Google Ventures leads Helium’s funding round; C-Labs announces two new customers; Atlanta-area police departments purchase multi-sensor body cameras; Internet of Elevators at Hannover Messe; Danish city eases traffic woes using BLIP sensors; AT&T, Globecomm, partner to improve asset-tracking coverage.
The airline has installed thousands of RFID readers across its U.S. operations.
Checkpoint releases circular tag for health, beauty products; boosts production capabilities ••• Farsens unveils prototype RFID sensor tags ••• RFID, RTLS adoption to rise in warehouses, according to Zebra study ••• Startup reelyActive launches Bluetooth-enabled customer-tracking service ••• STiD unveils two new UHF RFID tags for aerospace, oil and gas industries ••• GS1 UK survey shows growing RFID adoption by apparel sector ••• Radley and Smart Label Solutions announce partnership.
Nokia, once the world’s largest mobile phone manufacturer, plans its return to the consumer electronics market with a $191 million purchase of Withings, a maker of fitness trackers and connected health devices.
Waiting until your main competitors have begun using RFID will put you several years behind them.
RFID can improve patient safety and deliver cost savings to hospitals.
What you must know before you begin an RFID project.
If you build an omnichannel house without an RFID foundation, it will crumble.
Anecdotal evidence suggests that the number of retailers deploying RFID solutions is accelerating.
Solutions must become simpler to deploy and use, as well as more scalable.