TSA Hopes to RFID-enable 60 Security Lanes This Year
American Airlines will fund the new screening lanes at four airports; the Transportation Security Administration is in talks with other airlines regarding similar deployments.
Customer References Are Critical
End users telling about their successful RFID deployments is the best way to grow adoption and technology companies, but not all solution providers get it.
Embedding RFID Tags Into Wearables
RFID technology represents an easy and efficient method for authenticating wearable devices, and for storing important information about those products.
NFC Speeds Up Authentication for Race Car Drivers
For the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile championships, motorsport equipment company Fyshe is supplying RFID-tagged race suits that can be authenticated via an app and an NFC-enabled smartphone.
RFID Journal to Hold 12th Annual LIVE! Europe Conference in London on Nov. 10
The one-day event will include a conference track focused on the retail and apparel sectors.
IoT News Roundup
FCC green-lights spectrum needed for 5G; IDTechEx says wearable technology market will be worth $100 billion in 2023; Glasgow’s LoRa network to support range of IoT applications; IBM and AT&T collaborating.
RFID News Roundup
SMARTRAC introduces ready-to-use animal ID implanting kit ••• HID Global releases TapMark surface-mount transponders ••• Sionic Mobile adds iBeacons to loyalty app ••• CSL completes management buyout, adds Seveco as strategic investor ••• Impinj to issue 4.6 million shares of common stock in IPO bid ••• Estimote announces proximity beacons with programmable NFC functionality.
RFID Journal to Hold 12th Annual LIVE! Europe Conference in London on Nov. 10
The one-day event will include a conference track focused on the retail and apparel sectors.
EECC Benchmark Study Finds UHF Tag Performance Better Than Ever
For its 2016 UHF Tag Performance Survey, the European EPC Competence Center tested 361 different models of passive UHF transponders in as many as 22 different ways per tag.
U.S. Malls, Hospitals Use Senion’s Beacon-based Solution
A California hospital and a mall have installed the Swedish company’s StepInside technology to track and analyze traffic patterns at their facilities; the software also enables them to share location-based content with app users.