The opening keynotes at the CTIA Super Mobility conference, in Las Vegas, focused both on looking back at how far the wireless industry has come, and also on looking ahead to what the fifth-generation wireless network will require.
GCell solar-powered beacons greet users of the Cardiff Blues Match Day app, and may enable wayfinding, deliver store discounts and provide other location-based services in the future.
Major League Baseball is all about data, and the IoT offers a way for that number-crunching to extend to MLB stadiums as well.
The National Football League’s Competition Committee is reviewing the results of a preseason pilot of Zebra UWB RFID tags embedded in balls, as an extension of an existing system that tracks players’ movements during games.
The Internet of Things is taking off like a hummingbird on fire, and software-defined networking is the only hope we have of managing the massive influx of data the IoT is generating.
In order to adopt RFID, companies in the region must spend money they don’t have. Yet, one of the surest ways to get funds to pay for such an investment is to deploy RFID.
Sigma opens Z-Wave interoperability spec; Novatel’s Ignite offers retailers out-of-box connectivity for kiosks, signage; Samsara upgrades fleet-management platform; Sen.se rolls out ThermoPeanut sensor; C3 IoT raises $70 million; Kontakt.io beefs up beacon offerings with location-tracking; maritime industry steering toward autonomous ships; Boehringer Ingelheim to offer IoT-enabled COPD inhaler.
Ubisense releases new version of AngleID reader ••• Grand Rapids uses Brady labeling solution for smart trash carts ••• BLE, UWB technologies could displace RTLS, says ABI report ••• Kontakt.io adds location-tracking products to its Bluetooth beacon portfolio ••• World Wide Technology, Awarepoint partner to deliver location as a service ••• TagMaster acquires French RFID company Balogh.
The school is deploying an app-based solution from Mando that delivers location-based content to students as they move around campus.
The Israeli firm integrated DecaWave’s UWB technology into tiny location-tracking tags that work in conjunction with an augmented-reality smartphone app.