RFID Data Equals Business Intelligence
Delta Air Lines finds that information provided by RFID regarding life vests, emergency equipment and oxygen canisters enables it to plan more effectively and make better business decisions.
Service Bureau, IC Company Team Up on Low-Cost Printed Labels
Smooth & Sharp Corp. offers 13.56 MHz HF or NFC labels, converted from PragmatIC’s flexible, low-cost integrated circuits, for easy picking and placement on brand packaging.
Trends for 2019: Smart Cities
Cities should make sure their infrastructure will allow them to become smarter.
RFID Reading Robot Automates Decathlon Store’s Inventory Management
The company’s flagship sporting goods store, located in San Francisco, is leveraging Simbe Robotics’ Tally robot to automate inventory counts, locate missing products and enable analytics about products of interest, while RFID readers at the door help to prevent loss.
RFID News Roundup
Spanset acquires stake in CoreRFID ••• Central Admixture Pharmacy Services, Kit Check add serialized RFID tags to pre-filled syringes ••• STMicroelectronics offers NB-IoT starter kits for Amazon FreeRTOS ••• Libelium releases cloud-connectivity service for IoT devices ••• Soracom launches technology accelerator program to drive IoT innovation ••• Tuya Smart intros smart-home IoT security system using facial recognition.
Beacons, NFC Showcase 200 Years of ‘Silent Night’
The Christmas carol’s anniversary is being celebrated in the Salzburg area of Austria, with a beacon- and NFC-based solution from Xamoom to bring exhibits and points of interest to life for those with a smartphone and an app.
French RTLS Company Joins EU Initiative for Flexible Electronics Innovation
The SmartEE H2020 acceleration program will provide UWINLOC with nine months of research with partners and university researchers, to develop a small, recyclable RTLS tag for its UHF and UWB location-awareness solution.
Multinova Reduces Time Required to Separate Orders By 60 Percent
An RFID solution, replacing an existing bar-code-based system, has ensured greater accuracy and confidence for management regarding the tracking of bubble plastic rolls at the company’s factory.
Expanding the Digital Value Chain With Digital Printing
HP Brazil is linking packaging to interactive online experiences.
Who’s to Blame for the Relatively Slow Pace of RFID Adoption?
Some say it is the end users who are too cautious about investing, but it may be solution providers unwilling to invest in marketing their products.