Smart Guns Should Be an Option
For gun owners, police departments and others, RFID-enabled guns could offer protection, but funding is needed to bring a viable product to market.
Introducing Total Retail Loss: Can It Offer a More Meaningful ROI for RFID?
New research explores what shrinkage and other known losses mean for radio frequency identification—and for measuring the technology’s impact on the industry.
Why Batteries Are Ripe for Disruption
Energy-harvesting techniques are maturing and could provide a more sustainable approach to deploying IoT networks.
IOT News Roundup
Bangkok expands BlipTrack Wi-Fi Bluetooth sensor solution; Autodesk, Taxal conducts research into IoT trends; Oasis Smart SIM showcases eSIM solution for IoT connected devices; ams launches AS7221 smart-lighting manager; ETSI publishes smart-home specifications.
Idaho Researchers See Growing Opportunity for RFID-enabled Robot
The team is integrating an Impinj UHF reader and a variety of sensors into its IdaBot prototype, which is designed to help specialty crop growers reduce labor costs and increase productivity.
Beacons Booming: inMarket Beacon Platform Impacts $14.5 Billion in Black Friday Weekend Sales at Retail Stores
Beacon technology has matured as mobile’s impact on offline sales take center stage for the holiday shopping season.
Fujitsu Expands Bluetooth 4.2 Module Availability to North American Market
The module’s processing capabilities and design flexibility minimize time and cost investments to develop low-power Industrial IoT applications for medical, instrumentation, industrial equipment and smart buildings.
RFID Journal LIVE! 2017 to Host IEEE RFID 2017
The co-located technical conference will feature a special Smart Cities Mega-Challenge.
Startups, Academics Focus on IoT’s Weak Link: Power
Batteries represent a design problem for Internet of Things devices, especially those used in very dense or widely distributed networks. But some researchers and startups believe they can address this shortcoming through energy harvesting.
RFID News Roundup
Smartrac releases dual-frequency Prelam for contactless cards, establishes global distribution agreement with Future Electronics ••• Suprema launches RFID-enabled access-control device ••• Technavio report predicts U.S. RTLS market will grow by 45 percent through 2020 ••• NFC market expected to reach $47 billion by 2024 ••• OTI, Vend Access, Card Access Services to provide cashless-payment solutions in Australia.