Small Bookseller Flips On the Switch for Beacons
Bluetooth beacons integrated into new LED lighting serves as a one-two punch for a better-lit store and increased customer outreach.
RFID News Roundup
Alien Technology introduces new Higgs4-based inlays ••• Many RFID-adopting retailers report more than 5 percent improvement in gross margins ••• Kereon to distribute Tageos RFID labels in Latin America ••• Onyx unveils Enterprise Beacon ••• A2B Tracking Solutions, Impinj partner on asset-tracking solutions ••• Identiv launches new service for developing Internet of Things products ••• URevu announces customer-service app using wearable beacons.
Federal Trade Commission Issues Report on the IoT, Privacy and Security
Comprising mostly findings from a November 2013 FTC workshop, the report makes a number of recommendations regarding best practices for data security, but does not call for specific legislation to regulate consumer-facing IoT products.
Smart Septa System Uses RFID to Authenticate Medications
The solution is designed to enable health-care-related users to track and authenticate vials or bottles via RFID tags built into a cap’s seal and hosted software in which RFID-based data is stored.
Bags Pack Extra Security Via NFC Tag
The Alert Mobile Security solution uses RFID and a smartphone app that enables law-enforcement agencies, laboratories and other potential users to verify the chain of custody and authenticity of items sealed inside bags.
Bags Pack Extra Security Via NFC Tag
The Alert Mobile Security solution uses RFID and a smartphone app that enables law-enforcement agencies, laboratories and other potential users to verify the chain of custody and authenticity of items sealed inside bags.
DIRECTV Uses RFID to Cut Inventory Time From Years to Months
The satellite TV company plans to utilize an RFID system, already live at one of its broadcast centers, to manage a total of 200,000 assets.
Sensors Keep Experiments in Check at Weill Cornell Medical College
A network of Oceasoft sensors allow researchers in the life-sciences lab to keep tabs on essential equipment and environmental conditions within the lab—even when they’re not working.
Supply Chain Visibility
How to use EPCIS to share information with business partners.
VCs Rediscover RFID
Deals are still hard to find, but interest has been rekindled by large-scale deployments in retail, manufacturing, health care and other sectors.