IOT News Roundup
Arrow offering customers leg up on IoT deployments; GreenPeak, Dusun co-create smart parking app; Built.io upgrades integration tools; Microsemi offering new range of security services; Czech Republic to get Sigfox network.
An Online Community for RFID Software Developers
The EPC UHF industry must take steps to welcome innovators.
Reversing the Decline in Productivity
If companies begin investing again in new technologies, workers will become more efficient.
French Handball Team Trains With Wearable RFID Sensors
Chambéry Savoie Handball is using an ultra-wideband RTLS solution from BeSpoon to learn not only each player’s metabolic status, but also how quickly he runs, how high he jumps and how close he is to other players.
Fire, Ice and Beacons Converge at Eldheimar Museum
Icelandic startup Locatify has developed a content-management system that allows museums or other organizations to create their own audio tour guides for Bluetooth-enabled smartphones or tablets, using beacons as location-based triggers.
Why Your Servers May Be the Weakest Link in Your IoT Security
It’s important to ensure both device- and application-level security—but don’t stop there.
RFID News Roundup
Teslonix launches evaluation kit for developing IoT, RFID systems with new RF technology ••• Kalahari resort in the Poconos implements PDC’s SmartBand RFID system ••• East Kent Hospitals tracks 3,000 medical devices via Harland Simon’s RFID tags ••• Haldor announces standalone RFID-enabled sponge-management system for hospitals ••• DFI Technologies intros new NFC-enabled rugged tablet for industrial automation.
Australian Cotton Gin Tracks Product to Boost Efficiency
RFID tags embedded in bundles of unprocessed cotton bolls help Southern Cotton track when it receives, stores and gins those bundles, and the company then shares that data with growers.
TempuTech Smartens Up Grain Management With GE Platform
By bringing both of its grain bin management products into a single cloud-based interface, the company has created a simpler, more responsive interface for its customers.
RFID to Bring Literacy to Down Syndrome Children
The Kiteracy system, designed by researchers at universities in Costa Rica, Spain and Ecuador, displays words and plays audio files when a child places a tagged toy on a reader.