Polo Ralph Lauren Store Gets Smart Fitting Rooms
The interactive fitting-room technology, provided by Oak Labs, is part of Ralph Lauren’s adoption of RFID for customer-facing applications and inventory tracking.
IOT News Roundup
HP-Intel IoT partnership; Sierra Wireless’ AirLink Raven RV50 M2M gateway; Hirschmann’s asset-tracking modules; Bluetooth spec upgrades for 2016; Sigfox comes to Ireland; STMicroelectronics’ new secure microcontrollers.
RFID News Roundup
Impinj launches RAIN RFID retail solutions with Detego, InMotion and Nedap ••• SML upgrades Clarity retail inventory-management software ••• Vizinex RFID releases Sentry Slim Skinnie tag ••• MEPS Real-Time updates system for pharmacy automation, inventory management ••• Giant Eagle tests Powershelf out-of-stock sensors as part of food-industry study ••• Sensoro deploys 110,000-beacon network in China.
Kyocera Hopes to Boost Health of Japanese Consumers via IOT
The Japanese electronics company is offering Daily Support—a solution for tracking physical activity, sleep and food intake—to employers, health-care providers and insurance companies.
RFID Goes to Bat Against Gray Market for DeMarini Sports
A UHF RFID system from Entigral enables the high-end aluminum and composite bat manufacturer to link its products to a particular retailer, thereby tracing any gray-market sale items directly to the store of origin.
Longest Chance Offers RFID Baggage-Handling Technology as Service
The system, designed to meet pending requirements from the IATA, was tested on Aeroflot flights from Moscow to airports in Prague, Bologna and Tallinn.
Mackenzie Health’s Innovation Unit Assesses RTLS
The 34-bed unit, created specifically for testing new technologies, has completed a yearlong pilot of hand-hygiene, patient-safety and bed-management applications, and is now exploring how to best use and permanently deploy the technology.
Jakarta IOT-enabling 10,000 Streetlights
With technology from gridComm and LED company Siklon Energy Nusantara, the Indonesian city can remotely view street lamp functionality and adjust the lighting’s intensity.
RFID, People and Process
When the technology doesn’t work, it is often now a result of improper training or a failure to follow processes rigorously.
Beacons Give Treats to Voodoo Festival Attendees, On and Off Site
During the Halloween weekend, the New Orleans event used Gimbal Bluetooth beacons, an Eventbase app and TouchTunes jukeboxes to deliver information and promotional offers to individuals at the festival and across the city.