ABRFID to Deliver IoT RFID Award in August
This year, in addition to awards for Best Implementation and Personality of the Year, ABRFID will give cash prizes to the three best academic papers in Brazil.
Hospital 4.0 and Connectivity in the Health Sector
It’s important to look at existing technologies and understand how the Internet of Things helps hospitals to evolve.
RFID Technology Scores Ticketing, Brand Engagement at World Cup
All 4 million game tickets, as well as the Adidas Telstar 18 official World Cup balls, came with RFID tags built in, leveraging technology provided by HID Global, NXP Semiconductors and Smartrac.
Alibaba Invests in Smartrac, Takes a Seat on the Board
The retail giant is investing in RFID technology company Smartrac Group with an eye on NFC solutions for brand authentication and engagement.
IoT Opens Doors to Home Connectivity
IBM’s Watson IoT Platform is being leveraged by window and door company Inwido to provide smart-home data, while IBM is also offering its IoT Building Insights solution for commercial building intelligence.
Awarepoint Assets Transferred to CenTrak Subsidiary
The RTLS company has signed an agreement to transfer select Awarepoint assets to CenTrak’s Clinical Patents LLC, to sell Awarepoint’s BLE- and ZigBee-based RTLS solutions, along with CenTrak’s other technologies, including Gen2IR, ultrasound and RFID.
FreeWave Technologies Provides UHF Video Streams, Manages Volcano Conditions
The company has expanded its RF-based solutions to include the transmission of video via UHF signals and solutions for monitoring fault lines and volcanic conditions in some of the most remote parts of the world.
Simbe Robotics Brings RFID to Computer Vision Robot
The robot, known as Tally, captures images and RFID tag reads from store fronts and back rooms, in order to track inventory levels and collect data regarding store displays and their effectiveness related to sales.
Operationalizing IoT Data to Drive Revenue in the Enterprise
Digesting data and devising a way to collect, analyze and operationalize insights can result in profitability.
New Type 5 NFC Chip Boasts Long Range, Tamper Detection
STMicroelectronics’ ST25TV chip can be read via ISO 15693-compliant readers, as well as NFC-enabled mobile phones, resulting in tags that can be used from the point of manufacture to consumer use with a limited footprint for small packaging.