RIOgaleão Airport Adopts 3,000 BLE Beacons
Internet of Things technology is helping passengers at the main airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, find services via their smartphones.
Indian IoT Market Expected to Grow By 28.2 Percent from 2016 to 2022
Although the market is at its nascent stage, it has registered key growth backed by an increase in the number of connected devices, coupled with increasing internet penetration. Exponential growth is anticipated during the coming years.
RFID Brings Video, Ticketing to Polish Wakeboarders
The Wawawake extreme water-sport park, located near Warsaw, uses NFC-enabled wristbands and readers to track each rider’s usage, and enables participants to download, edit and share videos of themselves via social media.
Registration Now Open for the World’s Largest RFID Event—RFID Journal LIVE! 2017
RFID Journal’s 15th annual conference and exhibition will be held on May 9-11, at the Phoenix Convention Center, in Arizona.
HitchHike Tag Bums a Ride from Wi-Fi Access Points
A system being developed by Stanford University researchers could enable a low-cost Wi-Fi tag to receive transmissions from access points, and to use the energy of those transmissions to send its own unique signal to a laptop or mobile device.
Improving In-Store Productivity, Security and the Customer Experience
The Senseon Secure Access system is designed to reduce shrinkage, enhance customer service and retain the showroom’s edge over online shopping.
RFID News Roundup
NFC Forum unveils tag-certification initiative, calls for participation ••• Fly Delta app adds push notifications for baggage check-in ••• DHS releases strategic principles for securing Internet of Things ••• Fior Markets’ 2016 global handheld RFID terminal market report ••• Siemens’ new RFID readers for flexible applications ••• Thinfilm, Bedford offer smart hangtag for NFC mobile marketing ••• Gooee partners with PointGrab to enhance smart lighting platform.
Farmer’s Fridge and the Internet of Salads
The Chicago-based startup is scaling up its fresh-made salad vending system, and hopes to see the technology deployed at 100 locations next year.
Airbus Testing Low-Cost RTLS from Uwinloc
Several manufacturers are either piloting or planning deployments of the French startup’s UHF RFID system that tracks location in real time with 3D and 12-inch location accuracy, using beacons that emit energy and receive transmissions from low-cost energy-harvesting tags.
IoT News Roundup
NFC Forum unveils tag-certification initiative, calls for participation; DHS releases strategic principles for securing Internet of Things; Gooee partners with PointGrab to enhance smart lighting platform; Oracle buys Dynamic Network Services.