Hilton and Marriott are among the global hotel chains employing the BLE functionality in dormakaba’s Saflok products for hotel guest rooms, enabling room access with a smartphone and hotel app.
The company will debut the new smart strips at the CES conference.
The development of the Internet of Things has taken root in the auto insurance industry.
The company plans to release its new NFC-based paper documentation and certificate verification and authentication solution with Factom’s blockchain technology to ensure that documents and related data are secure against fraud.
Juniper Research predicts that the number of connected IoT devices will reach more than 46 billion units.
IEEE, the RAIN RFID Alliance and RFID Journal will host a Smart Cities Mega-Challenge as part of the IEEE RFID 2017 event, to be co-located at next year’s RFID Journal LIVE! conference in Phoenix, Ariz.
Energy-harvesting techniques are maturing and could provide a more sustainable approach to deploying IoT networks.
The firm’s KnifeGuard system can help food manufacturers reduce operational errors and more efficiently manage and maintain cutting blades.
Vodafone, Arrow Electronics link up with IoT agreement; Navigant Research says Internet of Things market expected to reach $500 million in 2020; HWTrek simplifies IoT development and manufacturing supply chain collaboration; Infiswift partners with Acuitus Ag to develop smart solution for data-driven farming; VeriSolutions uses AT&T IoT technology in connected-restaurant solution; Emanate Wireless raises $1.5 million in angel capital; Lat-Lon offers IoT-optimized 4G LTE Cat-1 modems with its products.
The companies have announced an agreement to roll out Sigfox’s IoT network in the region next year.