The Italian luxury furniture company is having its suppliers attach a passive UHF tag to each piece of leather so that it can expedite the receipt of leather upholstery material, as well as its inventory-taking process.
Waiting in line—during rush hour on the highway, in grocery store queues or at the DMV—ranks right up there with death and taxes. It’s inevitable. But retailers are using the IoT to shorten shoppers’ wait times while also gaining insights into their interests and needs.
The University of Lodz has adopted the SmartUni app, which enables its 1,200 international students to better understand their surroundings and receive updates, announcements and schedules based on their location on campus.
Hytera’s PD415 radio and Patrol Management software enable companies to track where their workers are, and when, by having employees tap the handset against tags mounted at work sites.
In accordance with German automotive Industry 4.0 initiatives, the company currently receives RFID-tagged prototype parts from more than 150 suppliers for its Volkswagen, Porsche and Audi brands.
End users and solution providers that aren’t prepared for a faster pace of adoption will lose customers to competitors.
Amazon Web Services announces IoT platform; Wipro joins Georgia Tech’s IoT research center; Acuity Brands Lighting, Silver Spring Networks partner on smart lighting platform; Digi gobbles up bluenica.
The solution employs RFID technology provided by Barcoding Inc. to identify which patient a physician is examining, and automatically pull up that patient’s records, as well as transcribes patient-physician conversations.
Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have developed sensor-based technology that helps farmers optimize crop irrigation. A wireless communications company is now licensing the technology as an IoT solution.
Trimble intros handheld UHF reader for tracking railcars, cargo ••• Xplorer tag from InfoChip and Xerafy approved for drill pipes ••• Pantry’s RFID-enabled food kiosks use Keonn UHF antennas ••• Ams’ AS3993 IC powers TSL’s 1153 Bluetooth wearable UHF RFID reader.