Sensors Cross the Industrial-Consumer Divide
New, more capable and affordable sensors are being used in both industrial and consumer Internet of Things applications.
Venture Research Adds More Intelligence to Its Surface Reader
The latest version can identify not only EPC Gen 2 RFID tags, but also Bluetooth beacons, enabling companies to track tools and other assets in real time.
Internet of Customers: Customer Experience Automation Meets IoT?
The Internet of Things creates many new types of customer touchpoints and communication channels, which can fundamentally change how you manage the customer relationship.
McDonald’s, Other Companies Test TAG Sensors’ RFID Temperature Loggers
The data logger—in the form of a passive RFID inlay and a battery-powered sensor embedded in an adhesive label—is designed to provide a low-cost method of tracking products’ environmental conditions throughout the supply chain.
IoT News Roundup
LoRa network coming to Gothenburg, Semtech adding geolocation; PARC announces machine health monitoring platform; Ayla Network lands $39 million, growing Chinese presence; STMicroelectronics releasing Bluetooth system-on-chip; Cisco announces LPWAN module for its industrial routers.
Inventor-e Launches Hybrid Auto-ID Solutions
The U.K. company is offering its Smartie tags and iSite readers, along with apps and software to manage deployments that can combine Bluetooth beacons with EPC and NFC passive RFID tags.
A Wearable That Listens for Troubling Coughs
CoughAware has been designed to help caregivers of children or elderly patients to respond quickly to impeding asthma or COPD respiratory attacks, and possibly avoid the need for hospitalization.
Managing Uncertainty
Companies should continue to invest, despite concerns about Brexit, the upcoming U.S. presidential election, problems in the Middle East and other issues.
RFID News Roundup
Impinj, Accruent Healthcare partner on solution for tracking medical devices ••• Dolphin works with Aman Aviation to boost airline RFID adoption in India ••• Century Link unveils new UHF RFID laundry tags ••• Maria&Donato to embed Thinfilm NFC tags into its luxury handbags ••• Aucxis launches new fixed RFID reader.
Toter Dumps Wasted Time With RFID-Tagged Bins
The company’s RFID-based ToterTrax system, which can automatically record when and where its workers deliver each waste bin, opens up a range of other possible uses.