Hawaiian Tree Forestation Site to Prevent Fires with LoRaWAN
Terraformation is using technology including Dryad Networks’ wireless mesh sensors to bring intelligence to its tree plantations on the Big Island of Hawaii. The system currently tracks a 45-acre area on a dry and wind-prone area where trees are vulnerable to fire....
UHF RFID and Ambient IoT: The Differences Are Smaller Than People Think; The Implications Are Bigger
Like all technologies that eventually reach game-changer status, the journey of UHF RFID has been long and arduous. This breakthrough took decades to reach its full potential, as the technology evolved, the market educated, and the ecosystem built out. Today, UHF RFID...
Hybrid RTLS Solution Tracks Infants in Hospitals
Litum’s new Little Tag leverages the company’s software as a service to manage ultrawide band (UWB) and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)-based data about where an infant is and who is with them. A city hospital in Turkey is deploying the system for real time security as...
Smart Wristbands Gamify Jumping at Trampoline Park
Altitude Trampoline Park is piloting an IoT-based system from Intelliplay that tracks the location and activity of children as they play, for both security ands gamification. The system links digital with physical play by tracking activity levels and displaying the...
Soracom Concentrates on Connected Car Strategy
A key aim is to support the GSMA SGP.32 eSIM remote provisioning and management standard for automobiles The company’s offering would relieve automotive manufacturers of a costly and laborious process Soracom recently announced its global strategy for the connected...
Simbe, Tageos, Kudelski IoT, GreyOrange, Simplismart: RFID News Roundup
Simbe Raises $50 Million in Latest Fundraising Round Simbe, a leading provider of store intelligence solutions, announced on Oct. 24 the closing of a $50 million Series C equity financing round led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, with participation...
Cognosos Acquisition to Expand Healthcare RTLS
The AI-based location data company bought Cox Prosight, a hospital RTLS software provider that serves all location tracking applications on a single platform The acquisition will provide a full-stack solution that includes RTLS hardware, AI to manage raw data, and a...
Oracle Drives Effort for RFID Deployment in Health Care Inventory
The software company’s Fusion Cloud Supply Chain & Manufacturing solution will bring RFID based tracking of goods in hospitals A team of RFID companies are embarking on the new solution deployment: Zebra, Terso and Avery Dennison RFID technology deployment has...