Beyond the Hype: Three Ways to Maximize IoT Budgets
Those who execute purposeful planning and implementation when deploying Internet of Things technologies can ensure both short- and long-term success.
IoT News Roundup
Industrial Internet Consortium launches smart-factory machine-learning testbed ••• Meshed IoT Integrators launches local hosting Internet of Things network ••• OutSystems’ low-code platform accelerates customer adoption of AI, IoT ••• Fresh Ideas expands use of Altierre’s IoT system to new venues ••• Kerlink continues global LoRaWAN IoT network expansion with subsidiary in India ••• eMotorWerks, EDF partner to expand JuiceNet IoT electric vehicle charging technology ••• BT, Hitachi develop industrial and enterprise IoT solutions.
Alliance Rubber Stretches Limit of RFID and NFC Applications
The rubber band company is working with the University of Sussex to develop elastic material that could not only be stronger than standard rubber, but also transmit data via RF, accommodate RFID or NFC chips, and store sensor data.
RFID News Roundup
Turck reveals new CODESYS-programmable RFID interface module ••• Smartrac to showcase temperature sensor portfolio ••• MSM Solutions launches RFID and bar-code website ••• AIM, AIM North America invite 2018 awards nominations ••• Computype invests new resources to develop RFID technology.
IoT at Cincinnati Airport Helps TSA Match Staffing With Passenger Demand
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, with local Transportation Security Administration collaboration, is using live and empiric data to identify irregularities at the security checkpoint.
Smart People
While it may be a long time before self-driving cars become common, it’s not too soon to anticipate the need to meet them at least half-way as smarter pedestrians.
E-Labeling RFID Devices Can Save Suppliers Cash
Doing it wrong can cost millions and trigger market exclusion.
Ceitec Delivers 300,000 RFID Chips for Vehicular Tagging
The Brazilian semiconductor company has been homologated in record time and marketed to Q-Free, a Norwegian company that develops intelligent transport systems.
Registration Now Open for RFID in Aerospace and Defense
The one-day conference, to be held on Dec. 13, 2017, will feature fast-track RFID training on Dec. 12, prior to the event’s opening.
IoT Brings Intelligence to Hard Hats
Companies are trialing a new Internet of Things system from GuardHat, with data-management software from HPCC Systems, to understand where their workers are located—both in real time and historically—as well as the conditions around them, in order to boost safety and efficiency.