Reports highlight potential hurdles in battery technology for the IoT; Webroot releases IoT toolkit; Juniper Research says retailers set to spend big on IoT; Arrow Electronics will distribute complete Digi International product line; Sierra Wireless offering starter kit.
Here is why passive UHF RFID adoption rates have been so disappointing, despite all the real benefits the technology has to offer.
The coat and outerwear manufacturer finds that the technology makes it easier for workers to confirm that the correct garments were picked according to customer orders.
Noahcard releases RFID tags, inlays based on Monza R6 chip ••• Star Systems International expands into EMEA market ••• Blue Bite unveils esca Bluetooth beacons, cloud-based dashboard ••• RetailNext adds beacon-based employee data to its retail analytics solutions ••• Arrowsmith & Grant integrates SATO RFID technology into medical refrigerators ••• Univ. of Wisconsin athletics dept. adopts beacon solution from YinzCam, Gimbal.
Using a Bluetooth-based sensor and simple applications, the Silicon Valley startup says it is making tracking devices easy and safe for consumer and commercial applications alike.
The inView system is being tested or deployed by manufacturers, logistics companies and retailers, through systems integrators, to track the locations of UHF RFID-tagged items in real time.
Muzze provides hardware and a mobile app that make it easy for museums large and small to offer digital content based on a museumgoer’s location.
Strapping sensors to our wrists and embedding them in factories have more parallels than you might think.
The story highlights the advance metrics that Zebra’s solution provides, but never actually calls it what it is.
The facility is intended to provide Wal-Mart executives and other employees with access to Tyco technology as they plan upgrades to existing store EAS and RFID systems.