Airline Industry Embraces RFID Baggage Tracking
The IATA’s board voted at its general meeting to develop a standard within one year for using RFID to track luggage. The industry body aims to start rolling the technology out globally in 2020.
Drone RFID Read Rate Hovers Near 100 Percent in Oil Fields
Researchers at Cal Poly, using RFID technology from technology company Process Expert, confirmed in three pipe-tracking applications that passive RFID tags could be read at near-perfect rates while in flight around 12 feet above those pipes.
Brazilian Retail Chain Reduces Overtime Costs
Lojas Ki Barato’s use of RFID has improved inventory control, decreased expenses and increased employee efficiency.
BLE-enabled HomeBridge Brings Beacons to Home Automation
IoT solutions company Volansys has released early versions of its new HomeBridge gateway with built-in BLE 5.0 mesh-capable technology, to enable the integration of BLE devices, beacons and badges into an existing home- or building-intelligence system.
Fracking Companies Track Iron via RFID-enabled App
Weir has already been applying RFID to its fracking equipment for servicing, but now it provides an app, along with hardware, to enable its oil and gas company customers to digitally track inventory and manage certificates linked to each asset.
Explaining IoT Processes to the Everyday Consumer
The Internet of Things is a relatively new concept, so educating needs to be one of your primary tasks.
RFID News Roundup
iDTronic releases new Android-based RFID reader ••• Research and Markets explores global RFID transponder market ••• Ayla Networks adds Google Cloud platform support to its IoT platform ••• Ayyeka announces LoRa support for IoT gateway ••• CoreKinect, Cox Communications team up for IoT solutions ••• Wireless Broadband Alliance establishes IoT roaming requirements.
Age of Instrumentation Creates Unprecedented Business Opportunity
Companies that leverage data in real time to improve the customer experience, expand product offerings and become a data-driven enterprise have a competitive edge that will propel them into new data-driven opportunities.
IoT Solution Tracks Waste Volume and Conditions in Bins
Sensoneo says its ultrasonic-based system has helped companies reduce their costs by an average of 30 percent, by reducing labor hours and fuel consumption otherwise required to empty bins that may not yet need service.
Are High-Paid U.S. CEOs Risk-Averse?
Some executives are now paid so much that they might not be willing to make the changes needed for companies to survive in the long term.