Inlay manufacturers are testing a new flip-chip machine from the German technology company that promises a 40,000-unit-per-hour rate, as well as an antenna cutter to eliminate the need for etching chemicals.
Texmark Chemicals is using technology from Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Aruba to automatically collect real-time data regarding the function of critical pumps on the plant floor, with long-term goals of managing assets, as well as employee safety and access, via video and other wireless technologies.
Like “Internet of Things,” the term is often undefined, or is defined very differently by various so-called experts. Here’s what digital transformation is all about.
The Brazilian authorities are presenting the Internet of Things as an opportunity for the country to move up to 10 percent of the nation’s GDP, which is currently $2 trillion.
With the Brazil-ID system in operation, the Wernher von Braun Research Center expects the creation of several services based on the same infrastructure used for toll collection.
The world is facing the brand-new era of the IoT, and we need to be ready for it.
DNA selects Cisco Jasper to provide IoT connectivity ••• Grace Engineered Products acquires Civionics, enters IIoT space ••• Internet of Things World study identifies challenges in cybersecurity, scaling and implementation ••• Particle announces LTE-enabled cellular IoT module ••• Notion, HomeAdvisor integrate smart-home technology with plumbing for leak detection.
Gate Gourmet Peru has launched a hybrid UHF and NFC system from Radical Solutions which ensures that all food-preparation knives, each with an affixed RFID tag, are detected in a locked cabinet, and that any removal and return of those knives is automatically identified and tracked by time, date and personnel ID, as well as by video.
Despite the event’s name and the perception that some RFID companies have, RFID Journal LIVE! is not really a technology conference.
Bowen, Atlas RFID Solutions partner for Midwest power project ••• FleetMind purchases patent covering electronic tracking of waste containers, including RFID ••• BlueCats, PLUS Location Systems unveil integrated RFID solutions ••• Industrial Internet Consortium announces manufacturing testbed, releases white paper ••• DNA selects Cisco Jasper to provide IoT connectivity ••• Paragon ID secures £2.2 million order to supply Oyster cards.