Retailers Must Reframe Their Thinking
If you build an omnichannel house without an RFID foundation, it will crumble.
Craft Brewery Uses Beacons to Draw Customers to Its Taps
Schlafly’s app employs Juxtad’s TapTalker technology to send push notifications to individuals who come within range of a beer tap fitted with a beacon.
IoT News Roundup
ABB selling a Fitbit for motors; mBeaconCard adds smarts to ID badges; new IoT Skunkworks project at Teradata; Dell launches partner program to grow IoT business.
RFID Journal LIVE! 2016 to Feature Six Preconference Seminars
This year’s topics will include content for the energy and retail sectors and IT professionals, as well as RFID-enabled smart products, and warehouse and inventory management—plus, RFID Journal University.
Five Guys Uses Sensors to Keep Things Fresh
The burger franchise is installing battery-powered wireless sensors in all of its restaurants’ coolers, prep rooms and milkshake machines to ensure the proper temperatures of its ingredients.
RFID News Roundup
TexTrace, Eximia partner on mobile solution for fashion brand protection ••• Turck offers smartphone app, U Grok It handheld reader to industrial customers ••• Smart Technology Group announces UHF RFID lanyard ••• Low-cost RFIDcoder cloud-based service aims to simplify tag encoding, decoding ••• SML Group releases smaller RFID inlay with Monza R6 chip for retail.
Avery Dennison Aims to Deliver Product Info Via RFID, Bar Codes
The Janela Smart Products Platform will enable consumers and businesses to scan product labels, provided by Avery, and access related information delivered by EVRYTHNG’s cloud-based software.
New IIC Testbed Delves Into Medical Device Interoperability
The project supports efforts to establish connectivity between medical devices in order to reduce accidental death or injury due to medical errors.
RFID Journal Highlights Some of the New Products Being Demonstrated at LIVE! 2016
Among the products being displayed at the conference and exhibition will be those from Avery Dennison, NXP Semiconductors, Omni-ID and PAL Robotics.
Wisdom of the Crowd? A Look Back at Crowdfunded IoT Projects
There’s no doubt that crowdfunding can be a great tool for IoT startups, but it’s no guarantee of success.