How Retailers Can Extract Value From Location Data
Today’s advanced location-based technologies can enhance retail inventory, customer service, marketing and a variety of other applications.
CES 2016 IoT Roundup
Hundreds, if not thousands, of vendors announced IoT-related products and services at this week’s CES trade show in Las Vegas. Here are a few that caught our attention: Omron’s latest connected blood pressure monitors; Samsung’s latest smart fridge; an offer from Vuzix and APX Labs for the new Vuzix M300 enterprise smart glasses; La Poste’s upcoming IoT pilot; and new products and services from Helium.
Brazilian Coffee Cooperative Uses RFID to Manage Inventory
Coopercam is attaching passive UHF tags to bags of beans, enabling it to track the receipt, storage and shipment of coffee.
RFID News Roundup
Radley adds Omni-ID RFID technology to its solutions for manufacturers ••• Metalcraft expands RFID label service ••• Thinfilm, Jones to develop smart packaging for pharmaceuticals ••• Jadak acquires SkyeTek ••• DNP, Phoenix Solution announce new on-metal RFID tags ••• Swedish grocery retailer ICA Nära Norrviken tests NFC price labels ••• Gentex to integrate TransCore’s Universal Toll Module in rearview mirrors.
‘Reinvented’ IBM Announces Clients in Consumer Electronics Industry
Big Blue is not a big player in the consumer electronics industry, but IBM’s CEO, Ginni Rometty, says that is about to change.
Ford, Toyota, Volkswagen Tout Plans to Add Connectivity and Autonomy to the Family Car
Connected cars have become an extension of the smart home, but OEMs are now focused on a far bigger tech challenge: enabling autonomous driving.
How I Fared on 2015’s Predictions
The RFID industry made progress, but not as I had expected.
Texas Direct Auto Manages Vehicles Via RFID
The technology has helped the car and truck reseller track its refurbishing processes, ensure that no vehicles end up missing, solve thefts and improve customer service.
Bluetooth Beacons Delivers Alerts to Bus Riders, Drivers
European transit operators are using a system that informs passengers—especially those who are visually impaired—when their buses are arriving, and in Italy, the technology also tells drivers when a passenger is waiting at a stop.
The IoT Forecast: Five Predictions for 2016
The Internet of Things became a regular topic in mainstream news during 2015, thanks in part to a series of connected car hacks, but also because industrial and commercial IoT applications generated considerable buzz about the technology’s transformative potential. So what do the next 12 months hold in store?