PTC sees bright future with Vuforia acquisition; Beecham Research predicts robust growth for Low-Power Wide Area Networks; HyperCat Consortium launches smart city project incubator; Renesas Electronics America adds Icon Labs’ Floodgate security to its IoT-focused platform.
Smart meters and connected home energy devices are fun and flashy, but can they actually help homeowners save energy and money? One utility company says they do.
The company’s battery-powered device, currently being used in pilot projects, features a passive NFC RFID inlay for downloading temperature data via an NFC-enabled Android smartphone.
CDO Technologies’ RoadTag hits Denver streets ••• Cellotape, Smartrac and Thinaire team up on NFC-enabled magazine cover ••• Tyco Retail Solutions announces Sensormatic Synergy Series of security pedestals ••• Checkpoint Systems announces RF/RFID antenna for retailers ••• Eventbrite extends self-service ticketing platform via RFID.
The Chinese tag producer has launched a North American division to better meet the needs of systems integrators developing and ordering tags for customers’ solutions, such as hybrid EAS-RFID systems for retailers.
A small retail store in The Netherlands is using a range of technologies to help shoppers find what they’re looking for—and have fun doing so.
The Type 5 Tag Operation Specification provides a standardized way for NFC-enabled devices to read ISO 15693 tags, and also to write NFC Data Exchange Format messages to the tags, enabling greater functionality.
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.