On the Marriage of IoT and Prescriptive Analytics
Prescriptive analytics software can help retailers attain some of the unrealized promises that emerged with passive RFID technology.
RFID Locks Up Visitor Interest at Horsens Prison Museum
The Danish museum employs passive HF tags to enable its visitors to learn about the lives of famed or notorious prisoners and guards throughout the 150-year-old prison campus.
Leading Retailers to Share RFID Case Studies at RFID Journal LIVE! Europe 2016
The one-day event, being held in London on Nov. 10, will include a conference track focused on the retail and apparel sectors.
Hospitals, Schools, Hotels Test Mist’s Virtual Bluetooth Beacons
The company says one of its devices can create unlimited virtual Bluetooth Low Energy (vBLE) beacons within a 2,500-square-foot area, sparing a store the expense of installing and maintaining battery-powered beacons, and enabling it to change those beacons’ locations merely by updating the software settings.
To Stand Out in the Field, Filter Manufacturer Adds IoT
Donaldson is offering its customers a means for remotely tracking the filters’ lifespan, with the goal of keeping their operations flowing smoothly.
UMass Med Center to Use Beacons to Track Naloxone
The hospital will attach Visybl’s Bluetooth beacons to packages of the opioid-blocking drug to determine whether patients discard the medication before leaving the premises, and to gauge their willingness to have the medicine tracked.
Navigating a Critical Road in the Dark
Many companies are deploying radio frequency identification systems without doing their homework and without good guidance.
IoT News Roundup
London to host free LoRa network; survey reveals progress and blind spots with the IoT; a new report from Akamai says Secure Shell protocol not secure at all, while MITRE offers money and access to stoke a new IoT security solution; Gooee to integrate PointGrab tech for building automation apps.
High Tech Fire & Safety Manages Equipment Inspections via NFC
A solution from Tap Report enables inspectors and maintenance workers to access and write data about a piece of safety equipment with the tap of a phone against an NFC RFID tag.
RFID News Roundup
Thinfilm announces new U.S. high-volume fabrication facility ••• Custom BioGenic Systems intros VersAlert wireless temperature-monitoring system ••• Virtual beacon company Mist closes on $28 million funding round ••• GAO RFID unveils enhanced hands-free advanced parking solution ••• NFC Forum announces new technical specifications ••• AIM publishes standard for evaluating RFID’s effects on medical devices.