GreatCall Partners With Lyft to Transport Carless Seniors
Users hail a vehicle via GreatCall’s operator services, circumventing the need to download and use the Lyft app.
DOE’s BENEFIT Initiative Seeks Low-Cost Building Sensors
The U.S. Department of Energy is funding three multi-year projects to create either passive or active RFID sensors that can collect temperature, humidity or other environmental data for use by building-management systems.
Liverpool John Moores University Adopts Beacons to Provide Wayfinding, Discounts, Alerts
The school is deploying an app-based solution from Mando that delivers location-based content to students as they move around campus.
Verdigris Unveils Einstein Energy-Management Platform
The startup attaches sensors to electrical panels, rather than to outlets or directly to equipment, in order to track energy consumption and equipment health.
The Return of Productivity
RFID is helping companies to cost-effectively collect the information they need to dramatically boost their productivity.
Greater RFID Awareness and Acceptance Lead to Accelerated Adoption
The RFID Lab’s 2016 study shows that more U.S. retailers are using RFID to enable omnichannel shopping.
The Rules of Encoding
Here’s how to ensure RFID tags and bar codes coexist happily.
Experts Weigh In on RFID’s Tipping Point
A survey of more than 800 technology professionals found that most believe more than 1 trillion objects will be connected to the internet by 2022, using RFID and other technologies.
Can Passive UHF RFID Get Any Better?
The technology has made great strides—and there are innovations on the horizon that will advance it even more.
The Internet of Clothes
A research project aims to link clothing to the Internet so items can be shared or donated automatically to charities when they are no longer being worn.