened door or refrigerator temperature, in the cloud.
If you are just using radio frequency identification to track your tools or parts bins, you are missing out on a lot of value the technology can deliver.
A partnership between the two companies provides an open standard-based RTLS solution, while HID Global is also releasing a new BLE badge beacon that hospitals and other businesses can use for duress alerts.
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Global RF and satellite product manufacturer MTI is teaming with California startup SensThys to provide RFID solutions using products built at MTI’s facilities with hardware from both companies.
RAIN RFID Alliance reports 15 billion RFID tag chips sold in 2018 ••• Know Labs RFID platform identifies blood-alcohol levels ••• Insight SiP launches BLE-enabled LoRa RF modules ••• Murata, Cypress, NXP collaborate on multi-platform Wi-Fi IoT solutions ••• Fujitsu intros new BLE wireless modules with Nordic Semiconductor SoC ••• Litmus Automation partners with Siemens on IoT edge-computing solutions for manufacturing.
RFID Journal has announced the finalists for its 2019 awards. The winners will be revealed at this year’s LIVE! event, being held in Phoenix, Ariz., on Apr. 2-4.
The company’s 2020 Sonata will be the first vehicle to come with NFC readers and BLE beacons built into its locking system and inner console, so that drivers can use a smartphone as a key to enter and start the car, as well as manage its settings.
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group’s new 5.1 standard comes with angle-of-arrival and angle-of-departure direction finding functionality, so that solutions can be built to locate the position of a tag or mobile phone within centimeters.
Association members are now reviewing the NFC Money Transfer Candidate Specification before it is released for use by financial service providers to enable NFC payments with phones at Chinese merchants.