Omneo Group Creates Digital Legacies With NFC
Families and friends of the deceased can interact with NFC tags embedded in memorials or attached to gravestones, easily accessing Omlime.com, a sort of social network to keep memories alive.
Three Ways to Reduce Risk While Transitioning to IoT
The Internet of Things is redefining security, risk and cost at many public and private enterprises. Thankfully, new best practices for risk mitigation, privacy protection and cloud management have emerged.
Displaydata’s New Electronic Shelf Label Interacts With Shoppers
The company’s Aura 29 BLE shelf label employs Bluetooth beacon technology that stores could use to deliver information to its shoppers and its workers, as well as track store traffic.
RFID Will Make Buildings Smart
Low-cost, battery-free sensors can be embedded in buildings to provide feedback on the state of those structures.
IoT News Roundup
Aeris forges partnerships to make connecting devices easier; Microsoft releases Azure Hub, HCL opens incubation center; Con Ed taps Silver Springs Network for smart meters; GSMA offers IoT security guidance; AppCarousel and Mobica combine services.
German Clothing Retailer Adler Gives RFID Robots a Spin
The company is among several retailers that are using MetraLabs’ new Tory robotic system to automatically count inventory and record merchandise locations within its stores.
NY Waterway Turns Ferry Fleet Into Connected Network
Using an updated, IP-based surveillance system with gateways that aggregate and transmit multiple data streams to a cloud-based platform, the transit provider hopes to improve its fleet safety and communications capabilities.
X Games Goes High-Tech
At last month’s competition in Aspen, Intel mounted wireless sensor modules to slopestyle and big-air competitors’ snowboards in an attempt to quantify awesome.
RFID Helps Land-Surveying Agency Chart an Efficient Course
Taiwan’s National Land Surveying and Mapping Center has gained visibility into each of its 200,000 maps so that they can be accessed by individuals who need to borrow or copy them.
Extreme Tech Meets Extreme Athletes in Aspen
At the winter X Games, Intel mounted a wireless sensor module to slopestyle and big-air competitors’ snowboards in an attempt to quantify awesome. I’m a fan.