IoT News Roundup
Yahoo Japan enables indoor mapping in train stations; HPE announce new IoT products, services; OSIsoft to provide smart grid services in China; FTC offers NTIA comments on IoT.
RFID News Roundup
Great Wolf Lodge Southern California installs PDC’s Smart Band RFID Wristband System ••• TSL announces compatibility with Tagit Ice jewelry-tracking app ••• Vizinex RFID releases Sentry Shortie 270 RFID tag ••• Handheld Group adds RFID to its ALGIZ RT7 Android tablet ••• Visa intros NFC-enabled payment ring for Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
IoT Startup Arable Seeks to Simplify Ag Tech
The company’s solar-powered Pulsepod marries a range of sensors with an advanced rain gauge and cellular connectivity to help famers better understand the health of their crops.
Trailiner Automatically Manages Trucks, Trailers in Its Yard
The U.S refrigerated goods carrier is using QuikQ’s RFID-enabled system to identify and authorize vehicles as they come and go, and to manage their refueling.
Here Come the Digital Overlords
Forget the sinister government plot lines—consumers appear willing to pay for some level of servitude to technology if it helps them overcome vexing problems.
Toronto Expands RFID-Enabled Bike-Sharing Program
Bike Share Toronto has contracted with PBSC Urban Solutions to supply new bicycles and stations, using Syrma’s HF RFID tags and readers.
Atari Says Key to Forthcoming IoT Products: Keeping It Simple
Fred Chesnais, the company’s CEO, tells IOT Journal how the brand best known for its seminal home video gaming systems is working with LPWAN network provider Sigfox to roll out Internet of Things products.
Company Fetches Canine Shoppers With RFID
The BarkShop Live popup store in New York is featuring UHF RFID tags on toys and readers on vests worn by dogs, letting humans use their smartphones to view which toys their pets like the most.
Company Fetches Canine Shoppers With RFID
The BarkShop Live popup store in New York is featuring UHF RFID tags on toys and readers on vests worn by dogs, letting humans use their smartphones to view which toys their pets like the most.
What Companies Don’t Know
Many businesses don’t have a good handle on how badly they are managing their physical assets.