IoT News Roundup
Altierre’s new IRIS chip sips energy; Industrial Internet Consortium publishes reference architecture; Wind River announces new app store; survey takes IoT developers’ temperature; new hardware reference design from Sierra Wireless.
Startups Dive Into IoT for Backyard Pools
Is the swimming pool ripe for disruption? These companies think so.
RFID News Roundup
IDTronic intros new industrial UHF readers with integrated antennas ••• Netherlands’ Groninger Museum launches beacon-enabled app ••• Tadbik shoe tags kept time at the Nike Women’s 5K in Istanbul ••• GuardRFID adds temperature measurement, other features to TotGuard solution ••• Palex unveils redesigned smart cabinet for hospital supplies ••• Royal Caribbean’s Anthem of the Seas adopts ASSA Abloy RFID wristbands, locks.
Car Journalists Take RFID for Test-Drive
A system involving passive UHF tags helps a logistics company track the movements of loaned vehicles during events showcasing the release of new models.
How Many Words Can Be Stored in the User Memory of an EPC Tag?
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Agilent Launches RFID-enabled Lab-Equipment Inventory Service
Several pharmaceutical companies and other research facilities have opted for the service, whereby Agilent’s staff uses handheld UHF RFID readers to track the location and status of equipment.
Booz Allen IoT Prototypes Signal Move Toward Health-Care, Emergency-Response Products
The consultancy is developing a platform to improve data security at hospitals, as well as a safety system for first-responders.
Workplace Reality: The View from Augmented World Expo
Smart glasses and other devices have the potential to change everything from factory workflows to customer-service support, but they need a strong infrastructure backbone, which some workplaces still lack.
Harvard Museum, Remy Martin and Tulip Theme Park Adopt LabWerk’s Beacon Solution
The Dutch company is also providing its mApp platform to Oregon’s SamplingLab store, Italy’s ZOOM Torino Biopark and the Panorama Berlin fashion exhibition.
Harvard Museum, Remy Martin and Tulip Theme Park Adopt LabWerk’s Beacon Solution
The Dutch company is also providing its mApp platform to Oregon’s SamplingLab store, Italy’s ZOOM Torino Biopark and the Panorama Berlin fashion exhibition.